Service exports decrease as young female population increases
Comparing Service exports (BoP, current US$) with Population ages 0-14, female, per capita across 185 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.66
- Holding size constant
- -0.78
- Countries compared
- 185
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The negative correlation might be linked to differences in economic development stages or societal priorities. A careful reader should consider that education levels could be a confounder, as countries with higher female education might have more service exports and lower birth rates. This relationship could be influenced by various factors not accounted for in the analysis.
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 service exports and young female population without considering other underlying economic and social 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.