1. Infographics and Statistics
“A picture is worth a thousand words”
Mr. Zoltan Nagy – Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social affairs, United Nations
United Nations Regional Workshop on Data Dissemination and Communication
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 - 7 June 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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-incredible-infographic-tools-and-resources-
categorized/
http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/30-
really-useful-infographic-tools-resources-4453