GDP per Capita and Life Expectancy in Asia

Assignment 2

Luca Janssen

March 3, 2024

Background

GDP per capita is a measure of economic development

Evidence suggests that higher levels of economic development lead to a higher life expectancy

Question: What does the relationship between GDP per capita and life expectancy look like?

Data

The data for this project is the Gapminder dataset

The dataset was developed to:

• Promote an accurate views of the world

• Prevent stereotypes

• Provide an update to outdated information

Gapminder

Mission: “Fighting devastating misconceptions with a fact-based worldview everyone can understand.”

Vision: “A world where all people can use facts to understand the world, to make better decisions for positive change.”

– Gapminder

GDP and Life Expectancy in Asia

Scatterplot

This scatterplot shows the relation between GDP per capita and life expectancy in Asia.