Xplore — Grapher

Technical principles

Unified framework: all your indicators in a single coherent interface, with the same visualisation options on every chart.
All visualisation types: time series, choropleth maps, scatter plots, bar charts, multi-series comparisons — available for every indicator.
Full analytical options: logarithmic scale, percentage normalisation, individual trajectories, temporal animation, trend projection. Regression fits and correlation analysis on any explorer via the Scientific analysis tool.
Ultra-ergonomic: Play button on any chart to animate over time. Interface designed for research and foresight.
Open source base: built on OWID-grapher, the technology powering Our World in Data.
Institutional alignment: visuals at the standard expected by international organisations and academic institutions.
Rapid deployment: from your existing CSVs, a working instance can be put online in just a few days.
Native download: high-resolution PNG image export, source CSV data, embed code for integration into your reports or websites.
Large-scale performance: optimised for hundreds of indicators and millions of data points without latency.
Responsive: the interface is fully optimised for smartphones — explorers can be browsed and navigated from a phone without any degraded experience.
Per-chart shareable links: every visualisation generates a shareable URL, facilitating citation and institutional dissemination.
Unified catalogue: all your indicators in a single entry point, with filters by theme or analytical dimension.
Google Sheets live connector: connect a Sheet and your charts update on every reload — no re-upload, no pipeline re-run.

Any organisation can also combine their own data with the public database already accessible on the demonstration platform (see the available public database).

How Xplore compares to existing tools

Organisations working with international data typically end up building custom exploration tools from scratch — expensive, slow to maintain, and rarely up to the interactivity standards users expect. For international indicator data specifically, the OWID grapher is simply the best visualisation engine available: purpose-built for country-level time series, geographic coverage and multi-chart exploration. Xplore makes it deployable for any organisation, on any dataset, in minutes — and adds statistical analysis, interactive presentations and educational tools that no comparable solution offers out of the box.

Criterion	Classic tools (Python, D3, Datawrapper…)	Our World in Data	OWID + Xplore
Data type Geographic visualisations	Generic ✗ Complex	International ✓	International ✓
Deployment & cost	✗ Months of development	✗ Challenging to deploy	✓ A few minutes
Simplicity, interactivity, ergonomics & animations	✗ Static or complex	✓ State of the art	✓ State of the art
Figure + data export - Science compatible	Partial	✓	✓
Integrated/unified framework Exploration capability		✗ Couple indicators per charts ✗ Limited	✓ Unified framework with hundreds of indicators ✓ Simple + Unlimited exploration
Connected to thousands of public KPIs		OWID database	✓ 10,000+ (OWID, WB, IMF, OECD, WHO, Google Data Commons…)
Statistical analysis tools directly coupled to the explorer			✓ One click, no code, shareable as URL
Interactive presentations & educational tools			✓ Built-in, no additional tool required

All options, on all charts

Each visualisation type has the appropriate analytical options — with no additional configuration.

Option	Tables	Maps	Lines	Ranking	Differential	XY / Scatter
Differential	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Log scale			✓		✓	✓
Percentage normalisation	✓		✓		✓	✓
Individual trajectories	✓	✓	✓			✓
Temporal animation (Play)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Country / region selection	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Data + Figure export	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

What Xplore delivers for you

Xplore is a turnkey service. You are not buying a software licence — you are buying an operational deployment, tailored to your data and your objectives.

End-to-end deployment

From your CSV files to an online platform. A first demo accessible within days. Final delivery in 3 days to a few weeks depending on the complexity of your catalogue and data formatting.

Your data integration + public cross-referencing

Your own data integrated and cross-referenceable with over 10,000 public indicators from the United Nations, OECD, World Bank, WHO, World Inequality Lab and other institutional sources.

Custom thematic observatories

Creation of targeted observatories for sector-specific organisations — health, education, environment, inequality, governance. A tool for positioning and influence with your stakeholders and partners.

Educational content and case studies

Development of data literacy training modules, interactive case studies and outreach resources integrated directly into your platform.

Monitoring and updates

Continuous platform monitoring, regular data updates, and direct connection to source databases for automatic refreshes — no more manual intervention with each new publication.

Technical support and enhancements

Adding indicators, functional upgrades, dedicated support — according to your needs. Xplore and OWID are in continuous improvement: every client benefits from new grapher capabilities as they are rolled out.

Acknowledgements

Xplore deploys a modified version of OWID-grapher, the open source infrastructure developed by Our World in Data — the engine that has driven their site to 100 million annual visits.