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Annual Change in GDP, Population, and CO2 Emissions

Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021

Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

This interactive line graph and data table show the annual change in GDP, population, and CO2 emissions.
Students can use the line graph to compare the data for any country or continent, or they can use the graph to view global data.

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Geography

Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

The interactive provides two ways for students to explore data (line graph and table).
Students may choose to view datasets for various geographic locations and time periods.
Related research and the data sources are linked in the Sources section.

Additional Prerequisites

Educators should take time to get familiar with this resource before sharing it with students.
Students should be familiar with the term gross domestic product.

Differentiation

In economics classes, students could discuss the connection between changes in population, CO2 emissions, and GDP.
Statistics teachers could show students the graph and ask them to think about the following questions:
- What can you learn from this data?
- What can you not learn from this data?
- What do you think is the statistical relationship between change in CO2 emissions and change in GDP?
- What do you think is the statistical relationship between change in CO2 emissions and change in population?

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