Income of the top 1% – in 10 selected US states (1922-2013). Percentage (%) of pre-tax income earned by the top one percent of the population. DATASOURCE: World Wealth & Income Database. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
Euro bank bailouts
European bank bailouts (billions of € euros). Some European banks were supported through the financial crisis. The figures above reflect capital injections recorded as ‘deficit-increasing’ (i.e., capital transfers). DATASOURCE: Eurostat. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
Before brexit
British citizens in EU countries (2017). An estimated 970,000 British citizens reside in various EU member states. DATASOURCE: UK Office for National Statistics and the United Nations. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
Bank bailouts
US bank bailouts (billions US$). In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department has deployed hundreds of billions in taxpayer dollars to bail out major banks. DATASOURCE: ProPublica. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
Asylum (US) 2015
Asylum – United States (2015). AFFIRMATIVE asylum is requested voluntarily, DEFENSIVE asylum when an immigrant is apprehended. FSU = Former Soviet Union. DATASOURCE: Dept of Homeland Security. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
CO2 (Antarctica)
Atmospheric CO2: 750,000 years ago to the present (ppm). Changes in past atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations as determined by measuring the composition of air trapped in ice cores from Antarctica (and recent direct atmospheric measurements). DATASOURCES: World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and NOAA. WIDGET: factgraphs.org
Grain exports
Total grain (cereals) exports by state (2017). US Census Bureau export data. US total $18.6 billion. DATASOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau. WIDGET: factgraphs.org