Its interesting how in conversation and online discussion China is often given as an example of a country that has a significant gender imbalance, due to the impact of some of its policies over previous decades, but all things considered its gender ratio doesnt really seem that imbalanced, especially compared to some other countries that are not as commonly cited as having that problem, like Malaysia.
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Looks like Russia sending all their men to the meat grinder on the front lines of Ukraine is having a major impact.
To make it slightly more interesting look at the edges. I'm not saying it's related to religion but at least there is a correlation
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Greenland is a sausage fest
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Statistic is kinda weirdly chosen: 200 men : 100 women is the same as 100 men : 50 women, yet the graphic would treat one of these as twice as extreme as the other (+100 vs -50).
Granted, for values close to 100 this doesn't distort much.
Clarifying example:
For example, suppose we had 100 men and 100 women distributed in 2 countries. If we put 60 men with 40 women in country A and 40 men with 60 women in country B, this statistic would report: A: 150 men : 100 women B: 67 men : 100 women
And it would color the excess of men a darker blue than the excess of women (because one is +50 from 100, while the other is -33; note the spacing on their gradient). This would make it seem like there’s net more men than women, which is not true.
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