GDP per capita inversely linked to male population per unit of GDP.
Comparing Population, male, per unit of GDP with GDP (current US$), per capita across 212 countries, 2011–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -1.00
- Holding size constant
- -1.00
- Countries compared
- 212
- Period
- 2011–2025
What might link these
This strong negative correlation suggests that as a country's wealth per person increases, the number of males per unit of its economic output tends to decrease. This could be driven by factors like differing labor demands in developed economies, increased female participation in the workforce, or shifts in demographic structures.
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 perfect correlation, even after controls, might mask complex underlying demographic or economic structures that are not fully captured.
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.