Female 20-24 population linked to rule of law
Comparing Rule of Law Index with Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP across 169 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.66
- Holding size constant
- -0.50
- Countries compared
- 169
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The relationship between the proportion of females aged 20-24 per unit of GDP and the Rule of Law Index might be influenced by factors such as education and societal equality. A careful reader should consider that a likely confounder could be the level of gender equality within a country. This could impact both the demographic makeup and the effectiveness of legal institutions.
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 link between demographics and legal systems, when in fact other underlying factors like gender equality and societal development might be driving the 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.