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Wolfram Alpha, the statistician’s Google, has a new feature. You can build widgets that basically take Wolfram Alpha searches and allow users to change selected variables. I was playing around with it and came up with this simple example. Enter the information you want and the year. Clicking the x at on the upper right side of the widget closes the results frame.

By the way, I tried “Olympic medals” and that worked, so don’t be limited by socio-economic data.

And this one is comparative. Just enter the country you want to compare it with.

Finally, one for ranges of years:

Don’t blame me if the information isn’t available. Wolfram Alpha compiles the info. If anyone has an idea for a cool widget, feel to share it here, or go make your own!

EDIT: permanent page for Wolfram Alpha Widgets is now here!