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United States - Entrepreneurial Intentions 13.42

GEM APS · updated 2026-10-03 · 116 economies tracked

Latest value

13.42 (2024)

Global rank

#n/a of 116 economies

Share of global total

1.1%

Growth since 2002

1.45×

Ranking Race — Entrepreneurial Intentions

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#55200220072012201720222024#15#372020 overtook Slovenia2023 overtook Canada
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Real annual global ranks, 2002 - 2024. United States climbed from #15 to #37 (overtook Slovenia). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2008
Global financial crisis curated

Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.

2017
Climbed 15 places in global rank auto
2020
Overtook Slovenia in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2023
Overtook Canada in global rank auto

Entrepreneurial Intentions, 2002-2024

GEM APS · % of adult population · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2002200720122017202220246.879.5312.1814.84
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