"There are primarily five types of visualization categories – time-series data, statistical distributions, maps, hierarchies, and networking."
-Infographic, Wikipedia
My first attempt to use infographic to represent time series data taken from Department of Statistics Malaysia. It looks too simple and uninteresting, but at least it is a good start.
Observing directly from the chart, it obviously shows an increasing trend for the past thirty eight years from 1974 to 2012. Nothing much can say except it shows an increasing in total planted area of oil palm which influenced by government policy to export more palm oil to other countries in order to boost the economy. Palm oil is used in processed food and also as a butter substitute. Besides that, palm oil is used as bio diesel and napalm too.
- http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1251&Itemid=109&lang=en
Tool:
- infogr.am
