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Global Partnerships by the Numbers

Last Updated: November 15, 2011

Global Partnerships (GP) is committed to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. Below are the latest numbers related to the impact of our work. For more information about how we accomplish this, visit our FAQ page.

Our Impact

  • $41.3 million (USD) - amount of GP capital invested in our microfinance partners in Latin America
  • 9 countries - where Global Partnerships works in Latin America
  • 35 microfinance organizations and cooperatives - number of GP partners
  • Number of microloans funded by GP capital since 2004: 392,441*
  •  Number of people served by GP's investments and innovations: 72,594**
  • 98% repayment - average repayment rate of microloans by borrowers to Global Partnerships' microfinance partners

The Need

  • 48 million - number of people in Latin America who could benefit from access to microfinance
  • 12 million - number of people in Latin America with access to microfinance
  • 1 in 6 - number of people living on less than $2 a day in Latin America

* A GP metric that calculates, cumulatively, the number of microloans that GP capital has funded through loans to our microfinance partners, starting from 6/30/2004.

**A GP metric that calculates the number of people directly served by GP capital--it includes the number of people served by our investments and the number of people served by models we’ve advanced.