Selecting country, year, and metric#

The first row of controls contains dropdown menus to select the country and year to display as well as the metric to show in the production chart.

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Fig. 4 Selecting country, year, and metric#

Region-country alignment
Allows the user to select which organization's region definitions to use when limiting countries with the the Region selector. Options are: WOAH, FAO, or World Bank.

Region
Limits the countries in the Country dropdown to those in the selected region.

Country
Determines the country to display for all charts and tables.

Year
Determines the year to display for all charts and tables.

Metric
Determines the metric to display in the production chart. Options are:

  • Tonnes: metric tonnes of carcass weight
  • US Dollars: value of carcass weight in US dollars
  • Percent of GDP: value of carcass weight as percent of GDP for the selected country and year
  • Percent of Breed Standard: carcass weight as percent of the breed standard potential
  • Percent of Realized Production: carcass weight as percent of the realised production