Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets sold
correlates with
Countries with legal same-sex marriage
r = -0.98398% · 2002-2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets soldCountries with legal same-sex marriage
These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2002-2012. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.
Data Sources
Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets solden.wikipedia.org ↗
Countries with legal same-sex marriageourworldindata.org ↗
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation