If Vice President Kamala Harris wins the election, she will be the United States’ first female president. Globally, though, Washington is far behind on such representation at the top.

Foreign Policy surveyed the world’s top 50 countries by GDP. Just seven currently have a female head of state or government (excluding monarchies): three in Europe, two in South Asia, and two in Latin America. The United States—with no female leaders thus far—resides in the same company as China, Iran, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, among others. In 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College—the closest Washington has come to having a woman in the Oval Office.

However, 34 nations (or 68 percent) have already had at least one female leader, and 13 nations (26 percent) have had more than one. Mexico was the latest to join this club with the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum as president on Oct. 1.

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