A 25 year chart showing the changes in the IMF oil price index puts recent changes in the price of crude oil in perspective. The chart below, showing the oil price index since November of 1983, displays the impressive run-up that started around July of 2007.
I just released trade statistics by country and by product. Exports and imports are available for the period 2001-2005. The product groupings belong to the SITC Rev. 3 international standard. The primary data source is the commerce and trade database maintained by the United Nations.
I just finished a major upgrade to the thematic map engine. It can now generate color-coded maps (choropleths) for individual countries. Check out the following examples:
I have population data for several other countries. I will soon make it easier to discover which country maps are available.
The energy statistics section now includes regional production and consumption charts. The regions available are:
Production and consumption numbers are available for coal, crude oil, dry natural gas, hydroelectric power, natural gas plant liquids, nuclear power, and alternative fuels. Leave me a comment if you find the new charts useful.
Vox is a wonderful web site I found today full of interesting analysis and comments by some of the World’s top economists. I was happy to see that my alma matter is very well represented by Olivier Blanchard, Giuseppe Bertola, Jeffrey Frankel, and others.
If you are paying particular attention to the explosive rise of commodity prices (see graph below), take a few minutes to read the articles written by Guillermo Calvo – Exploding commodity prices, lax monetary policy, and sovereign wealth funds – and by Jeffrey Frankel – An Explanation for Soaring Commodity Prices. They both suggest that commodity prices are not increasing simply because of soaring demand from China, India, and other fast-growing economies.
The energy statistics section now includes country rankings for the production and consumption of coal, crude oil, dry natural gas, hydroelectric power, natural gas liquids, nuclear electric power, and alternative (geothermal, solar, wind, and wood waste) electric power. The source for all charts is the United States Energy Information Administration.
In the previous version, energy statistics could only be graphed for one country at a time.
A New York Times article about environmental destruction in Uzbekistan mentions that water diversion for cotton farming is one of the main factors behind the shrinkage of the Aral Sea.
I figured I could use the article to show some of the interesting agricultural statistics I added recently to IndexMundi. Here are the relevant links:
Naturally, you can also read the Uzbekistan country profile.
National: 71.40
Male: 69.63
Female: 73.33
Note: As of 2000
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China – http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2007/html/D0406E.HTM
More Chinese population statistics are available in our China section.
I updated the agricultural statistics section to include variables such as exports, imports, consumption, area harvested, etc.
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.