Choose 5 statistics, based on availability

[GiuliaPassoni]

For example:

Common metrics:

• happiness index;

• parental leave length;

• population/ rate of birth;

• GDP;

• alcohol consumption;

• no. of official languages.

• 5 individual facts.

[GiuliaPassoni]

A good source of data: OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). Cons: manual selection (or automated!) of EU countries. Also: Eurostat website. Cons: clunky db interface. However, this dashboard is rather nifty, and may be just the right thing for econ-related data. Country Facts also looks interesting for comparing countries side by side.

[GiuliaPassoni]

Bar graph: length of maternal leave (maybe?); alcohol consumption (?)... Line graph: GDP, unemployment rate, population, inflation rate...

Map: main user interaction.

Which other graphs may be needed? Scatter plots may be helpful for country-specific metrics (maybe).