3 Million People Missing From Argentina's Official Numbers, Uncovered With Open Data and DuckDB
MaxLenormand · x · 2026-09-05
A data journalism story: roughly 3 million people in Argentina are unaccounted for in official statistics.
- Nissim Lebovits explains how new large open datasets, modern file formats, and query engines like DuckDB made the analysis possible.
- Author MaxLenormand worked with the OurRadiantEarth team to tell the story and is open to collaborations in geospatial, mapping, and satellite imagery.
- A concrete example of the modern open data stack enabling analysis that was previously impractical.
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