US olive oil consumption

correlates with

Japanese vending machines

r = -0.90190% · 2014-2022

US olive oil consumptionJapanese vending machines

These two datasets have a 90% correlation over 2014-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

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Data Sources

US olive oil consumptionindexmundi.com ↗

Japanese vending machinesjvma.or.jp ↗

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