Supporting data for my critique of bad data journalism: http://andrewwhitby.com/bad-data-journalism

Unfortunately none of these data sources can be linked to easily. The OECD and WEF particularly have heavy, ugly interactive tools for data selection. I couldn't get the OECD system to export CSV files so I had to use Excel then format to the CSV files I include.

I have done my best to provide instructions that would allow you to reconstruct my files.

gci.csv

Downloaded from http://www.weforum.org/issues/competitiveness-0/gci2012-data-platform/ Choose tab 'Data download' Selections:

• Series = "Global Competitiveness Index, 1-7 (best)"
• Attribute = "Score"
• Edition = "2009-10"

Then choose 'Export' and 'Table (without value formatting)'. Open in Excel and resave as CSV.

irreligion.csv

Transcribed manually from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irreligion_by_country&oldid=605083142

union.csv

Downloaded from http://stats.oecd.org/ Selections:

• Theme = "Trade union density"
• Country = individual OECD countries only
• Year = "2010"
• Table Options = Country, Use Code

gdp.csv

Downloaded from http://stats.oecd.org/ Selections:

• Theme = "GDP per head, US $, constant prices, constant PPPs, reference year 2005"
• Country = individual OECD countries only
• Table Options = Country, Use Code