Category: Night-time lights (NTL)

Using Night-Time Light Data Researcher Finds Chinese GDP Is Exaggerated by About 35%

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been known to alter its economic data. A study published in October used night-time light to determine that China, as well as other autocracies, overstate their gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates. The U.S. study gathered night-time light (NTL) data from satellites and used that to measure the exaggeration…


Using Night-Time Light Data Researcher Finds Chinese GDP Is Exaggerated by About 35 Percent

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been known to alter its economic data. A study published in October used night-time light to determine that China, as well as other autocracies, overstate their gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates. The U.S. study gathered night-time light (NTL) data from satellites and used that to measure the exaggeration…