Line plot to tell an effective story
In the previous recipe, we learned how to plot a very basic line plot and use some of the options. In this recipe, we will go a step further and make use of specific visual cues such as color and line width for easy interpretation.
Line charts are a great tool to visualize time series data. The fertility data is discrete but connecting points over time provides our audience with a direction. The visualization shows the amazing progress countries such as Mexico and Turkey have achieved in reducing their fertility rate.
OECD defines fertility rate as "Refers to the number of children that would be born per woman, assuming no female mortality at child-bearing ages and the age-specific fertility rates of a specified country and reference period".
Line plots have been widely used by New York Times to create very interesting infographics. This recipe is inspired by one of the New York Times visualizations. It is very important to understand that many of the infographics...
