Female 50-54 population linked to industry value
Comparing Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita with Population ages 50-54, female, per capita across 193 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.65
- Holding size constant
- +0.54
- Countries compared
- 193
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The relationship between the female population aged 50-54 and industry value added per capita might be influenced by the overall economic development of a country, with more developed countries having both a larger industry sector and an aging population due to lower birth rates and increased life expectancy. A careful reader should consider education level as a potential confounder. The correlation could be driven by various underlying factors rather than a direct link between the two indicators.
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 might be driven by broader economic and demographic trends.
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.