Services value added linked to male population 65-69
Comparing Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP with Population ages 65-69, male, per unit of GDP across 203 countries, 2015–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.59
- Holding size constant
- -0.44
- Countries compared
- 203
- Period
- 2015–2025
What might link these
The negative correlation might suggest that countries with a higher proportion of males aged 65-69 have less value added in services, possibly due to an aging workforce impacting the services sector. A careful reader should consider that healthcare expenditure, a likely confounder, could influence both indicators. The relationship may be driven by underlying demographic or economic factors.
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 the two indicators, when in fact it may be driven by other underlying factors such as changes in workforce composition or social security policies.
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.