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Blog Infographics May 19, 2026

(Re) Introducing The Empty Quadrant

Todd Moss

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Blog Infographics May 19, 2026

(Re) Introducing The Empty Quadrant

High-income, low-energy countries don’t exist

Todd Moss, Hamna Tariq

Better Metrics and Data

A scatterplot graph. The title reads: The Empty Quadrant: Electricity vs. Income, 2024. Countries cluster around a trend line, with higher income countries also having higher energy use, and lower income countries generally having lower energy use.

Blog Infographics Nov 06, 2025

Rings of Growth: How Mining Can Drive Energy and Jobs

Meron Tesfaye, W. Gyude Moore, Todd Moss

Making Markets Work

Shaping Energy Transitions

Infographics Sep 25, 2025

Chart of the Day: Where Does The World’s Power Go? The Answer Hasn’t Changed Much

Grace Tamble

Better Metrics and Data

Blog Infographics May 12, 2025

[New Infographic] Higher-Income Low-Energy Countries Don’t Exist in Africa Either

Todd Moss, Hamna Tariq

Better Metrics and Data

Infographics Feb 19, 2025

Infographic: Visualizing Hydropower’s Unmatched Role in Powering Green Grids Worldwide

Meron Tesfaye

Future of Energy Tech

Blog Infographics Dec 20, 2024

Watch Countries Climb the Energy Ladder

Animated data show the Climbers vs the Strugglers.

Hamna Tariq, Todd Moss

Better Metrics and Data

Blog Infographics Sep 10, 2024

High-Income Low-Energy Countries Don’t Exist [Update Sep 2024]

Todd Moss, Hamna Tariq

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Blog Infographics Mar 06, 2024

Bitcoin is a (Big) Country

Can Crypto Mining Coexist with Development Goals?

Daniel Johansson, Todd Moss

Making Markets Work

Infographics Memo Jul 26, 2023

Running the Nuclear Export Gauntlet

We mapped the 8 agencies and 25 offices needed to develop and export an advanced nuclear reactor.

Jacob Kincer, Sagatom Saha

Future of Energy Tech

Infographics Jun 17, 2023

Sub-Saharan Africa emits a tiny fraction of the world’s CO₂

Hannah Ritchie

Better Metrics and Data

Infographics Feb 03, 2023

Infographic: Our Unequal Energy World

Entire countries use less electricity than some (pretty small) cities in the United States. Berea, Kentucky is a…

Jacob Kincer

Better Metrics and Data

Infographics Aug 09, 2022

Why Energy is Everything — in 4 Unforgettable Infographics

Better Metrics and Data

Shaping Energy Transitions

Infographics Apr 07, 2021

Infographic: Visualizing Africa’s emissions and poverty in the world

How we aggregate global data affects how we talk about it, and — more importantly — what we…

Todd Moss, Mariel Ferragamo

Better Metrics and Data

Infographics Dec 10, 2020

Infographic: What is sub-Saharan Africa’s contribution to global CO2 emissions?

One of the most striking infographics from the wonderful Our World in Data is the treemap which asks…

Todd Moss

Better Metrics and Data

Blog Infographics Aug 07, 2020

What happens to global emissions if Africa triples down on natural gas for power?

What exactly is Africa’s role in climate mitigation? We already know that the entire continent accounts for just…

Todd Moss, Jacob Kincer

Better Metrics and Data

Future of Energy Tech

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