Female age 19 population linked to GVA
Comparing Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (constant 2015 US$) with Age population, age 19, female, interpolated across 193 countries, 2025–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.69
- Holding size constant
- -0.54
- Countries compared
- 193
- Period
- 2025–2025
What might link these
The relationship between the female age 19 population and GVA might be influenced by factors such as education and workforce participation. A careful reader should consider the potential impact of urbanization, as countries with more urban populations may have different economic and demographic profiles. Education level could be a likely confounder in this relationship.
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 population and economic output, when in fact other factors like education and workforce participation may be driving the relationship.
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.