News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth (2022). Parent comment

Re:A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about e... by Leary on Sunday August 03, 2025 @07:43PM (#44780799)
Did it with https://sites.google.com/site/jiaxiongyao16/nighttime-lights...

USA (2013-2023 CAGR: 2.3%) 2014: 6.2% 2015: -5.3% 2016: -1.8% 2017: 15.2% 2018: -4.9% 2019: 4.5% 2020: -5.4% 2021: 6.7% 2022: 14.5% 2023: -3.6%

China (2013-2023 CAGR 7.9%) 2014: -1.7% 2015: -1.2% 2016: -5.1% 2017: 53.3% 2018: -1.0% 2019: 7.5% 2020: 6.5% 2021: 11.4% 2022: 4.2% 2023: 10.8%

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about e... by abdullahkhalids on Sunday August 03, 2025 @08:15PM (#44780992)
Individual yearly number are unlikely to be useful. Likely you can only predict long term trends with the help of fits.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about e... by neuroelectron on Sunday August 03, 2025 @09:06PM (#44781224)
Wow, 2017 was a good year
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about e... by potato3732842 on Monday August 04, 2025 @07:55AM (#44784604)
That "feels about right" IMO
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about e... by golem14 on Monday August 04, 2025 @12:04AM (#44782023)
Well, how does it compare with published numbers?
[ Parent | on HN ]