Higher spending per person may be linked to fewer men aged 50-54 relative to GDP.
Comparing Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP with Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita across 182 countries, 2011–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.98
- Holding size constant
- -0.96
- Countries compared
- 182
- Period
- 2011–2025
What might link these
This suggests that countries with a larger proportion of men in their prime working and earning years, relative to their economic output, may have lower per capita household spending. This could be influenced by factors like a younger overall population structure or different economic participation rates.
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. The correlation is strong, but it does not prove that the proportion of men aged 50-54 causes changes in household spending; other socioeconomic factors likely play a significant role.
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.