Economic snapshots

There are several different ways in which we can view the relative economic performance of countries. A selection of graphs based on the World Development Indicators (compiled by the World Bank) reveals interesting patterns. All of this is made remarkably easy thanks to Google Public Data. The graphs tell interesting stories, but I have often been surprised at how different people interpret the same data, so I'll refrain from adding my commentary and see if readers come up with any interesting comments on the data, my selection of graphs, as well as my choice of countries for the graphs.