The country that I decided on was Scotland, but seeing as Scotland is not an independent

country politically from the United Kingdom, their data is combined with all citizens of the

United Kingdom.

The first graph I viewed was a

comparison of agriculture vs personal

computers purchased over time. The data

only goes as far back as 1990, so the overall

impact is minimized in this view, but we

can see as the number of personal

computers purchased, the lower agriculture

falls. This is not surprising as the growing realm of technology indicates a shift in human’s roles.

Humans began as producers, they made their own shelters, food, etc. But as cellphones and the

internet become more core to people’s live, it is not uncommon to see the exchange of money for

technology.

The second graph views the

purchase of cellphones over time when

related to individuals using the internet.

The internet is relatively young; therefore,

the data only goes to 1990. However, in

that time we can see a large growth in not

only the percentage of the population using

the internet but also the number of cellphones purchased. This shows the degree at which

cellphones and internet usage coexist.

 The next graph I wanted to

look at was the number of cellphones

purchased compared to the income of the

population. As we can see the purchase of

cellphones is not tied to the income of the

population. I assumed the number of

cellphones would have increased with the income of the population, but the jump in cellphones

was due to time more than income.

After seeing the lackluster results

from the third graph, I was curious as to

the results of the income of the population

in relation to life expectancy. Once again,

the results were not as dramatic as I

anticipated, there is some correlation

between income and life expectancy but

is seems to be more reliant on the time

period than it does income.

Some of the results I find were interesting and some were disappointing. But overall, I

learned a lot about how the United Kingdom has changed over time. I am still curious as to how

these data points look in comparison to Scotland’s individual data, but until there is a gapminder

for Scotland that is still unknown for now.