| Here are a few things correlated with GDP. Note that we don't know the direction of causation, so either Japan's GDP is going sideways because corruption is on the rise–or they can expect corruption to rise because the economy is stagnating. low levels of GDP and high levels of corruptions are correlated poverty reduction and per capita income growth performances are correlated economic freedom is correlated with income Rule of law is correlated to GDP per person There is only a partial correlation between democracy and economic growth but stronger correlation between democracy and level of GDP As per capita income increases to around US$5,000 per annum, environmental quality falls, but then from around $8,000 per capita onwards, the environmental quality rises again GDP and happiness is correlated GDP per capita is correlated to percentage of population who donate to charity GDP is correlated to individualism in a country Wealthier countries tend to have less income inequality |