World GDP Density Map

by Catherine Mulbrandon on January 5, 2008

I found this map of the world’s GDP Density via an Econbrowser post referencing an 1999 paper by John Gallup, Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Mellinger.
GDP Density = GDP per capita * Number of people per square kilometer.
The darker the colors, the higher the GDP density.

{Click on the image to take a closer look}

[tags]population, income, World, GDP Density[/tags]

Traciatim

Is there another that shows GDP per capita in areas? I think this one is a little less useful as areas that are farmlands will show far less than areas in cities. That makes cities artificially enhanced simply because your stacked like tuna on top of each other.

Heh, after writing that out I looked at the site you linked . . .
“Not surprisingly, it looks a whole lot like those satellite pictures of the earth at night”
Todd

Email sent to [email protected] bounced. I can’t find an alternate. FYI.
Catherine

Thanks. I fix the email for my blog. It should work now.
http://www.exhibe.com/trade-show-blog Mike

Nice post interesting information. With the downturn in the economy it would be interesting to see what the map would look like today
Kaveh

It is intrested for me to know how GDP will change in the future.
Monada77

you cannot upload this man, is not true, what is your source????…
“I found this map of the world’s GDP Density via an Econbrowser post referencing an 1999 paper by John Gallup, Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Mellinger.”

come on you are not trying to be seriuous, don’t you?

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