About this resource

Gapminder is an independent educational non-profit fighting global misconceptions. The gapmider website is an engaging and interactive space designed to identify frequent misconceptions about global issues and uses reliable data to develop easy-to-understand teaching materials to tackle them.

Why we recommend this resource

The foundation has no political, religious, or economic affiliations so can produce unbiased information which solely focuses on the truth. Gapminder also understand what causes bias, how people perceive different issues and knows that everyone holds misconceptions. Whether these are reinforced through fake news, unreliable sources, or just a lack of information, no one knows all the real data. That’s why, their goal is to make all the information available for people to view across a wide spectrum of political, social, environmental, and economic issues.