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How Much Do Countries Spend on Education, USD per student, PPP (purchasing power parity) converted (reddthat.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Source: https://www.smartick.com/data/how-much-do-countries-spend-on-education/

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I'd much rather look a simple sorted table or a bar chart.

For me the country outlines don't add anything of value and they aren't too scale either with arbitrary rotations mixed in. Spending is on a strictly one dimensional scale yet the graphic implies some concentric (2-dimensional) pattern.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I agree. Standard bars are boring, and it's not bad to liven them up, but there are a lot of different ideas layered one over another with a little connection to data representation or increasing readability (also heatmaps with strict color gradations, false grouping, distance from center breaks at the bottom level mixing different colors). But nailing visuals without trying things out is impossible. OP got feedback they can put to use in the future.

Critically checking the graph after each step could've make it easier even for them. Had it become better in some way with X? If no, let's scrap it and try something different.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Just to make things clear, this post is not OC, I did not create the infographic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

aren't too scale

They're very scale, but not too scale. Good point.