The State of the World Atlas

In a world governed by ‘fake news’ and where world leaders are dismissing ‘facts’, this statistically meticulous presentation of trends is vitally important to understand the world today.

A milestone of graphic reporting, this groundbreaking ‘atlas with attitude’ keeps pace with the speed of change with informed analysis and graphically analyses every key indicator and vital statistic of modern life. New topics for this 10th edition include: - Climate change: Impact on human health and security, different scenarios, and the time left to change course - Terrorism: Number of terrorist attacks in each country - Weapons of mass destruction: Chemical weapons use in Syria - Peace: Agreements reached across the years - Democracy: Spread of democracy around the world - Minorities: Peoples under threat - Big business: Panama and Paradise papers, and dirty business