Young women population linked to import levels
Comparing Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita with Population ages 25-29, female, per capita across 204 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.58
- Holding size constant
- -0.50
- Countries compared
- 204
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The relationship between merchandise imports per capita and the population of females aged 25-29 per capita might be influenced by factors such as education or workforce participation rates among young women, which could in turn affect consumer spending and import demands. A careful reader should consider the potential impact of urbanization rates as a confounder. The correlation suggests a pattern, but its underlying causes are complex.
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 might mislead by implying a direct link between demographic factors and trade patterns, when in fact, other economic and social factors are likely driving the relationship.
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.