Exploring Choropleth Maps

Choropleth maps

Choropleth maps are basically colored polygons representing a certain area on a map. Plotly ships with country maps included (as well as US states), and so it is very easy to plot maps if we have information about countries. We already have such information in our dataset. We have country names, as well as country codes, in every row. We also have the year, some metadata about the countries (region, income group, and so on), and all the indicator data. In other words, every data point is connected to a geographical location. So, let’s start by choosing a year and an indicator and see how the values of our chosen indicator vary across countries.