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Country Cockpit – What countries trade, in real objects

Country Cockpit – What countries trade, in real objects

by kevinBrk·Mar 8, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

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Concrete trade data visualization (dresses, yachts, wine) beats '$X billion' abstraction.

Strengths
  • •Semantic reframing of abstract economic data into intuitive physical objects dramatically improves understanding
  • •Comprehensive multi-source integration: UN Comtrade, OECD, World Bank, government spending (COFOG)
  • •Next.js + React + D3.js + FastAPI stack is solid for interactive geospatial/statistical UI
Weaknesses
  • •Not yet live—sharing screenshots for feedback, so no deployed product to verify claims
  • •Unknown how well visualization scales for granular commodity categories or lesser-tracked nations
Category
Data
Target Audience

Economists, policy analysts, journalists, data visualization enthusiasts

Similar To

Our World in Data · Gapminder · Google Trends

Post Description

I built a dashboard that tries to make country-level economic data actually understandable.

Instead of "$X billion in exports," it shows Italy shipped 96M dresses, 11K yachts, and 2.1B liters of wine.

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/kuxWr55

Covers 37 countries across trade (UN Comtrade), government spending (OECD/COFOG), revenue, debt, strategic resource dependencies, and 24 World Bank indicators.

Stack: Next.js + React + D3.js, FastAPI + SQLite backend.

Not live yet, sharing screenshots for feedback before launch. Curious if this is useful to anyone, or if I'm building for an audience of one.

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