Visualizing the $94 Trillion World Economy in One Chart

How do the different economies of the world compare? In this visualization we look at GDP by country in 2021, using data and estimates from ... Connectwithus The$94TrillionWorldEconomyinOneChart Viewtheexpandedversionofthisinfographic. Justfourcountries—theU.S.,China,Japan,andGermany—makeupoverhalfoftheworld’seconomicoutputbygrossdomesticproduct(GDP)innominalterms.Infact,theGDPoftheU.S.aloneisgreaterthanthecombinedGDPof170countries. Howdothedifferenteconomiesoftheworldcompare?InthisvisualizationwelookatGDPbycountryin2021,usingdataandestimatesfromtheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF). AnOverviewofGDP GDPservesasabroadindicatorforacountry’seconomicoutput.Itmeasuresthetotalmarketvalueoffinalgoodsandservicesproducedinacountryinaspecifictimeframe,suchasaquarteroryear.Inaddition,GDPalsotakesintoconsiderationtheoutputofservicesprovidedbythegovernment,suchasmoneyspentondefense,healthcare,oreducation. Generallyspeaking,whenGDPisincreasinginacountry,itisasignofgreatereconomicactivitythatbenefitsworkersandbusinesses(whilethereverseistrueforadecline). TheWorldEconomy:Top50Countries Whoarethebiggestcontributorstotheglobaleconomy?Hereistherankingofthe50largestcountriesbyGDPin2021: RankCountryGDP($T)%ofGlobalGDP 1🇺🇸U.S.$22.924.4% 2🇨🇳China$16.917.9% 3🇯🇵Japan$5.15.4% 4🇩🇪Germany$4.24.5% 5🇬🇧UK$3.13.3% 6🇮🇳India$2.93.1% 7🇫🇷France$2.93.1% 8🇮🇹Italy$2.12.3% 9🇨🇦Canada$2.02.1% 10🇰🇷Korea$1.81.9% 11🇷🇺Russia$1.61.7% 12🇧🇷Brazil$1.61.7% 13🇦🇺Australia$1.61.7% 14🇪🇸Spain$1.41.5% 15🇲🇽Mexico$1.31.4% 16🇮🇩Indonesia$1.21.2% 17🇮🇷Iran$1.11.1% 18🇳🇱Netherlands$1.01.1% 19🇸🇦SaudiArabia$0.80.9% 20🇨🇭Switzerland$0.80.9% 21🇹🇷Turkey$0.80.8% 22🇹🇼Taiwan$0.80.8% 23🇵🇱Poland$0.70.7% 24🇸🇪Sweden$0.60.7% 25🇧🇪Belgium$0.60.6% 26🇹🇭Thailand$0.50.6% 27🇮🇪Ireland$0.50.5% 28🇦🇹Austria$0.50.5% 29🇳🇬Nigeria$0.50.5% 30🇮🇱Israel$0.50.5% 31🇦🇷Argentina$0.50.5% 32🇳🇴Norway$0.40.5% 33🇿🇦SouthAfrica$0.40.4% 34🇦🇪UAE$0.40.4% 35🇩🇰Denmark$0.40.4% 36🇪🇬Egypt$0.40.4% 37🇵🇭Philippines$0.40.4% 38🇸🇬Singapore$0.40.4% 39🇲🇾Malaysia$0.40.4% 40🇭🇰HongKongSAR$0.40.4% 41🇻🇳Vietnam$0.40.4% 42🇧🇩Bangladesh$0.40.4% 43🇨🇱Chile$0.30.4% 44🇨🇴Colombia$0.30.3% 45🇫🇮Finland$0.30.3% 46🇷🇴Romania$0.30.3% 47🇨🇿CzechRepublic$0.30.3% 48🇵🇹Portugal$0.30.3% 49🇵🇰Pakistan$0.3*0.3% 50🇳🇿NewZealand$0.20.3% *2020GDP(latestavailable)usedwhereIMFestimatesfor2021wereunavailable. At$22.9trillion,theU.S.GDPaccountsforroughly25%oftheglobaleconomy,asharethathasactuallychangedsignificantlyoverthelast60years.Thefinance,insurance,andrealestate($4.7trillion)industriesaddthemosttothecountry’seconomy,followedbyprofessionalandbusinessservices($2.7trillion)andgovernment($2.6trillion). China’seconomyissecondinnominalterms,hoveringatnear$17trillioninGDP.Itremainsthelargestmanufacturerworldwidebasedonoutputwithextensiveproductionofsteel,electronics,androbotics,amongothers. ThelargesteconomyinEuropeisGermany,whichexportsroughly20%oftheworld’smotorvehicles.In2019,overalltradeequalednearly90%ofthecountry’sGDP. TheWorldEconomy:50SmallestCountries Ontheotherendofthespectrumaretheworld’ssmallesteconomiesbyGDP,primarilydevelopingandislandnations. WithaGDPof$70million,Tuvaluisthesmallesteconomyintheworld.SituatedbetweenHawaiiandAustralia,thelargestindustryofthisvolcanicarchipelagoreliesonterritorialfishingrights. Inaddition,thecountryearnssignificantrevenuefromits“.tv”webdomain.Between2011and2019,itearned$5millionannuallyfromcompanies—includingAmazon-ownedTwitchtolicensetheTwitch.tvdomainname—equivalenttoroughly7%ofthecountry’sGDP. CountriesRegionGDP(B) 🇹🇻TuvaluOceania$0.07 🇳🇷NauruOceania$0.1 🇵🇼PalauOceania$0.2 🇰🇮KiribatiOceania$0.2 🇲🇭MarshallIslandsOceania$0.2 🇫🇲MicronesiaOceania$0.4 🇨🇰CookIslandsOceania$0.4* 🇹🇴TongaOceania$0.5 🇸🇹SãoToméandPríncipeAfrica$0.5 🇩🇲DominicaCaribbean$0.6 🇻🇨St.VincentandtheGrenadinesCaribbean$0.8 🇼🇸SamoaOceania$0.8 🇰🇳St.KittsandNevisCaribbean$1.0 🇻🇺VanuatuOceania$1.0 🇬🇩GrenadaCaribbean$1.1 🇰🇲ComorosAfrica$1.3 🇸🇨SeychellesAfrica$1.3 🇦🇬AntiguaandBarbudaCaribbean$1.4 🇬🇼Guinea-BissauAfrica$1.6 🇸🇧SolomonIslandsOceania$1.7 🇹🇱Timor-LesteAsia$1.7 🇱🇨St.LuciaCaribbean$1.7 🇸🇲SanMarinoEurope$1.7 🇨🇻CaboVerdeAfrica$1.9 🇧🇿BelizeCentralAmerica$1.9 🇬🇲GambiaAfrica$2.0 🇪🇷EritreaAfrica$2.3 🇱🇸LesothoAfrica$2.5 🇧🇹BhutanAsia$2.5 🇨🇫CentralAfricanRepublicAfrica$2.6 🇸🇷SurinameSouthAmerica$2.8 🇦🇼ArubaCaribbean$2.9 🇧🇮BurundiAfrica$3.2 🇦🇩AndorraEurope$3.2 🇸🇸SouthSudanAfrica$3.3 🇱🇷LiberiaAfrica$3.4 🇩🇯DjiboutiAfrica$3.7 🇸🇱SierraLeoneAfrica$4.4 🇸🇿EswatiniAfrica$4.5 🇲🇻MaldivesAsia$4.6 🇫🇯FijiOceania$4.6 🇧🇧BarbadosCaribbean$4.7 🇸🇴SomaliaAfrica$5.4 🇲🇪MontenegroEurope$5.5 🇱🇮LiechtensteinEurope$6.8* 🇬🇾GuyanaSouthAmerica$7.4 🇲🇨MonacoEurope$7.4* 🇹🇯TajikistanAsia$8.1 🇰🇬KyrgyzRepublicAsia$8.2 🇹🇬TogoAfrica$8.5 *2019GDP(latestavailable)usedwhereIMFestimatesfor2021wereunavailable. LikeTuvalu,manyoftheworld’ssmallesteconomiesareinOceania,includingNauru,Palau,andKiribati.Additionally,severalcountriesaboverelyonthetourismindustryforoverone-thirdoftheiremployment. TheFastestGrowingEconomiesintheWorldin2021 With123%projectedGDPgrowth,Libya’seconomyisestimatedtohavethesharpestrise. Oilispropellingitsgrowth,with1.2millionbarrelsbeingpumpedinthecountrydaily.Alongwiththis,exportsandadepressedcurrencyareamongtheprimaryfactorsbehinditsrecovery. RankCountryRegion2021RealGDPGrowth(Annual%Change) 1🇱🇾LibyaAfrica123.2% 2🇬🇾GuyanaSouthAmerica20.4% 3🇲🇴MacaoAsia20.4% 4🇲🇻MaldivesAsia18.9% 5🇮🇪IrelandEurope13.0% 6🇦🇼ArubaCaribbean12.8% 7🇵🇦PanamaCentralAmerica12.0% 8🇨🇱ChileSouthAmerica11.0% 9🇵🇪PeruSouthAmerica10.0% 10🇩🇴DominicanRepublicCaribbean9.5% Ireland’seconomy,withaprojected13%realGDPgrowth,isbeingsupportedbythelargestmultinationalcorporationsintheworld.Facebook,TikTok,Google,Apple,andPfizerallhavetheirEuropeanheadquartersinthecountry,whichhasa12.5%corporatetaxrate—orabouthalftheglobalaverage.Buttheseratesaresettochangesoon,asIrelandjoinedtheOECD15%minimumcorporatetaxrateagreementwhichwasfinalizedinOctober2021. Macao’seconomybouncedbackafterCOVID-19restrictionsbegantolift,butmorestormcloudsareonthehorizonfortheChinesedistrict.TheCCP’santi-corruptioncampaignandrecentarrestscouldsignalamorestrainedrelationshipbetweenMainlandChinaandtheworld’slargestgamblinghub. LookingAheadattheWorld’sGDP TheglobalGDPfigureof$94trillionmayseemmassivetoustoday,butsuchatotalmightseemmuchmoremodestinthefuture. In1970,theworldeconomywasonlyabout$3trillioninGDP—or30timessmallerthanitistoday.Overthenextthirtyyears,theglobaleconomyisexpectedtomoreorlessdoubleagain.By2050,globalGDPcouldtotalcloseto$180trillion. Correction:Inearlierversionsofthisgraphic,countriessuchasVietnamandPakistanwereinadvertentlynotincludedinthevisualization.Theyhavenowbeenadded.IncaseswheretheIMFhasnodatafor2021(specificallyPakistan,Syria,Afghanistan,andLebanon),thelatestavailabledataisused. TweetShareShareRedditEmail Getyourmindblownonadailybasis:*Signup RelatedTopics:usgdpfeaturedchinaeconomicgrowthGDPbycountrygdpin2021usbiggestindustries UpNext ThisInfographicBreaksDownCareersInFinance,FromHedgeFundstoM&A Don'tMiss Mapped:EconomicFreedomAroundtheWorld ClickforComments Youmayalsolike ChinaDisplacesU.S.astheEU’sLargestTradePartner China’sEconomy:40YearsofSoaringExports TheBuffettIndicatoratAll-TimeHighs:IsThisCauseforConcern? BeijingBouncesBack:ChinaPostsPositiveQ3GrowthNumbers What’sAheadin2015:ASurveyofWallStreet’sTopAnalysts Money TheWorld’sBillionaires,byGeneration FromWarrenBuffetttoElonMusk,thisgraphicshowstheworld’sbillionairesbasedontheirtopsectors,residence,andnetworth. Published5daysagoonMarch16,2022 ByDorothyNeufeld TheWorld’sBillionaires,byGeneration Whatsimilaritiesdotheworld’sbillionairesshare?Whataretheirdifferences? Attheageof12,ElonMuskbuilthisfirstvideogame.Similarly,MarkZuckerbergsharedaninterestincomputerprogramming,buildingasimplemessagingplatformatthesameage.Theco-founderofOracle,LarryEllison,developedprogrammingskillsatcollege.Allthreespandifferentgenerationsandmadetheirfortunesintech. InthisinfographicfromBusinessFinancing.co.uk,weexploresomecharacteristicsofbillionairesacrossgenerations,includingtheiraveragenetworth,topsectors,numberofchildren,andmostcommoncityofresidence. TheWorld’sBillionaires,byGeneration UsingdatafromForbeshereishoweachgenerationoftheworld’sbillionairesbreakdown. SilentGeneration Born:1928-1945 AverageNetWorth:$5.5billion MostPopularResidence:NewYork,U.S. SilentGenerationbillionairesarethewealthiestonaverageacrossgenerations.WithCEOofBerkshireHathawayWarrenBuffettandZarafounderAmancioOrtegaamongitsranks,SilentGenerationbillionairesaremostlikelytobeinfinance,fashion,andrealestateindustries. Top5Sector% 1 Finance&Investments15.5% 2Fashion&Retail12.4% 3RealEstate9.8% 4Food&Beverage9.0% 5Manufacturing9.0% MediamogulRupertMurdoch,whoownsTheWallStreetJournal,FoxNews,andTheNewYorkPost,isalsopartofthisgroup.Hehasanetworthof$13billion. BabyBoomer Born:1946-1964 AverageNetWorth:$4.6billion MostPopularResidence:NewYork,U.S. LiketheSilentGeneration,billionaireBoomersaremostlikelytobeinfinance.StephenSchwarzman,founderofprivateequityfirmBlackstoneGroup,R.BudiHartono,therichestpersoninIndonesia,andRayDalio,headofBridgewaterAssociates,allfallintothisgeneration. Boomerbillionairesaremuchlesslikelytobeinthetechindustry,thoughJeffBezosandBillGateshaveamassedtheirfortunesinthisarea. Top5Sector% 1Finance&Investments14.2% 2Manufacturing12.9% 3Fashion&Retail10.6% 4Technology8.7% 5Healthcare8.5% Withanetworthof$150billion,LVMHchairBernardArnaultisthesecondrichestpersonintheworld.FrancoiseBettencourt-Meyers,vice-chairwomanofL’Oreal,ranks12th.BothfashionconglomeratesarebasedinFranceandhelmedbybillionaireBoomers. GenerationX Born:1965-1980 AverageNetWorth:$4.4billion MostpopularResidence:Beijing,China Theworld’sbillionairesinGenXarenotonlypredominantlyintech,butaremostlikelytoliveinBeijing,China.MaHuateng,founderofsocialmediaconglomerateTencentHoldings,createdinstantmessagingplatformQQinhisearly20s.ColinHuangbuiltoneofChina’slargeste-commerceplatforms,Pinduoduo,in2015. Top5Sector% 1Technology24.2% 2Manufacturing13.4% 3Finance&Investments11.6% 4Healthcare8.0% 5Fashion&Retail7.6% GenXbillionairesalsoincludeElonMuskandGoogleco-founderLarryPage. Millennials Born:1981-1996 AverageNetWorth:$5.1billion MostPopularResidence:SanFrancisco,U.S. Withthesecond-highestaveragenetworthaftertheSilentGeneration,millennialbillionairesareseenpredominantlyintechandfinance.Roughly100billionairesworldwidefallintothiscategoryoverall. MarkZuckerbergistheonlymillennialbillionaireamongthetop10richestglobally. Top5Sector% 1Technology31.0% 2Finance&Investments12.9% 3Fashion&Retail8.6% 4Media&Entertainment8.6% 5Automotive6.9% BrianChesky(co-founderofAirbnb),BobbyMurphyandEvanSpiegel(co-foundersofSnapchat),andSwissbillionaireGuillaumePousazareallpartofthisbillionairecohort. GenerationalTrends Whatothertrendsareseenacrosstheworld’sbillionaires?  SilentGenerationBillionairesBabyBoomerBillionairesGenerationXBillionairesMillennialBillionaires Women9.6%9.8%11.9%19.1% Self-Made65.7%71.0%80.7%66.4% U.S.Citizens38.2%27.3%17.7%30.2% EUCitizens17.5%11.7%13.0%18.1% LivingOutsidetheU.S.61.9%73.2%81.8%65.5% Married78.9%86.5%83.6%68.4% Millennialbillionairesarethemostlikelytobewomen,withroughlydoubletherateofallothergenerationsat19%.NotablebillionairewomenincludeAnnaKasprzak,whoco-ownsDanishshoecompanyECCOandBrazil’sAnne-MarieWerninghaus. Self-madebillionairesaremostlikelytobeGenX.Over80%ofbillionairesareinthiscategory,includingGoogleco-founderSergeyBrinandMuRongjun,co-founderofMeituan,acompanysimilartoYelp.Atthesametime,themostbillionaireslivingoutsideoftheU.S.(81%)wereborninthisgeneration. BillionaireBoomersaremostlikelytobemarried.TheSilentGeneration,meanwhile,aremostlikelytobeU.S.citizens,withhedgefundmanagerGeorgeSorosandtheworld’soldestbillionaire,GeorgeJoseph(100)whofoundedinsurancefirmMercuryGeneral,inthisset. NotableexceptionsincludeRobertKuok(98),therichestpersoninMalaysia,andMasatoshiIto(97),chairofJapan’slargestretailer. TweetShareShareRedditEmail ContinueReading Misc WhichCountriesFeatureWomenonBanknotes? Today,only15%ofbanknotesfeaturewomen.Thisinfographiclooksatwhothesewomenareandwhichcountriesfeaturethemontheircurrency CreatorProgram Published2weeksagoonMarch8,2022 ByNickRoutley VisualizingtheWomenonBanknotesWorldwide AstudybySwedishloancompanyAdvisaanalyzed1,006currentinternationalbanknotesandfoundthatonly15%featuredimagesofwomen. Whoarethesewomen,andwhichcountriesfeaturethemontheirbills? ThisgraphicbyIvettKovácsandGabrielleMeritevisualizeswomenonbanknotesaroundtheworld,showingtheirmainoccupations,andthevalueofthebanknotesthey’refeaturedon. TheList:WomenonBills Tocreatethisgraphic,IvettuseddatafromtheStandardCatalogueofWorldPaperMoney,compiledbyVox. Accordingtothedataset,QueenElizabethIIisthemostfeaturedwomanworldwide. CountryDenomination(s)WomanDescription 🇦🇱Albania100lekëQueenTeutaQueenofIllyria 🇦🇬AntiguaandBarbuda$5,$10,$20,$50,$100QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇦🇷Argentina100pesosEvaPerónFirstLadyofArgentina 🇦🇺Australia$50EdithCowanSuffragette 🇦🇺Australia$10MaryGilmorePoet,journalist 🇦🇺Australia$100NellieMelbaOperasinger 🇦🇺Australia$5QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇧🇸Bahamas$10,$100QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇧🇿Belize$2,$10,$20,$50QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇨🇦Canada$20QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇨🇻CapeVerde2000escudosCesáriaÉvoraSinger 🇰🇾CaymanIslands$1,$5,$10,$25,$50,$100QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇨🇱Chile5000pesosGabrielaMistralNobelPrizewinner 🇨🇴Colombia10000pesosPolicarpaSalavarrietaSeamstress,spy 🇨🇷CostaRica20000colonesCarmenLyraWriter 🇨🇿CzechRepublic50korunaAgnesofBohemiaBohemianprincess 🇨🇿CzechRepublic500korunaBoženaNěmcováWriter 🇨🇿CzechRepublic2000korunaEmmyDestinnOperasinger 🇩🇲Dominica$5,$10,$20,$50,$100QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇩🇴DominicanRepublic200pesosMirabalsistersSisterswhoopposeddictatorship 🇩🇴DominicanRepublic500pesosSaloméUreñaPoetandpedagogist 🇫🇰FalklandIslands5,10,20,50poundsQueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇬🇪Georgia50lariQueenTamarTheQueenRegnantofGeorgia 🇬🇮Gibraltar5,10,20,50poundsQueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇬🇩Grenada$5,$10,$20,$50,$100QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇬🇬Guernsey5,10,20,50poundsQueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇭🇹Haiti10gourdesCatherineFlonArcahaieCreatedHaitianflag 🇮🇸Iceland5000kronurRagnheiðurJónsdóttirSeamstress 🇮🇲IsleofMan1,5,,10,20,50poundsQueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇯🇲Jamaica$500NannyoftheMaroonsNationalheroineofJamaica 🇯🇵Japan5000yenHiguchiIchiyōWriter 🇯🇪Jersey1,5,10,20,50poundsQueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan50somKurmanjanDatkaStateswoman 🇲🇼Malawi200kwachaRoseLomathindaChibamboLeaderofAfricanCongress 🇲🇽Mexico500pesosFridaKahlo(andDiegoRivera)Artist,CommunistPartymilitant 🇲🇽Mexico200pesosSorJuanaInésdelaCruzNun,scholar,poet 🇳🇿NewZealand$10KateSheppardSuffragette 🇳🇿NewZealand$20QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇳🇬Nigeria20nairaLadiKwaliPotter 🇳🇴Norway100kronerKirstenFalgstadOperasinger 🇳🇴Norway500kronerSigridUndsetNobelPrizewinner 🇵🇪Peru200solesRoseofLimaFirstcatholicsaintoftheAmericas 🇵🇭Philippines500pesosCorazonC.AquinoFirstfemalepresidentinPhillipines 🇵🇭Philippines1000pesosJosefaLlanesEscodaFounder,PhilippinesGirlScouts 🇰🇳St.KittsandNevis$5,$10,$20,$50,$100QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇱🇨St.Lucia$5,$10,$20,$50,$100QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland50poundsMarySlessorMissionary,activist 🇷🇸Serbia200dinarNadeždaPetrovićPainter 🇰🇷SouthKorea50000wonShinSaimdangArtist,poet 🇻🇨StVincentandGrenadines$5,$10,$20,$50,$100QueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇸🇭St.Helena5,10,20poundsQueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇸🇪Sweden20kronorAstridLindgrenAuthorof"PippiLockstocking" 🇸🇪Sweden50kronorJennyLindOperasinger 🇸🇪Sweden500kronorBirgitNilssonOperasinger 🇸🇪Sweden100kronorGretaGarboActress 🇨🇭Switzerland50francsSophieTaeuber-ArpPainter,sculptor 🇸🇾Syria500poundsZenobiaQueenofthePalmyreneEmpire 🇹🇳Tunisia10dinarsDidoQueen&founderofCarthage 🇹🇷Turkey50liraFatmaAliyeTopuzFirstfemaleMuslimnovelist 🇺🇦Ukraine200hryvenLesyaUkrainkaPoet,writer 🇬🇧UnitedKingdom5,10,20,50poundsQueenElizabethIIQueenofU.K.,CAN,AUS,NZ+ 🇬🇧UnitedKingdom5poundsElizabethFryPrisonreformer 🇺🇾Uruguay1000pesosJuanadeIbarbourouPoet 🇻🇪Venezuela20bolívaresLuisaCáceresdeArismendiHeroineofWarofIndependence CanadawasthefirstcountrytouseanimageofQueenElizabethIIontheirmoney.In1935,Canadaprintedherona$20banknote—theBritishmonarchwasonlya9-year-oldprincessatthetime.Now,QueenEappearsonavarietyofdifferentbanknotesin19differentcountries.IntheCaymanIslands,she’sontheir$1,$5,$25,$50,and$100. Afewotherqueensorroyalmembershavemadeitontodifferentbanknotestoo—Georgia’s50larinotehasanimageofQueenTamar,whowastheQueenofGeorgiafrom1184to1213,andAlbania’s100lekëfeaturesQueenTeuta,a3rdcenturyqueenofanIllyriantribe. Whileroyals(especiallyQueenElizabethII)arefrequentlyfeaturedonbillsworldwide,womeninotherpositionshavealsomadeitontobanknotes. Authors,singers,poets,andpaintersarefeaturedonanumberofdifferentcurrencies.Forinstance,SwedenhasAstridLindgren—theauthorofPippiLongstocking—ontheir20kronor. Swedenalsofeaturesthreeotherwomenontheirbills:BirgitNilsson,JennyLind,andGretaGarbo,makingtheirbanknotefeaturesaneven50/50splitbetweenmenandwomen. AQuickHistoryofWomenFeaturedonU.S.Banknotes EssentiallytheonlytimeawomanwasprominentlyfeaturedonaU.S.banknotewasinthelate19thcenturywhenMarthaWashington—thewifeofPresidentGeorgeWashington—appearedona$1silvercertificate. ThisdearthofwomenonU.S.banknotesmaysooncometoanend.TheBidenadministrationisnowspeedingupeffortstoputHarrietTubmanonthe$20bill,aninitiativethatwasdelayedinrecentyears.WhentheplanwasinitiallyintroducedbythenTreasurysecretary,JacobLew,in2016,thenewdesignwassettobeunveiledin2020onthecentennialofthe19thAmendment(whichgrantedwomentherighttovote). WomenareStillUnderrepresented It’sworthnotingthatwomenarestillconsistentlyunderrepresentedinpositionsofpower,andinthemedia. Andevenwhenwomendoholdauthoritativepositions,researchhasshownthey’retakenlessseriouslythantheirmalecounterparts. That’swhyeventslikeInternationalWomen’sDayexist.It’snotjustatimetocelebratewomen’sachievements—it’salsoadaytoshedlightonexistinggenderbias,andultimatelytakeactiontohelpcombatgenderinequality. Wanttobepartofthechange?LearnmoreaboutWomen’sDay,ordonatetofundraisingeffortsforfemale-focusedcharities. 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