Table 2.
Characteristics of credit unions by country.
The table displays characteristics of credit unions in 2017 by region. The penetration rate is calculated by dividing the total number of reported credit union members by the economically active population age 15–64 years old. Data source, World Council of Credit Unions, 2018.
| Region (number of countries) | # credit unions | # members | Savings (US$ mil.) |
Loans (US$ mil.) |
Assets (US$ mil.) |
Reserves (US$ mil.) |
Loans/assets (%) |
Reserves/assets (%) |
Penetration (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa (27) | 39,447 | 35,783,426 | 9596 | 8133 | 10,780 | 1060 | 75.4 | 9.83 | 13.80 |
| Asia (27) | 33,004 | 57,450,343 | 147,233 | 138,187 | 180,826 | 5773 | 76.4 | 3.19 | 4.34 |
| Caribbean (17) | 374 | 3,427,989 | 6273 | 4996 | 7662 | 774 | 65.2 | 10.10 | 65.2 |
| Europe (17) | 3491 | 9,103,706 | 24,095 | 11,648 | 32,959 | 4069 | 35.3 | 12.35 | 9.16 |
| Latin America (17) | 2891 | 35,807,657 | 59,840 | 54,212 | 90,864 | 17,210 | 59.7 | 18.94 | 14.57 |
| North America (2) | 6010 | 127,970,072 | 1,485,178 | 1,326,185 | 1,786,602 | 170,219 | 74.2 | 9.53 | 48.88 |
| Oceania (13) | 183 | 4,683,829 | 70,026 | 66,764 | 81,392 | 6424 | 82.0 | 7.89 | 3.85 |
| Worldwide (120) | 85,400 | 274,227,022 | 1,802,240 | 1,610,125 | 2191,086 | 205,527 | 73.5 | 9.38 | 9.38 |
Data is from the World Council of Credit Unions (Statistical Data, 2018).