Political rights linked to a country's gendered population-to-GDP ratio.
Comparing Political rights rating fh, gaps filled with Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, per unit of GDP across 169 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.59
- Holding size constant
- +0.45
- Countries compared
- 169
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
Countries with higher political rights ratings tend to have a higher ratio of females in their population relative to their GDP. This could reflect underlying societal development and gender equality, as wealthier nations often have more resources for women's education and opportunities, influencing population demographics and GDP per capita.
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 correlation does not indicate that political rights cause this population-to-GDP ratio, or vice-versa; other socioeconomic factors likely drive both.
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.