Savings linked to young male population
Comparing Gross domestic savings (current US$), per capita with Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP across 181 countries, 2011–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.86
- Holding size constant
- -0.80
- Countries compared
- 181
- Period
- 2011–2025
What might link these
The relationship between gross domestic savings and the proportion of young males may be influenced by factors such as education and employment opportunities. A careful reader should consider that cultural and societal norms could also play a role. A likely confounder could be the overall education system of a country.
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 savings and young male population without considering other economic and social 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.