Higher spending per person linked to fewer men aged 40-44 per GDP unit.
Comparing Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP with Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita across 182 countries, 2011–2025.
- Rank correlation
- -0.99
- Holding size constant
- -0.98
- Countries compared
- 182
- Period
- 2011–2025
What might link these
This suggests that countries with higher per capita consumption expenditure tend to have a lower proportion of men in the 40-44 age bracket relative to their GDP. A possible explanation could involve differences in workforce composition or the economic impact of this specific demographic group on national spending patterns.
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 imply that changes in consumption expenditure cause shifts in the demographic proportion, or vice-versa.
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.