Imports decrease as male 30-34 population rises per GDP
Comparing Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita with Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP across 171 countries, 2015–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.93
- Holding size constant
- -0.90
- Countries compared
- 171
- Period
- 2015–2025
What might link these
A possible link between these indicators could be related to the economic activity and workforce composition of a country. However, a careful reader should be cautious about the potential influence of education levels, as countries with higher proportions of males in this age group pursuing education might have different import patterns. Urbanization rates could also play a role as 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 suggesting a direct relationship between these indicators when, in fact, other underlying economic or demographic factors might be driving the observed association.
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.