Facts about women
Nearly a third of all businesses around the world are now owned or managed by women!
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20 percent of women earn at least $5,000 more than their spouse.
Wives who out-earn their husbands are still far from the norm, but not nonexistent. In January 2015, the Census estimated that 20 percent of women earn at least $5,000 more than their spouse.
Chart by Jordan Weissmann
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), only three parts of the globe appear to be the leaders on that matter: Jamaica, Colombia, and Saint Lucia. Jamaica comes in first where just under 60 percent of all managers are women.
Photo by Lands of Void