Service imports fall as male 55-59 population grows
Comparing Population ages 55-59, male, annual growth rate with Service imports (BoP, current US$), per capita across 185 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.56
- Holding size constant
- -0.44
- Countries compared
- 185
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The negative correlation might suggest that countries with growing populations of older working-age males tend to have lower per capita service imports, possibly due to changes in workforce composition or consumer behavior. However, a careful reader should consider the potential impact of urbanization rates, as this could be a confounding factor influencing both indicators. The relationship may not be straightforward, and further analysis is needed to understand the underlying mechanisms.
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 demographic changes and trade patterns, when in fact other economic or social factors may be driving the observed association.
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.