Young males fewer where private credit is higher
Comparing Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) with Population ages 00-04, male, per capita across 173 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.65
- Holding size constant
- -0.55
- Countries compared
- 173
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The correlation might reflect demographic differences between developed and developing economies, where access to credit varies greatly. A careful reader should consider education or urbanization as potential confounders. The relationship could be influenced by various socioeconomic factors.
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 link between private credit and demographic trends, when in fact it may be driven by underlying economic development.
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.