The search typology of the countries of the world. Part 2. Correlation analysis of indicators

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Abstract

In the second part of the series of articles, a preliminary study of the indicators proposed for the complex multicriteria typology of 197 countries continues. It offers a description and commentary on the correlation of 60 economic, demographic and other indicators by country. The statistical relationships between GDP per capita and indicators characterizing other spheres of human activity, assumed on the basis of publications by Russian and foreign authors, are confirmed or refuted. The positive correlation of the entire group of GDP indicators with government revenues and expenditures, including on education and health care, with the HDI human development index, the level of urbanization, life expectancy, availability of doctors and medical beds, mobile phones and Internet, the level of caloric intake, but also with obesity and alcohol consumption. It is noted that most indicators of economic and social development negatively correlate with indicators of demographic growth. That is, in countries with a growing population, socio-economic problems are not being solved. Contrary to a priori assumptions, no significant correlations were found with other indicators of inflation, GDP growth, government debt, and unemployment. Presumably, this means the uniform spread of these phenomena across all countries, regardless of their level of development.