Yes. Gapminder is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.

How long does Gapminder take?

Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — hans Rosling's bubble chart, still worth an hour.

Does Gapminder work on a phone?

Gapminder really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.

Data Made Visible

Gapminder

Hans Rosling's bubble chart, still worth an hour

Visit gapminder.org More Data Made Visible

gapminder.org

Coffee break · Best on desktop

Free, no sign-up · online since 2005

What Gapminder actually is

The animated scatter plot of income against life expectancy, country by country, playable from 1800 to the present. Bubbles are sized by population and drift as the years run. Teaching materials sit alongside it, plus a quiz showing how badly most people estimate global trends.

Why it is worth your time

Pressing play and watching every country climb up and right, then spotting the dips where wars and epidemics hit, makes the argument in fifteen seconds.

Common questions

Is Gapminder free?: Yes. Gapminder is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Gapminder take?: Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — hans Rosling's bubble chart, still worth an hour.
Does Gapminder work on a phone?: Gapminder really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.
What kind of site is Gapminder?: We list it under Data Made Visible — numbers that finally mean something. Pressing play and watching every country climb up and right, then spotting the dips where wars and epidemics hit, makes the argument in fifteen seconds.

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Gapminder

Hans Rosling's bubble chart, still worth an hour

Visit gapminder.org More Data Made Visible

gapminder.org

Coffee break · Best on desktop

Free, no sign-up · online since 2005

What Gapminder actually is

Why it is worth your time

Pressing play and watching every country climb up and right, then spotting the dips where wars and epidemics hit, makes the argument in fifteen seconds.

Common questions

Is Gapminder free?: Yes. Gapminder is free and does not ask you to register or hand over an email address before you can use it.
How long does Gapminder take?: Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention. We file it under "Coffee break" — hans Rosling's bubble chart, still worth an hour.
Does Gapminder work on a phone?: Gapminder really wants a mouse and a wide window. It will load on a phone, but the experience is built for desktop.
What kind of site is Gapminder?: We list it under Data Made Visible — numbers that finally mean something. Pressing play and watching every country climb up and right, then spotting the dips where wars and epidemics hit, makes the argument in fifteen seconds.