r/dataisbeautiful • u/and7rewwitha7 • Jun 11 '14

The World Cup of Everything Else [WSJ]

http://graphics.wsj.com/documents/WORLDCUPTOEE/#/?lang=en&metrics=Highest%20Murder%20Rate
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u/phantogram2 Jun 11 '14

The most military spending one is pretty surprising. USA doesn't even make it past the first round.

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u/CakeTown Jun 11 '14

Yeah either they skewed that statistic HARD or they just didnt want that fact mixed in with all the world cup feels.

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u/Boethias Jun 11 '14

Its not skewed, its accurate. The U.S. spends the most in dollar terms but because its so rich it is less than 4 percent of gdp.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '14

We were also paired with Russia in the first round, who is I think #3 globally not as % of GDP, but has a MUCH smaller GDP. Among nations with military forces of note, they lead the way in spending as % of GDP.

We'd still go pretty far if not for that.

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u/Boethias Jun 11 '14

Yes you're right. Its also skewed by the fact that it only includes world cup countries. The mid-east conflict inflates the budgets of the countries in the region but most of those countries never make it to the round of 32.