A few figures

(Sources: L’économie sociale, Célia Firmin and Thierry Jeantet, 2004; Le poids de l’économie sociale en France, CEGES, 2005).

The following information presents a snapshot of the social economy around the world.  It is in no way meant to be exhaustive.

Mutual insurance companies:

Examples in Europe:
Ireland: 1 mutual insurer, 750 employees, 1,539,000 members, 40% market share
Belgium: 5 mutual insurers, 15,000 employees, 5,950,000 members, €20 billion in revenues, 95% market share
Netherlands: 23 mutual insurers, 9,000 employees, 5,000,000 members, 65% of compulsory health insurance, 80% of private health insurance
Slovenia: 1 mutual insurer, 177 employees, 740,000 members, 55% market share
France: 2,500 mutual insurers grouped into 3 federations, 58,000 employees, over 40 million beneficiaries

Examples in Africa:
Morocco: 8 mutual insurers, 1,000 employees, 1,549,000 beneficiaries
Algeria: 1 federation, 20 member organizations, 500 employees, 12,000,000 beneficiaries
Ivory Coast: 1 mutual insurer, 165 employees, 423,000 beneficiaries
Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe): 152 mutual insurers, 7,000,000 beneficiaries

And also:
Israel: 2 mutual insurers, over 500 employees, 5,000,000 beneficiaries
Lebanon: 1 federation, 60 employees, 160,000 beneficiaries
Latin America: 1,298,000 beneficiaries; 2 federations in Argentina, 2 mutual insurers in Colombia, 1 federation in Uruguay

Cooperatives:

Worldwide (100 countries):

750,000 cooperatives
100,000,000 employees
775,000,000 members
3 billion people concerned

Examples in Europe:
Spain: 25,336 cooperatives, 284,675 employees, 3,877,184 members
Italy: 18,592 cooperatives, 390,804 employees, 2,899,347 members, €39.5 billion in revenues
Sweden: 32,102 cooperatives, 61,590 employees, 2.69% of GDP
United Kingdom: 3,000 stores, 7,000 employees, £231.4 million in revenues
France: 21,000 cooperatives

Examples in the Americas:

United States: 27,600 cooperatives, 150,000,000 members
Canada (8 provinces excluding Quebec): 3,521 cooperatives, 79,222 employees, 7,921,317 members, Can$15,563,615 in revenues
Quebec: 3,210 cooperatives, 75,529 employees, 7,335,173 members
Argentina: 8,100 cooperatives, 9,100,000 members
Brazil: 7,355 cooperatives, 182,000 employees, 5,762,000 members

Examples in Asia:
India: 446,800 cooperatives, 183,000,000 members
China: 32,000 cooperatives, 160,000,000 members
Japan: 5,707 cooperatives, 380,000 employees, 64,327,000 members, ¥3,350 billion in revenues
Indonesia: 32,200 cooperatives, 35,700,000 members
Vietnam: 42,500 cooperatives, 20,000,000 members
South Korea: 7,500 cooperatives, 20,000,000 members
Bangladesh: 130,000 cooperatives, 7,500,000 members
Philippines: 13,300 cooperatives, 9,700,000 members

Examples in Africa and the Middle East:
Iran: 53,100 cooperatives, 9,200,000 members
Turkey: 50,000 cooperatives, 8,100,000 members
Egypt: 18,200 cooperatives, 11,500,000 members

Nonprofit organizations:

A few figures for Europe:

7% of non-agricultural employment in Western Europe

Main sectors:
28% of employment in education, 27% in social services, 22% in healthcare, 10% in arts and culture

Netherlands: 12.6 % of employment
Spain: 2,500 nonprofit organizations, 4.5% of employment, 3,560,294 members
Belgium: 48,000 nonprofit organizations, 9.6% of employment, 5% of GDP
Poland: 36,500 nonprofit organizations, 85,000 employees
France: 1,000,000 nonprofit organizations, 1,650,000 employees

A few figures for other countries:
Japan: 14,160 nonprofit organizations, 849,000 employees, ¥694 billion in output, 4.5% of GDP
United States: 8% of employment, $7.2 billion in output
Canada (Quebec alone): 3,941 nonprofit organizations, 45,080 employees, 1% of GDP
Argentina: 4% of employment
Brazil: 2% of employment, $0.7 billion in output
China: ¥2.8 billion in output
Israel: 9% of employment