What is the World Cooperative Monitor
The World Cooperative Monitor (WCM) is a project designed to collect robust economic, organizational, and social data about cooperatives worldwide. It is the only report of its kind collecting annual quantitative data on the global cooperative movement. The publication reports on the world’s largest cooperatives and mutuals, or groups of cooperatives and mutuals, including rankings of the Top 300 and sectoral analysis.
Raising visibility within and beyond the movement
Now reaching 13 editions, the World Cooperative Monitor, produced by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (EURICSE), has illustrated the economic and social contributions of cooperatives and mutuals for more than a decade. We have learned a lot over these many years and have provided the cooperative movement with a significant tool to evaluate its own positioning and highlight the importance of cooperation in the world to the general public and policy makers. Learn more about the first decade of the WCM.
WCM 2025 LAUNCH AT THE UN WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT
From 4 to 6 November 2025, Doha (Qatar) will host the UN World Social Summit, during which the Political Declaration adopted in New York last September will be formally endorsed. The document, coming in the UN-declared International Year of Cooperatives 2025, recognizes the strategic role of cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy in fighting poverty, creating decent work, fostering social inclusion, and driving sustainable transformation.
The Summit will also mark the launch of the CM50 Commitment Plan and Charter, an ICA initiative to strengthen the cooperative contribution to work, climate, gender equality, digital transformation, and democratic participation, and the presentation of the 2025 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor, the annual report produced by the ICA and EURICSE, which collects and analyzes economic, organizational, and social data of the largest cooperatives and mutuals worldwide.
Browse the 2025 World Cooperative Monitor
PRESS KIT
Access all the promotional and press materials for the 2025 World Cooperative Monitor!
Look inside the WCM
In addition to the Top 300 and sector rankings, the WCM offers features and analysis on topics of relevance to the cooperative movement.
Online Library
View and dowload all the WCM publications and materials. Some available in French and Spanish. Find all the full reports, executive summaries, and special chapters.
Key Topics
The World Cooperative Monitor includes analysis of the contribution of the Top 300 to the objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as analysis of the COVID response and how cooperatives communicate their member benefits.
Cooperative Impact
This year, to celebrate the IYC and the launch of the CM50, the WCM includes a number of interviews demonstrating the way the largest cooperative and mutual enterprises impact society.
