Chart assignment
Charts to read and discuss
Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.
Chart 1 of 2 · Companies
Which U.S.-listed companies bring in the most revenue?
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Amazon brought in $717 billion and Walmart $713 billion in their latest fiscal years, followed by UnitedHealth Group ($448 billion) in third. Each company's figure is its total revenue for its latest full fiscal year in the SEC's yearly figures, as reported in its annual report to the SEC; each company's “Filing” link in the table opens it. It covers the 50 largest U.S.-listed companies that report under U.S. accounting rules; foreign companies reporting under international rules, such as Toyota, aren't included, and figures a company tagged wrongly (revenue more than 20 times its assets) are left out.
Questions to discuss
- In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
- Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
- Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR company financial data (XBRL) (Public domain (U.S. government work)) · Data as of May 31, 2026
Open the chart and its numbersChart 2 of 2 · World
How much does each country spend on health care per person?
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In 2023, the United States spent $13,473 per person on health care, about 10 times the world figure of $1,317. Germany spent $6,395, Japan $3,638, China $763 and India $85; Madagascar spent the least, $17. Search 191 countries and territories. Spending counts what governments, insurers and households paid for health care, but not new hospitals or equipment, in US dollars at each year's exchange rates, not adjusted for differences in prices.
How to read this chart
Each bar is what a country spent on health care in a year, by governments, insurers and households together, divided by its population and turned into U.S. dollars. The dashed line is the world. The figures aren't adjusted for prices, so a dollar buys more care in some countries than others.
Questions to discuss
- About how many times the world figure does the United States spend per person?
- Does spending more on health care per person always mean people live longer? What other chart on Chartly could help you check?
- Doctors and nurses are paid less in some countries. How would that change what these dollar figures can tell you?
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) (CC BY 4.0 (credit the World Bank)) · Data as of Dec 31, 2023
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