Category: The Outlier
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Outlier favourites: 8 charts that hit the mark in 2024
There are more than 650 charts in the Our World In Charts collection, 200+ of which have been produced during the course of 2024. Here are eight charts selected by members of The Outlier’s team as standout examples of the work we’ve covered this year.
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2024: The Outlier’s Year in Review
It’s been a huge year for training for us at The Outlier. We’ve run our in-person Data Storytelling workshop more than a dozen times, training close to 150 people.
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Top of the charts: 15 most-viewed visualisations of 2024
The Outlier’s collection of charts surpassed the 650-mark this year, an accomplishment our small team is very proud of. Here’s a list the 15 most-viewed charts on our website this year, which cover topics as diverse as politics, television, travel and, of course, money.
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Burst pipes, falling levels and unplanned fixes: Numbers behind Joburg’s water crisis
Joburg’s water woes have been decades in the making, with ageing infrastructure and poor maintenance unable to keep up with a growing population. In the past two months, unplanned maintenance incidents have doubled compared to planned ones, affecting over 440 suburbs.
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What it costs Gauteng residents to get around
The amount spent by people living in the province varies widely, with respondents reporting spending anything between zero and R9,500 a month. The median spend is R500.
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OpenRefine Part 3: Fixing inconsistencies with the cluster and edit tool
If you’re still on the fence about using OpenRefine or feel intimidated by its features, this tutorial will walk you through two of its most powerful tools: clustering and editing. These tools will help you clean and standardise your dataset, saving hours of work.
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HIV in South Africa: Deaths drop by 80% as treatment uptake grows
An estimated 7.8-million people are living with HIV in South Africa and three-quarters (5.9-million people) are on antiretroviral medicine.
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South Africa’s pay divide: Who earns what and why it matters
Stats SA’s latest report on monthly earnings reveals striking disparities in South Africa, from a persistent gender pay gap to regional and educational influences on income. Women earn 20% less than men, and median earnings barely cover basic living costs.
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SA murder count on track for a two-year low
So far this year to September, 19,279 murders were reported in South Africa. Unless December is particularly violent, we are on track to record the first decrease in murders since 2021.