Per Capita Income / Energy and other graphs

Interactive graphs showing per capita income / energy consumption, GDP / electricity consumption, and more.

For context, see: Misleading Logarithmic Scales and the Disregard for Energy Efficiency

Income vs. Energy Consumption (per capita, 2021)

Sources: EIA, World Bank

GDP vs. Electricity Consumption (per capita, 2021)

Sources: EIA, World Bank

Income vs. Energy Consumption (per capita, 2019)

Sources: EIA, World Bank

GDP vs. Electricity Consumption (per capita, 2019)

Sources: EIA, World Bank

Random data on a log scale

This is merely to illustrate how logarithmic scales can be misleading. Even taking completely random data appears to show a pattern in the data by pushing everything to the top right.

Code and data

The code to create these graphs can be found here, data sources are archived and documented here.

You can find this article online at https://industrydecarbonization.com/misc/incomeenergy.html

Created: , Updated: Jul 17 2024




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