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		Leary 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie ... Did it with https://sites.google.com/site/jiaxiongyao16/nighttime-lights... USA (2013-2023 CAGR: 2.3%) 2014: 6.2% 2015: -5.3% 2016: -1.8% 2017: 15.2% 2018: -4.9% 2019: 4.5% 2020: -5.4% 2021: 6.7% 2022: 14.5% 2023: -3.6% China (2013-2023 CAGR 7.9%) 2014: -1.7% 2015: -1.2% 2016: -5.1% 2017: 53.3% 2018: -1.0% 2019: 7.5% 2020: 6.5% 2021: 11.4% 2022: 4.2% 2023: 10.8%

neuroelectron 5 months ago | [–]

Wow, 2017 was a good year

potato3732842 5 months ago | | [–]

That "feels about right" IMO

golem14 5 months ago | | [–]

Well, how does it compare with published numbers?

abdullahkhalids 5 months ago | [–]

Individual yearly number are unlikely to be useful. Likely you can only predict long term trends with the help of fits.

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