Percent of all personal wealth
Higher = wealth is shared less equally
Source: 
World Inequality Database (WID.world), via Our World in Data (CC BY)
Charts from United Kingdom
Only the charts that use data from this country. Charts with several countries appear under each one of them. (9 charts)
Inequality
How income and wealth are shared across Americans.
Inflation & the Dollar
What a dollar buys, and how fast prices rise.
British pounds (1955 = £1.00)
Lower = a pound buys less
Source: OECD via FRED (GBRCPIALLMINMEI); data through March 2025
Housing
The price of a home, in dollars and in hours of work.
Index, 2010 = 100
Higher = homes cost more (before or after inflation)
Source: Bank for International Settlements via FRED (QGBN628BIS, QGBR628BIS)
Debt & Government
How the US government borrows, spends, regulates and votes.
Percent of GDP
Higher = debt is large compared with the size of the economy
Source: Bank of England, “A millennium of macroeconomic data” (consolidated UK national debt, 1700–2016); IMF via FRED (GGGDTAGBA188N, 1980–2024). The two series measure debt differently
Gold, Currencies & Crises
Gold reserves, currency crashes and financial crises around the world.
Value in gold (1900 = 100; mark: 1948 = 100)
Lower = the currency buys less gold
Source: 
U.S. Global Investors, with data from Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, ICE Benchmark Administration, Metals Focus and World Gold Council. Approximate values digitized from a published chart
US dollars per 1 pound
Higher = one pound buys more dollars
Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System via FRED (EXUSUK)
Money, Rates & Markets
The money supply, interest rates and stock valuations.
Percent per year
Higher = governments pay more interest to borrow
Source: 
OECD via FRED (IRLTLT01USM156N and equivalents)
Energy
The price of oil and how much energy the world uses.
Index, 1960 = 100
A wider gap = the economy produces more with each unit of energy
Source: 
Aggregate of the G7 countries (published chart based on World Bank and OECD data). Approximate values digitized from a published chart
Society & Culture
Health, prisons, immigration, education and even language.
Robberies per 100,000 people
Higher = more robberies for the size of the population
Source: 
Historical criminology study ("Robbery rates per 100,000 population for five European countries"). Approximate values digitized from a published chart