Table 1.

Weighted Pearson correlation matrix for country-level variables.

	Gini	GNI	Education	TLFP	QoG	HE%GDP	LE	GII	Pop Density
Gini1
GNI2	−0.12
Education3	0.14	0.49
TLFP4	0.13	−0.14	−0.20
QoG5	0.23	0.78	0.51	−0.21
HE%GDP6	0.37	0.57	0.50	0.09	0.70
LE7	0.03	0.58	0.48	−0.34	0.58	0.34
GII8	−0.01	−0.72	−0.74	−0.08	−0.71	−0.62	−0.69
Pop Density9	−0.36	−0.23	−0.29	−0.16	−0.35	−0.53	−0.01	0.39
Country Region
Europe	−0.30	0.54	0.65	−0.29	0.43	0.45	0.40	−0.66	−0.27
Africa	0.15	−0.17	−0.25	0.42	−0.09	0.07	−0.75	0.29	−0.23
Americas	0.70	0.06	0.08	0.10	0.24	0.44	0.35	−0.10	−0.29
SE Asia	−0.29	−0.27	−0.32	−0.01	−0.32	−0.45	−0.12	0.44	0.72
W Pacific	0.09	−0.11	0.12	0.25	−0.03	−0.17	0.18	−0.23	0.02
E Medi	−0.26	−0.11	−0.30	−0.40	−0.26	−0.37	−0.09	0.24	−0.06

Note. All correlations are significant at p<0.001.

¹Gini Index,

²Gross National Income in current U.S. dollars, per capita,

³Average years of education (25+ years old),

⁴Total Labour Force Participation,

⁵Quality of Government Index,

⁶Health Expenditure (%GDP),

⁷Life Expectancy from birth,

⁸Gender Inequality Index,

⁹Population density (per sq. km).