Exchange rates linked to female youth population
Comparing Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) with Population ages 10-14, female, per capita across 209 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.58
- Holding size constant
- +0.47
- Countries compared
- 209
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The relationship between official exchange rates and the population of females aged 10-14 might be influenced by economic development factors, as countries with certain economic profiles may have both specific exchange rates and demographic characteristics. A careful reader should consider the potential impact of urbanization, education, or healthcare access as confounders. Education, in particular, could be a factor that affects both economic stability and demographic trends.
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 exchange rates and demographic factors, when in fact it might be driven by underlying economic or social structures.
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.