Medals and GDP per Capita, Interesting comparison đź‘Ť
This is a fantastic way to visualize the data! Makes comparisons much clearer
Finally an Olympics chart on this sub reddit that’s actually beautiful and interesting.
Aussie going crazy with the population one.
China is much more standardized than US, never thought of that
I’d think it’d be better to weight by GDP than GDP/capita. You’re effectively multiplying the count (which is already positively correlated with population) by the population.
I like the visual, and the per capita makes sense.
I don’t get why gdp per capita is relevant, since so many sports don’t really require any real investment to play, eg running, soccer.
Now standardize it by $$ each country spends on training
I like how everyone’s like “makes sense” when it really doesn’t. Medals and population are already strongly correlated (higher population generally = more medals). Dividing medals by GDP per capita means you’re multiplying the medal count by population. Multiplying by population again effectively double weights that. Poorer countries with large populations get a double bounce. China and India get a massive boost because of their populations.
![[OC] Paris 2024 Total Medals Standardized by GDP/Capita and Population](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/3dq5525bweid1-1080x1024.png)
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Data Source: ESPN (Medals Table) and Wikipedia (population, GDP)
Tools: [plotset.com](http://plotset.com)
Chart and data available here: [plot.st/paris1](http://plot.st/paris1), [plot.st/paris2](http://plot.st/paris2)
Now that’s a pretty visualization.
Medals and GDP per Capita, Interesting comparison đź‘Ť
This is a fantastic way to visualize the data! Makes comparisons much clearer
Finally an Olympics chart on this sub reddit that’s actually beautiful and interesting.
Aussie going crazy with the population one.
China is much more standardized than US, never thought of that
I’d think it’d be better to weight by GDP than GDP/capita. You’re effectively multiplying the count (which is already positively correlated with population) by the population.
I like the visual, and the per capita makes sense.
I don’t get why gdp per capita is relevant, since so many sports don’t really require any real investment to play, eg running, soccer.
Now standardize it by $$ each country spends on training
Just per GDP: [https://www.sportico.com/leagues/olympics/2024/2024-olympics-medal-count-gdp-usa-dominica-1234793065/](https://www.sportico.com/leagues/olympics/2024/2024-olympics-medal-count-gdp-usa-dominica-1234793065/)
Just per capita: [https://www.medalspercapita.com/](https://www.medalspercapita.com/)
Basically, Grenada is awesome!
Why would you do it per capita?
I like how everyone’s like “makes sense” when it really doesn’t. Medals and population are already strongly correlated (higher population generally = more medals). Dividing medals by GDP per capita means you’re multiplying the medal count by population. Multiplying by population again effectively double weights that. Poorer countries with large populations get a double bounce. China and India get a massive boost because of their populations.