Examples

Example # 1 (Percentage of Share in World)

Research Query: Can we classify the 175 countries of the world into three blocks or strata of power using Population, National Income, Per Capita Income and Annual Military Expenditure of the state as key sources of power.

Answer the Query: Let us go to the Right Hand of the Dashboard it has a ‘Button’ titled ‘Tiers of power’. A quick operation through that button will produce the following research material. Tier # 1 of 175 countries of the World comprises 31 countries. Their average per capita income is 44k USD at PPP. Even though this Tier # 1 Group of countries comprises 13 % of the world’s population, its share of global Gross National Income (GNI) is 39%. Furthermore, its annual expenditure on military is 1142 billion USD (at PPP) constituting 58% of world military expenditure.

The following table extracted from the Barometer, in a very user friendly manner yields the following information, which the user can display in a tabular form of their own choice.

Example # 2 (Trend Data)

Furthermore a simple exercise on the Barometer can produce the following information on the trends over the last 30 years.