I just released a new agricultural production statistics section with international data sourced from the United States Department of Agriculture. Only production graphs are available for now. I’ll add variables such as exports, imports, consumption, etc. as time permits.
I just released two updates: the minerals section contains the most recent data from the USGS, and I have used the same data to create a minerals section with country ranking charts and yearly production trends. I will integrate both sections better in the not too distant future.
Our currency exchange rates charts now allow you to plot up to 14 years of data, depending on the currency. A nice example is the chart below, which shows the Japanese Yen to US Dollar exchange rate since October 5, 1993.
The following table shows the earliest available date for each currency in our database.
| Currency | Code | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Dollar | AUD | 01/06/1994 |
| Baht | THB | 01/06/1994 |
| Bolivar | VEB | 02/22/1995 |
| Bolivar Fuerte | VEF | 01/02/2008 |
| Brazilian Real | BRL | 02/22/1995 |
| Canadian Dollar | CAD | 01/06/1994 |
| Danish Krone | DKK | 01/06/1994 |
| Euro | EUR | 01/04/1999 |
| Hong Kong Dollar | HKD | 01/06/1994 |
| Indian Rupee | INR | 01/06/1994 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | MYR | 01/06/1994 |
| Mexican Peso | MXN | 01/06/1994 |
| New Taiwan Dollar | TWD | 01/06/1994 |
| New Zealand Dollar | NZD | 01/06/1994 |
| Norwegian Krone | NOK | 01/06/1994 |
| Pound Sterling | GBP | 01/06/1994 |
| Rand | ZAR | 01/06/1994 |
| Singapore Dollar | SGD | 01/06/1994 |
| Sri Lanka Rupee | LKR | 05/01/2002 |
| Swedish Krona | SEK | 01/06/1994 |
| Swiss Franc | CHF | 01/06/1994 |
| US Dollar | USD | 01/06/1994 |
| Won | KRW | 01/06/1994 |
| Yen | JPY | 10/05/1993 |
| Yuan Renminbi | CNY | 01/06/1994 |
Read my earlier post for more information about how to customize the chart.
You can now embed our energy production and consumption charts in your own blog or web site. The example below shows Saudi Arabia’s yearly crude oil production since 1980. The source of the data is the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA). Note that the EIA releases yearly numbers with a lag of up to three years.
The code I used to display the chart is shown below:
To obtain a different graph, change the following query string parameters:
country: two-character ISO country code. Example: us for the United States, fr for France
product: one of the following products: coal, oil, gas, hydro, ngl, nuclear, other
graph: production or consumption
lang: two-character ISO language code. Currently en is the only recognized value.
The newest feature added to the country rankings section consists of embeddable country ranking charts. Here is an example:
I’m using Google’s fantastic chart api to generate the horizontal bar chart. Note that for now you can only embed charts with up to 10 countries. The charts are available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese.
Starting today anyone may embed our exchange rate charts in their blog or web site. Just copy and paste the HTML displayed under each graph. Here is an example:
The code used to embed the chart above is as follows:
Obtaining a different graph is as simple as changing the values of four query string parameters:
c1: currency code for the base currency, e.g. USD for the US Dollar
c2: currency code for the target currency, e.g. EUR for the Euro
days: time span displayed in the graph, e.g. 30 for 30 days
lastday: last date displayed in the graph, e.g. 20080228 for February 20, 2008
The combination of days and lastday allows you to control the first and last dates displayed in the chart. For example, if you need to graph the Dollar to Euro exchange rate for the last 90 days of 2007, you would set days=90&lastdate=20071231
Leave me a comment if you need further details on how to embed the charts.
Country profiles are now available in Dutch. I’m learning Dutch very slowly so the translation definitely needs some work. Leave a comment if you are a Dutch speaker and wish to give me a hand.
I just published region-level demographic data for Italy. A Spanish translation is also available.