Dollar Street is a passion project by Anna Rosling Rönnlund that helps everyday people understand and use global public data. Anna was not satisfied with the results after spending 15 years carefully creating colorful and moving charts. She wanted to connect data to everyday life, especially places far away. “People in other cultures are often portrayed as scary or exotic,” She says: “This has to change. We want to show how people really live. It seemed natural to use photos as data so people can see for themselves what life looks like on different income levels. Dollar Street lets you visit many, many homes all over the world. Without traveling.”
The first team of photographers documented 264 homes in 50 countries so far, and the list is growing. In every home, the photographer spends the day taking photos of various objects (shoes, toothbrushes, toys). Then these photos are tagged into categories, household function, family name, and income etc. By looking at these photos, we could easily understand the difference that is hard to see in any type of chart. Scroll down to see the world for yourself!
In a Burkinabe home living on $29/month per adult, the favorite toy is an old tire
In a Burundian home living on $29/month per adult, the favorite toy is dried maize
In an Indian home living on $31/month per adult holding his favorite toy
In a Zimbabwean home living on $34/month per adult, the favorite toy is a home-made ball
In a Haitian home living on $39/month per adult, the favorite toy car made out of recycled plastic items
In a Zimbabwean home living on $41/month per adult, the favorite toy is a car
In a Haitian home living on $43/month per adult, the favorite toy is a hoop
In a Burkinabe home living on $45/month per adult, the favorite toy is a broken plastic doll
In a Burkinabe home living on $54/month per adult, the favorite toy is a tire
In an Ivorian home (Cote d’Ivoire) living on $61/month per adult, the favorite toy is a shoe
In an Indian home living on $65/month per adult, the favorite toy is a home-made cricket bat
In a Rwandan home living on $72/month per adult, the favorite toys are leaves
In a Haitian home living on $102/month per adult, the favorite toy is a handheld video game
In a Palestinian home living on $112/month per adult, the favorite toy is a plastic bottle
In a Colombian home living on $123/month per adult, the favorite toy is a volleyball ball
In a Nigerian home living on $124/month per adult, the favorite toys are wooden poles
