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October 3rd, 2024
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Hi, this is Pascal! I’m a developer on the app team at Datawrapper. Today I’m going to take a look at how the amount of coffee you drink might be related to your country’s wealth.
For many people, coffee is an essential part of their day. Some even say they can’t get out of bed or function properly without a cup of coffee in the morning.
Caffeine, the coffee ingredient these people crave, sounds like a magic bullet: studies show it can make you more alert and focused, speed up your reaction time, and even improve your short-term memory.
So coffee can potentially boost productivity on an individual level. But is this also true on a national level? Today I want to take a not-so-serious look at the relationship between coffee consumption and the productivity of countries.
At first glance, this chart might give an easy answer: Drinking lots of coffee makes people more productive and increases their country's wealth, which leads to a higher standard of living. But before you run off to chug the office coffee pot, there are a few things to consider. Things are rarely as simple as they seem, especially on a macroeconomic level and, of course, correlation does not imply causation.
In conclusion, there is no conclusion. People drink coffee in various amounts for a variety of personal and cultural reasons. And even if it results in increased productivity for some, we know too little to attribute the economical status of a whole country to how much coffee its people consume.
I drink coffee mainly because I enjoy the taste, but I also (subconsciously) associate coffee with a productive work session. So in a way, coffee makes me more productive – but that may well be the placebo effect talking.
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy your next coffee (or tea, or energy drink) break. Next week, expect a Weekly Chart from my coworker and designer Alex.
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