Age of the female leader

Two of the world’s five biggest economies now have a female leader. Women-led nations currently produce 15% of global GDP – but this will rise to almost 40% if Hillary Clinton becomes U.S. president

Share of world GDP

World GDP  (2015) $73,433 billion

Germany 4.6%

Rest of world 60.2%

United Kingdom 3.9%

Brazil 2.4%

South Korea 1.9%

Others (16 countries) 2.6%

United States 24.4%

Angela Merkel Germany

Theresa May United Kingdom

Erna Solberg Norway 

Dilma Rousseff Brazil – powers suspended in May 2016

Beata Szydlo Poland

Park Geun-hye South Korea

Tsai Ing-wen Taiwan

Hillary Clinton Democratic nominee in U.S. presidential election

Michelle Bachelet Chile

Other leaders (excluding monarchs)

Bahamas: Dame Marguerite Pindling

Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina Wajed

Croatia: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Grenada: Dame Cécile La Grenade

Liberia: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Lithuania: Dalia Grybauskaite

Malta: Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca

Marshall Islands: Hilda Heine

Mauritius: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim

Namibia:  Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila

Nepal: Bidhya Devi Bhandari

Saint Lucia: Dame Pearlette Louisy

Sources: World Bank, Pew Research Center

Pictures: Associated Press