Young females relate to agriculture value
Comparing Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP with Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP across 201 countries, 2011–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.87
- Holding size constant
- +0.80
- Countries compared
- 201
- Period
- 2011–2025
What might link these
The correlation might be driven by countries with larger youth populations having more labor available for agricultural work. However, a careful reader should be cautious about the potential influence of cultural or educational factors. Urbanization rate could be a likely confounder.
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 female youth and agricultural productivity, when in fact it may be driven by broader economic or societal factors.
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.