Young female population linked to lower service exports per capita
Comparing Age population, age 01, female, interpolated with Service exports (BoP, current US$), per capita across 185 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.60
- Holding size constant
- -0.71
- Countries compared
- 185
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
A larger proportion of young females in a country's population is associated with lower service exports per capita. This might suggest developing countries with younger demographics have fewer resources for export-oriented service industries, or a larger domestic demand for services that are not exported.
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 analysis controls for population and GDP, but other socio-economic development factors, education levels, or cultural norms could be driving this 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.