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United States - Female Employment Rate and Gender Pay Equity 53.99

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 187 economies tracked

Latest value

53.99 (2025)

Global rank

#n/a of 187 economies

vs global median

1.1×

Growth since 1991

1.03×

Ranking Race — Female Employment Rate and Gender Pay Equity

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#13#25#37#49#61#7319911996200120062011201620212025#60#642022 overtook Lithuania2023 overtook Paraguay
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Real annual global ranks, 1991 - 2025. United States climbed from #60 to #64 (overtook Lithuania). 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.

2020
Fell 16 places in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2022
Overtook Lithuania in global rank auto
2023
Overtook Paraguay in global rank auto

Female Employment Rate and Gender Pay Equity, 1991-2025

World Bank WDI · % of female population ages 15+ · linear scale · ranking in the race above
1991200120112021202551.0552.7954.5356.27

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