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The percentage of women ages 15 and older who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed Bachelor's degree or equivalent as the highest level of education

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed Master's degree or equivalent as the highest level of education

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that has no formal education

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed primary education as the highest level of education

The percentage of the female population ages 25 and older that attained or completed upper secondary education as the highest level of education

Percentage of a country's population characterized as obese, or those having a body mass index of 30 or greater

Member states of the African Union, established in 1963 to achieve greater unity and solidarity among its members

Intensity of land used for agriculture as indicated by the number of farmers per square kilometer of arable land

Percentage of total land area that is capable of producing crops

Agricultural water withdrawal as a percentage of total renewable water resources by country

Multilateral aid received, in U.S. dollars, as a percentage of a country's gross national income

Per capita multilateral aid received in U.S. dollars

The world's bauxite mines

Production of aluminum by country

Average annual production of wine in metric tons, by country

The world's agricultural regions, based on crop and livestock association, labor and capital intensity, productivity, consumption, and methods and techniques used

Extent of carbonate rocks or predominantly carbonate sequences

Percent of fish harvested from farms by country

Global distribution of aquifers, which are underground layers of water-bearing permeable rock

Countries where Arabic is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Percentage of total land area that is capable of producing crops

Areas of the world significantly impacted by acid precipitation

Levels of concern for there to be a decline in soil quality caused by its improper use, usually for agricultural, pastoral, industrial, or urban purposes.

Locations where groundwater systems experience levels of extraction exceeding recharge rates over a limited period of time

The areas that show the greatest concentration of dots have the highest frequency of tornadoes

The world's asbestos mines (includes inactive mines)

Production of asbestos by country

Automobiles in use per 1,000 people

Global distribution of average annual precipitation

Areas with little or no vegetation

Map of the world showing movie box office revenue by country in U.S. Dollars

The extent of the British Empire during the early 1920s.

The world's brown coal mines

Locations of carbonate rock outcrop patterns in mountainous areas

Locations of outcrops of carbonate rocks, primarily limestone and dolostone

A world map showing carbon dioxide emissions by country in metric tons per year.

Carbon dioxide emissions in metric tons per capita by country

Member states of the Caribbean Community, an organization founded in 1973 to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members

Subscriptions of mobile and cell phones per 1,000 inhabitants

Percent change in Gender Inequality Index values between 2011 and 2021, by country. The Gender Inequality Index measures achievement between women and men in three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment, and the labor market.

Change in a country's urban population

Countries that are part of China's Belt and Road Initiative and where China has or seeks military bases

The world's chromium mines

Production of chromium by country

Cities of the world

Percentage of the population with access to an improved water source

This world map shows each country's ability to adapt to climate change's negative effects using GAIN (Global Adaptation Index) This index measures a country's ability to adapt to the negative effects of climate change, including the country's exposure, sensitivity and capacity to adapt. Higher numbers indicate a country is less vulnerable.

The Köppen climate classification is a widely used climate classification system. It divides climates into five main groups, each with multiple subtypes.

The world's bituminous and anthracite coal mines

Coal consumption as a percentage of world consumption by country

Coal production as a percentage of world production by country

Coal production by country in quadrillion BTUs.

The world's oceanic areas that are experiencing pollution, which results in algal blooms, species loss, and destruction of coral reefs

Locations of cobalt mines worldwide

The territorial possessions of the world controlled by European powers, the Ottoman Empire, Japan, and the United States in 1914

Member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, an organization founded in 1994 to promote free trade among its members

Locations of the continental boundary lines between North America and South America, Africa and Asia, and Europe and Asia

Extent of the world's continental shelves, which are extensions of continents submerged by the oceans

The world's copper mines

Production of copper by country

Total annual production of maize and corn by country

Wars and other conflicts, by country since 1995

COVID-19 deaths as a percentage of all cases by country

Total deaths from COVID-19 by country

COVID-19 mortality rate as a percentage of total population by country

Number of vaccinations per 100 people by country. Each vaccination or booster shot received is counted in the total.

The number of live births occurring during the year per 1,000 people, 2022

The number of deaths occurring during the year per 1,000 people, 2020

Production of crude oil by country

Direction of diffusion of key cultural innovations out of the world's culture hearths

Daily available food supply (measured in kilocalories) as determined by food production, imports, exports, and changes in stocks per person in a country

Average dietary energy supply adequacy, as a percentage of the estimated amount of daily energy needed to maintain health, growth, and an appropriate level of physical activity

Areas of the world experiencing tree cover loss

The ratio of the number of people in ages not in the labor force (ages 0–15 and 65 and older) compared to the number of people in ages typically in the labor force (ages 15–64). A higher ratio indicates more people outside of typical workforce ages.

Locations and capacities of desalinization plants worldwide

Deserts and areas of the world at risk for desertification because of factors such as climate shift, drought, overgrazing, and land degradation. The various classifications were determined by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The world's diamond mines

Production of diamonds by country

Areas of the world at risk for future drought. Risk is determined by a combination of environmental factors (e.g., historic drought occurrence), human factors that affect the likelihood of drought exposure (e.g., crop production, grazing, etc.) and social, economic, and infrastructure factors that affect how well a population can cope with drought (e.g., water impoundment and delivery).

Major growing and production regions of coca, cocaine, cannabis, opium, and heroin

Locations of major and secondary culture hearths, areas of cultural innovation that gave rise to a particular culture region and the direction of diffusion of key cultural innovation.

Time series data showing locations and Richter scale magnitudes of significant earthquakes from 1800 BCE to 2019. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.

Total annual production of electricity from hydroelectric power as a percentage of total electricity production.

Total annual production of electricity from nuclear power as a percentage of total electricity production

Total annual production of electricity from solar power, as a percentage of total electricity production, by country

Total annual production of electricity from wind power as a percentage of total electricity production, by country

Total annual production of electricity from hydroelectric power

Total annual production of electricity from nuclear power

Total annual production of electricity from solar power

Total annual production of electricity from wind power

Electric and hybrid vehicles as a percentage of new vehicles purchased

Total annual consumption of primary energy, including nonrenewable sources (petroleum, natural gas, coal, and uranium) and renewable sources (solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal energy)

Countries where English is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Ethnic diversity, ranging from situations where a country's population is comprised of multiple ethnic groups to those that have a high degree of ethnic homogeneity, by country

The extent of the sea zone extending 200 nautical miles from the coast over which a country has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources.

The value of all goods and other market services provided from one country to the rest of the world

The number of Facebook users in millions, by country

Mean female age at first marriage shows the average length of single life expressed in years among those females who marry before age 50

The amount of investment associated with a resident in one economy in enterprises in another economy

Percentage of land area covered by forest

Fossil fuel exports as a percentage of total exports by country

A map of the world by country showing the stability or the fragility of that country's government

Freedom of Press and Safety of Journalist by country using the global index score. A higher score indicates more freedom and safety

Countries where French is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

The Gender Development Index (GDI) is an adjustment to the Human Development Index (HDI) score, which is a composite of life expectancy, education, and per-capita income indicators. The GDI adjusts the HDI for gender gaps in the HDI variables. Values approaching 1.0 indicate gender equality, values greater than 1.0 indicate higher development for women when compared to men, and values less than 1.0 indicate lower levels of development for women when compared to men.

General paths of tropical storms.

Predominant rock type or geological era

Loss of glacial ice between 1961 and 2016 measured using satellite imagery and field observations.

A scoring of food security (0-100, with 100 being the most secure) constructed from 34 indicators to assess which countries are most and least vulnerable to food insecurity through the categories of affordability, availability, quality & safety, as well as the impact of natural resources and resilience have on food security.

The global mean temperature for January; calculated by averaging daily temperatures (the mean of high and low temperatures) dating from 1880 to the present for a regularly spaced array of continental, oceanic, and Antarctic meteorological stations covering the globe

The global mean temperature for July; calculated by averaging daily temperatures (the mean of high and low temperatures) dating from 1880 to the present for a regularly spaced array of continental, oceanic, and Antarctic meteorological stations covering the globe

Projection of surface temperatures for the 2081–2100 period using the RCP8.5 model, which integrates change in annual mean surface temperature, change in annual mean precipitation, in percentages, and change in average sea level relative to the 1986–2005 period. RCP8.5 represents future change in atmospheric temperature if there is no reduction in cumulative greenhouse gas emissions between 2010 and 2100.

A representation of the annual mean surface temperature, given a worst-case projection based on projected or predicted models of comparatively high greenhouse-gas emissions for surface temperature changes relative to the average temperatures during the late 20th century (2081–2100), using assumptions commonly referred to RCP 8.5 in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) abstracts.

The changing global surface temperature in degrees Fahrenheit since 1880 (when a reasonably global distribution of meteorological stations was established).

The deadliest acts of terrorism from 1970 to 2016. These violent acts were aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal, and there is evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some other message to a larger audience (or audiences) than the immediate victims.

The world's gold mines

Production of gold by country

The gross national income per capita

GNI per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP) in international dollars. An international dollar would buy in the cited country a comparable amount of goods and services that a U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. This term is often used in conjunction with PPP data.

Areas of saline groundwater (> 5 g/l total dissolved solids (TDS)).

Magnitude of habitat fragmentation, caused by agriculture, urban infrastructure, roads, or railroads.

Areas of the world conducive to the spread of pastoralism (approximately 500 CE–1500 CE)

Locations of high- and low-atmospheric pressure at mean sea level during January.

Ratio of students enrolled to total population in tertiary education age (18–24) group. Percentages can exceed 100% where students attending colleges and universities come from outside the 18- to 24-age group.

The number of adults (aged 15–49) living with HIV and AIDS per 1,000 people, by country

Human Development Index scores, by country. HDI is a composite of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development: very high, high, medium, and low. The rankings are viewed as the extent to which people are able to do things in life. HDI is a measure of the "potential" that people have to achieve economic and social goals, not necessarily whether all persons actually achieve such goals.

The Political Terror Scale, which is a yearly measure of state-inflicted political "terror" such as torture, disappearances, and political imprisonment. The rankings are as follows: (1) Countries are under a secure rule of law, people are not imprisoned for their views, and torture is rare or exceptional. Political murders are rare. (2) There is a limited amount of imprisonment for nonviolent political activity. However, a few persons are affected; torture and beating are exceptional. Political murder is rare. (3) There is extensive political imprisonment. Execution or other political murders and brutality may be common. Unlimited detention, with or without trial, for political views is accepted. (4) The practices of level 3 are expanded to larger numbers. Murders, disappearances, and torture are part of life. Despite its generality, on this level, terror affects primarily those who interest themselves in politics or ideas. (5) The terrors of level 4 have been extended to the whole population. The leaders of these societies place no limits on the means or thoroughness with which they pursue personal or ideological goals. Levels are based on the U.S. State Department data set.

The world's primary regions for producing hydroelectricity at dammed river power plants

High-density waters slowly drift into all oceans. Deep water returns to the surface in localized areas of upwelling and also as gradual, uniform upwelling throughout the ocean basins. Surface currents complete the conveyer by returning water to the source areas.

The net value of grain imports and exports by country in millions of U.S. dollars. Positive values indicate exports exceeding imports; negative values indicate imports exceeding exports.

Income inequality by country measured by the GINI Index. A higher number indicates greater inequality.

The annual number of infant deaths per 1,000 live births by country

Average annual levels of solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are displaced due to conflict, as of 2022

The number of Internet users per 1,000 people, by country

Location of the Intertropical Convergence Zone during January.

The world's iodine mines

The world's iron ore mines

Production of iron ore by country

A measure of comparing the amount of land in irrigated crops is shown as a percentage of all land that is equipped (available) for irrigation. Areas of double-cropping—where the same area is cultivated and irrigated twice in a year—are counted twice. Thus, the land in irrigated crops can exceed 100%.

Atmospheric pressure at mean sea level for the month of January

Lakes that have been shrinking from climate change, human activities, or combinations of both

Land cover type classifications, including water, evergreen forest, deciduous forest, mixed forest, shrublands, savannas, grasslands, permanent wetlands, urban and built-up, cropland and natural vegetation, snow and ice, and barren or sparsely vegetated

The world's major language families. Language families are groups of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language.

The languages spoken in each country. Numbers in legend indicate each country's number of official languages. Scroll over each country for a list of official and predominant languages.

The world's lapis lazuli mines

Political geography of colonial South America in 1650. The viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru were controlled by the Spanish, and the viceroyalty of Brazil was controlled by the Portuguese.

Political geography of South America in 1830. By 1830, all parts of South America, except the Guianas, had achieved political independence from European colonial powers.

Member states of the Latin American Integration Association

The world's lead mines

Production of lead by country

Life expectancy, the average number of years a person is expected to live, by country.

Lightning flashes per square kilometer per year (flashes/km²/year)

The percentage of the population, age 15 years or older, who has the ability to read, write, and use arithmetic. Some countries, such as the United States, Canada, and Australia do not report these rates to UNESCO.

Locations of lithium mines worldwide

Cities with populations greater than 5 million

Dams with a reported storage capacity of 5,000 million cubic meters (5,000,000,000 cubic meters) or more

The world's drainage basins: land areas where surface water converges to a single point

Major routes of delivery in the global drug trade.

Major financial and transit centers of the global drug trade.

Location of major escarpments, which are steep slopes forming from faulting or erosion

The world's primary enclaves (political territories completely surrounded by another political entity) and exclaves (political territories geographically separated from the main part of a country by a neighboring political entity)

Locations of major culture hearths, areas of cultural innovation that gave rise to a particular culture region

The world's major centers of industrial production

Major karst regions in the world

The global distribution of Earth's landforms, including mountains, shields, plains, basins, ice caps, and isolated areas of volcanic activity

The world's major soil orders

Locations of the world's major waterfalls and cataracts

Ratio of males to females by country.

The world's leading manganese mines

Production of manganese by country

Location of mangrove swamps.

The number of protests with a peak size over 100,000 per country, 2019-2023

Shootings in public places in the United States resulting in four or more victims killed by the attacker. The dataset excludes shootings stemming from more conventionally motivated crimes such as armed robbery or gang violence.

The annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births by country.

The mandatory minimum number of calendar days that legally must be paid by the government, the employer, or both to a mother related to the birth of a child. Maternity leave is only available to the mother; it does not cover parental leave that is available to both parents.

Total meat production by country.

The world's megacities, urban areas where single cities or clusters of cities have at least 10 million people

Military expenditures as a percentage of GDP, by country

Milk production, in millions of metric tons, by country.

Monkey pox cases by country

Prehistoric movements of people engaging in herding

Amount of municipal solid waste generated by countries per capita

Capital cities of sovereign states

Locations of terrestrial and marine protected areas

Natural gas consumption as a percentage of world consumption by country

Natural gas production as a percentage of global production by country

Number of Netflix subscribers by country

Net migration rate (the difference between the immigration and emigration rates), by country during 2015.

The world's nickel mines

Production of nickel by country

The world's nitrate mines

Total annual emissions of nitrogen oxides by country

Member states of the North American Free Trade Agreement, an organization founded in 1994 to create a trade bloc in North America with Canada, Mexico, and the United States

Nuclear energy consumption as a percentage of world consumption by country

Circulation sinks are source areas for deep water in high-latitude regions where surface water cools, increases in density, and sinks.

Percent of fish caught wild by country

Oil consumption as a percentage of global consumption by country

Oil production as a percentage of global production by country

Major oil refineries with a capacity of, or more than, 100,000 billion barrels per day

Generalized historical oil slicks.

Estimated levels of opium poppy cultivation

Member states of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), an international cartel founded in 1960 to coordinate petroleum production among its members

Locations of early forms of crop agriculture (approximately 500 CE–1500 CE)

Number of people living in China who are citizen of another country as of 2020, by country of origin

Number of foreign-born people living in the United States as of 2020, by country of origin

Gross domestic product per capita by country

Percentage of total land area that is used for crop production

The world's primary regions for producing petroleum and natural gas

The world's phosphate mines

Production of phosphates by country

Physiological population density, or the number of persons per unit area of arable land, by country.

The world's major faults, directions of tectonic plate motion, and the Ring of Fire

The world's platinum mines

Production of platinum by country

A map displaying political borders in 1914 marked in green. The map shows the divisions between countries across all continents. Some of the borders shown are between the United States and Canada, between India and Nepal, and China and Mongolia.

The political units and borders of the world in 1950

State political borders in 1914

The political units of the world in 1950

Population density by country, measured as a country's population divided by its total area

Percentage of a country's population that is older than age 65

Percentage of the population having insufficient food or other substances for good health and condition.

Percentage of a country's population younger than 15 years of age.

Countries with at least one populist government since 2000

Countries where Portuguese is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Locations of electricity-generating plants with capacity greater than 100 megawatts

Prevailing agricultural practices

Number of persons imprisoned per 100,000 people by country.

Coal reserves as a percentage of known world reserves by country

Natural gas reserves as a percentage of known world reserves by country

Petroleum reserves as a percentage of known world reserves by country

Rate of natural increase, which is the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate, excluding population changes resulting from immigration and emigration, by country

Number of refugees by country of origin, 2018.

Number of refugees, by host destination, during 2018

Inflows of migrant remittances, in millions of U.S. dollars

Outflows of migrant remittances in millions of U.S. dollars

Total annual rice production, by country.

Location of the Ring of Fire, a tectonic zone with many active volcanoes and earthquakes

Location of salt marshes.

Our lives depend upon plants and trees. They feed us and give us clothes. They absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen we need to breathe. Plants even provide many of our medicines and building materials. When the plants and trees around us change, these changes can affect our health, our environment, and our economy. For these reasons, and more, scientists monitor plant life around the world. Today, scientists use NASA satellites to map the "greenness" of all Earth's lands. These vegetation index maps show where and how much green leaf vegetation was growing for the time period shown.

Mean extent of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice between 1981 and 2010

Areas vulnerable to a 1-meter rise in sea level

Areas vulnerable to a 2-meter rise in sea level

Areas vulnerable to a 70-meter rise in sea level, given worst-case scenario conditions

Average precipitation between April 1 and September 30

Average precipitation between October 1 and March 31

Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a political, economic, and security organization created in 2001

The world's silver mines

Production of silver by country

Areas of soil degradation where human activities result in high or very high levels of water and wind erosion

Countries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

The direction of the spread of crop agriculture from early core areas

Pupils per teacher in primary education by country.

Total annual emissions of sulfur dioxide by country

Locations of tectonic hotspots—areas in the mantle where heat rises as a thermal plume from deep in the Earth.

Earth’s tectonic plates –oceanic and continental lithosphere (crust and upper mantle), each topped by its own kind of crust, which are able to move relative to each other.

Production of tin by country

The world's tin mines

Costs of principal repayments and interest paid to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a percentage of total gross national income (GNI)

Hydroelectricity as a percentage of total energy production

The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime, by country

Revenue from international tourism in millions of U.S. dollars

Number of arriving tourists and visitors by country

Balance of trade (import value minus export value) by country. Negative numbers mean a country is importing more dollar value than it is exporting. Positive numbers mean a country is exporting more dollar value than it is importing.

Locations of equatorial evergreen broadleaf forests, which are forests that receive high rainfall throughout the year

Coastal areas at risk of being affected by tsunamis.

The world's tungsten mines

Production of tungsten by country

Number of televisions for every 1,000 persons.

The number of Ukrainian migrants in Europe by country since the invasion by Russia

Estimated unauthorized immigrant population in the United States, by state

Locations of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions since 1995

Countries comprising the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security as well as accepting new members into the UN.

The world's uranium mines

Production of uranium by country

Time series map animation showing locations of significant volcanic eruptions from 1800 to 2019. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.

Time series map animation showing locations of significant volcanic eruptions from 1800 to 2019. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.

Time series map animation showing locations of significant volcanic eruptions and earthquakes from 1800 BCE to 2019. Use timeline controls at bottom of the map to display data by time period.

Locations of Wagner Group operations

Measure of projected water stress in the year 2020; water stress is the ratio of total annual water withdrawals to total available annual renewable supply.

The estimated amount of water each person uses, by country.

World map of wheat production in million metric tons by country

Wind direction relative to atmospheric pressure during January.

Percentage of females (ages 15 and older) in the workforce by country

The percentage of the total population ages 15 and older who are living with HIV and are female

Elevation of Earth's surface, including the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.

Population of the countries of the world

Locations of railroads

Member and Observer states of the World Trade Organization (WTO), an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.

Tidal patterns throughout the world. A diurnal tidal pattern has one high tide and one low tide each lunar day. A semidiurnal tidal pattern has two high tides and two low tides each lunar day. A mixed tidal pattern may have characteristics of both diurnal and semidiurnal tides. Successive high tides and/or low tides will have significantly different heights.

Production of zinc by country

The world's zinc mines