Insights on Economics and Development

The data and visualizations suggest that more developed countries with higher GDP per Capita experience more assassination attempts. However, the data suggests that individual wealth does not correlate with likelihood of attempting an assassination. Rather, unemployment rate appears to be the strongest economic indicator of assassination attempts.

This graph shows the effect of a country's GDP per Capita and Human Development Index score on its number of assassination attempts. The size of the circles is generally increasing as both GDP per Capita and the HDI increase, which suggests that more developed countries experience more assassinations. This could be attributable to the fact that citizens in more developed nations may have more access to resources needed to attempt an assassination—such as weapons.

This scatter plot shows the relationship between GDP per Capita and Assassination Attempts per Capita. As shown by the trend line, there is no strong correlation between GDP per Capita and Assassination Attempts per Capita. This suggests that although more economically developed nations may experience more assassination attempts overall, individual wealth does not correlate with likelihood of attempting an assassination. Assassination Attempts per Capita may stay consistent across GDP per Capita because as a country's people become wealthier, individuals may feel less inclined to attempt an assassination.

This graph shows the effect of Unemployment Rate on number of Assassination Attempts. The trend line indicates a strong positive correlation between the two. In countries with higher unemployment rates, citizens may feel greater discontent against the government and its management of the economy. Citizens may also have more time on their hands to plan and attempt an assassination.