Guess the Map VI: Retroactive Cartographer

[emzie]

Is gray no data, or zero of x?

Insufficient data to be ranked.

 

[choxorn]

Money?

 

[Dreadnought]

Developed resources? Infrastructure? Number of banks? Insurance policy?

 

[uat2d]

Number of doctors per x amount of people?

 

[emzie]

Developed resources? Infrastructure? Number of banks? Insurance policy?

I would avoid thinking along the lines of wealth all together. Wealth isn't completely irrelevant but it is very misleading.

 

[Dreadnought]

I would avoid thinking along the lines of wealth all together. Wealth isn't completely irrelevant but it is very misleading.

I see.

Maybe amount of leisure time?

 

[Eat_Up_Martha]

Literacy? Internet access?

 

[Vylinius]

I wanna say something to do with food or healthcare. I am not really sure though.

 

[emzie]

It's a social issue.

 

[Dreadnought]

It's a social issue.

Drug use?

 

[Optical]

Teen pregnancy?

 

[Dreadnought]

Teen pregnancy?

I don't think China would be so high, though.

Perhaps it's use of birth control.

 

[emzie]

Perhaps it's use of birth control.

Getting warmer.

 

[Dreadnought]

Getting warmer.

Number of abortions?

 

[choxorn]

Condom Use?

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Percentage of women using the pill?

 

[emzie]

Contraception is part of what is being measured.

 

[Dreadnought]

Contraception is part of what is being measured.

Well, my original thought when I first saw the map was that it merely represented number of children per family, considering that African/Middle Eastern nations are heavy in that regard while Western Europe is not. But the lack of data from quite a few countries seems to counteract that.

Maybe it has to do with the availability of contraceptives?

 

[emzie]

Contraceptives is one of many metrics being tracked, the rest of which don't have to do with contraceptives.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

Population decline?