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Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures
Cooperatives are not a marginal form of economic organisation but a global economic force of substantial scale. The figures below are drawn from the International Co-operative Alliance, the World Cooperative Monitor and other sources, with the source and reference year noted for each figure.
≈ 3 million
Cooperatives worldwide
Source: ICA Facts & Figures
1 billion+
Cooperative members worldwide (about 12% of the world's population)
Source: ICA Facts & Figures
≈ 280 million
Jobs provided or supported by cooperatives (about 10% of the employed population)
Source: ILO/ICA, Cooperatives and Employment
$2.79 trillion
Combined turnover of the Top 300 cooperatives and mutuals (FY2023)
Source: World Cooperative Monitor 2025
World Cooperative Monitor
The WCM is jointly compiled by the International Co-operative Alliance and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse), and is the core data source on the scale of the global cooperative and mutual economy, covering the world's 300 largest cooperatives and mutuals. The 13th edition (2025) puts Top 300 turnover at $2.789 trillion (data year FY2023).