Female population 55-59 linked to reserve funds
Comparing Reserve tranche position, SDR, per capita with Population ages 55-59, female, per unit of GDP across 187 countries, 2020–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.75
- Holding size constant
- -0.64
- Countries compared
- 187
- Period
- 2020–2025
What might link these
The relationship between the proportion of females aged 55-59 in a country's population relative to its GDP and the reserve tranche position per capita might be influenced by demographic factors affecting economic productivity and government financial decisions. A careful reader should consider the potential impact of pension and social security systems on these indicators. Education level could be a likely confounder.
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 demographics and financial reserves without accounting for other economic and policy 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.