In several global studies, the United States leads the world in high performance entrepreneurship. Female founders in particular contribute some of the most eye-popping stats around growth in revenue, growth in employment, financial efficiency, and entrepreneurial spirit. See how many of these facts you know already and how many surprise you:

Facts about female founders and starting companies

1. Women start companies at 1.5 times the average rate in the United States.

2. The absolute number of startups in Crunchbase with at least one female founder has more than quadrupled in the last five years, from 117 in 2009 to 555 in 2014.

3. Women entrepreneurs in the United States rank their happiness at nearly three times that of women who are not entrepreneurs or established business owners.

4. The U.S. ranks No. 1 among 31 countries considered by Dell on the support of women’s entrepreneurship.

5. Today, 18 percent of all startups have at least one female founder.

6. There are just over 9 million women-owned companies in the United States.

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