Assignment 2

Geographies of Development

  1. Ask a generative AI model to give you five countries at random from various regions around the world. State your five in a bulleted list. E.g.,
  • <Country 1>
  • <Country 2>
  • <Country 3>
  • <Country 4>
  • <Country 5>
  1. Pick three indicators that you are interested in: an economic indicator, a sociodemographic indicator, and an environmental indicator. State each that in a bulleted list:
  • Economic indicator: <Indicator 1>
  • Sociodemographic indicator: <Indicator 2>
  • Environmental indicator: <Indicator 3>
  1. Using Our World in Data, you will create a line chart for each indicator that contains data for all five countries. You can search for indicators in the top level search bar. After searching, try to find a line graph containing the data (if you see a map, you can click on that too and convert it to a line graph). From there, clear the default data and add your countries. Download a .png of a line graph (rather than a map or table) for each. It should look similar to what you see below:
  1. For your data, what is the general arrangement of countries by each of the three indicators? Are there any differences as you switch indicators? Does anything surprise you? Are there any outliers or extreme changes over time?