Countries with equal resource distribution have more women aged 55-59
Comparing Equal Resource Distribution Index with Population ages 55-59, female, per capita across 172 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.62
- Holding size constant
- +0.46
- Countries compared
- 172
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The link between equal resource distribution and the proportion of women aged 55-59 might be related to societal factors such as education and healthcare access. A careful reader should consider the potential impact of a country's overall healthcare system as a likely confounder. The relationship could be influenced by various factors not accounted for in the correlation.
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 resource distribution and demographics, when in fact it may be driven by other underlying 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.