Agriculture value links to older female population
Comparing Population ages 65 and above, female, per capita with Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP across 192 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.67
- Holding size constant
- -0.56
- Countries compared
- 192
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The correlation might be driven by countries' developmental stages, where those with stronger agricultural sectors tend to have younger populations, or by urbanization patterns. A careful reader should consider the role of education as a likely confounder. The relationship could also be influenced by cultural factors affecting female life expectancy and workforce participation.
Why this is not proof of anything
This is a correlation across countries, not an experiment. It cannot show that either indicator causes the other, and both may simply follow a third thing. This correlation could mislead by implying a direct relationship between agricultural productivity and female aging, when in fact it may be driven by broader socioeconomic factors.
The second figure above repeats the measurement with national population and income held constant. It is the more conservative number: a relationship that largely disappears there was mostly telling you that larger, richer countries have more of most things.
How this was measured
Both indicators were ranked across every country reporting each, and the two rankings compared — ranks rather than raw values, because a handful of very large countries can otherwise manufacture a relationship on their own. The calculation is arithmetic over figures already published on this site; the commentary above is drafted from the two indicator names and the resulting coefficients.