Country Report and Technical Report
Region: Americas (North America)
Report summary: The United States did not score highly on the GCPI, performing below average in terms of its protections for both Family Caregivers and Domestic Workers. It is the only high-income country to not guarantee paid maternity leave to working mothers. It also has few labor protections in place for local and migrant domestic workers within its borders. Its overall score of 3.41 places it in the middle of the Emerging band on the GCPI.
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3.41/10
| Population (million) | 331 |
| GDP (USD, trillion) | 20.95 |
| Human Development Index | 0.926 |
| Women’s Labor Force Participation Rate | 56.7% |
| Percentage of the Informal Economy | 7.3% |
| Old-age Dependency Ratio | 26% |
| Access to Basic Drinking Water* | 99% |
| Access to Electricity* | 100% |
| Access to Sanitation Services* | 99% |
| Access to Essential Health Services*† | 83.9% |
Source: World Bank Open Data, Human Development Index, International Labour Organization 2019, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
* Household access
†The WHO defines essential health services as “the average [household] coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health; infectious diseases; noncommunicable diseases; and service capacity and access; among the general and the most disadvantaged population”
Data correct as of 2022.
The recommended citation for this report is as follows:
Qiu, Sophia X. and Anju M. Paul. 2022. Global Care Policy Index 2022 Country Report: United States (Federal). Singapore: Global Care Policy Index.
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