What is the significance of this graphic (statistics)

[Swamp Thing]

TL;DR

The linked page has a graphic that seems to have an interesting pattern, but its significance is not quite clear.

https://www.fmglobal.com/research-a...-resources/resilienceindex/explore-the-data/?

Below the world map, there is a horizontal graphic with dots corresponding to each country. The dots are broadly ranked from right to left according to a measure of "economic resilience", but what is going on with those little clusters? What do the local patterns signify?

 

[jedishrfu]

Its a risk calculator for businesses:

https://www.fmglobal.com/research-and-resources/tools-and-resources/resilienceindex

You decide to setup shop in some country based on what it tells your the risk is.

https://www.continuitycentral.com/i...e-resilience-of-nations-business-environments

Btw, I found this info with a simple Google search.

The dots just represent countries risk factor from poorest on the left to the highest on the right,

If you click on the show factors additional dot charts show up. Notice each dot corresponds to a country on the map.

These are just cute ways of representing data to catch your attention.

Personally, I liked Hans Rosling's presentation of population growth in the World:

 

[jedishrfu]

You can read more about Hans and his son Ola and their Gapminder organization:

https://www.gapminder.org/about-gapminder/

 

[Swamp Thing]

Is there any significance to the shape of each little cluster in the horizontal layout below the map? For example, you have some clusters that look like horizontal Christmas trees. Within each tree you have vertical curved groups of dots. Does this mean anything?

 

[jedishrfu]

I think it was just a way of stacking them without an overlap on a single line so you could see their proximity and you could hover over them or click them for more info.

I don't see any other order other than left to right lowest to highest with no overlap.