A chloropleth map is a geographic map where statistical information are mapped to certain areas. Let’s plot such a chloropleth map in this post. Packages library(sf) library(stringr) library(tidyverse) library(readxl) Geo data Best place to get German geo data is from the “Bundesamt für Kartografie und Geodäsie (BKG)". One may basically use the data for a purposes unless it is against the law. I have downloaded the data 2017-10-09. More specifically, we are looking at the “Verwaltungsgebiete” (vg), that is, the administrative areas of the country, …