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United States - High Job Creation Expectation 34.06

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

Latest value

34.06 (2024)

Global rank

#n/a of 116 economies

Share of global total

2.9%

Growth since 2001

1.29×

Ranking Race — High Job Creation Expectation

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#11#21#31#41#51200120062011201620212024#4#82023 overtook Puerto Rico2024 overtook Latvia
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Real annual global ranks, 2001 - 2024. United States climbed from #4 to #8 (overtook Puerto Rico). 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.

2009
Fell 15 places in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2023
Overtook Puerto Rico in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Latvia in global rank auto

High Job Creation Expectation, 2001-2024

GEM APS · % of adult population · linear scale · ranking in the race above
20012006201120162021202420.1226.2832.4538.61

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