Forbes magazine annually ranks the world's wealthiest female billionaires. This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March or April. There were 337 women listed on the world's billionaires, up from 327 in 2022. Since 2021, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers has been listed as the world's wealthiest woman. According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with an additional 30% having a combination of inherited and created wealth." In the overall female billionaire cohort, 16.9% of billionaires are "self-made" and 53.5% gained their wealth through a combination of inheritance and "self-made" wealth as of 2017.

2023 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking, are:

2022 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking, are:

2021 list

In January 2021, CEOWORLD Magazine announced that if her family's wealth is included in her total fortune, then Francoise Bettencourt Meyers's wealth is estimated to stand at $71.4 billion. The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking, are:

2020 list

The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking, are: