1. United Nations Regional Workshop on Data Dissemination and Communication,
Manila, Philippines, 20-22 June 2012
Infographics and Statistics
“A picture is worth a thousand words”
Mr. Zoltan Nagy – Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social affairs, United Nations

2. Boring ???

3. Interesting!!!

4. Why Infographics?
 Short attention span
 Information overload
 Easy to understand
 Visual retention is better the
reading retention
 Images are more appealing
 People love to share “nice” finds on
the Internet

5. 1644 - Michael van Langren
 Most likely the first visual representation of
statistical data.
 12 determinations of the longitude from Toledo
to Rome.
Slide 5

6. 1765 - Joseph Priestley
 The first timeline
Slide 6

7. 1800’s - William Playfair
 The ”father” of business graphics
Slide 7

8. 1958 – Florence Nightingale
 Polar area diagram
Slide 8

9. 1858 – Charles Joseph Minard
 Combination of maps and piecharts

10. 1869 – Charles Joseph Minard
 Presentation of multiple variables on a 2D
chart.

11. 1967 – Jacques Bertin
 ”Semiology of Graphics” – theoretical
foundation of data visualization
Slide 11

12. How to use Infographics?
 To advocate an issue
 To show the status of an indicator
 To illustrate trends
 To compare indicators
 To demonstrate correlations

13. To advocate an issue

14. To show the status of an indicator

15. To compare indicators

16. To demonstrate correlations

18. http://www.cacoo.com

19. http://visual.ly/

20. http://charts.hohli.com

21. http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/

22. http://www.statsilk.com/

23. More Tools
 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2012/03/23/over-100-in
 http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/30-really-use