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.