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}
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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”
Email sent to catherine@visualizingeconomics.com bounced. I can’t find an alternate. FYI.
Thanks. I fix the email for my blog. It should work now.
Nice post interesting information. With the downturn in the economy it would be interesting to see what the map would look like today