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Income & Employment

FINCA helps people grow their businesses and earn additional income. We survey our clients to see how their enterprises change after receiving a FINCA loan. This allows us to see how much income they are earning, how many jobs they are supporting, and how much employment is the result of FINCA's assistance. This is the measure of our direct impact.

So far, six FINCA subsidiaries have participated in this survey, and several more are planned for 2017. The data presented in this section, therefore, are not yet fully representative of our network overall. But they give us an important glimpse into the working conditions of our clients and the extent to which FINCA is helping them to generate gainful employment.

Income & Employment Data

Global
Global Africa Eurasia Latin America MESA
Africa
All Africa DRC Malawi Nigeria Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Eurasia
All Eurasia Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan
Latin America
All Latin America Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Nicaragua
MESA
All MESA Afghanistan Jordan Pakistan

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Afghanistan.

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$2,841 24% Average annual profit 24% of the total sales % #
2.45 Average # of employees per client enterprise
282,257 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia only.
76,601 27% Employees hired due to FINCA loan Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia only. % #
181,338 64% Wages paid above the poverty line Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia only. % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Armenia.

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$10,348 42% Average annual profit FINCA’s clients in Azerbaijan have 40% higher annual sales and earn 30% higher yearly profits than their counterparts in the region. % #
1.81 Average # of employees per client enterprise Each enterprise funded by FINCA creates jobs for 1.8 employees on average (including the owner).
120,891 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises
79,942 66% Employees hired due to FINCA loan FINCA’s clients attribute two-thirds of total employment in their businesses directly to the loans they received from FINCA. % #
109,164 90% Wages paid above the poverty line About 90% of the people working in the businesses served by FINCA are earning wages that are above the national poverty line. % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in DRC.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Ecuador.

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$7,457 46% Average annual profit 46% of the total sales in Georgia and Azerbaijan. % #
1.76 Average # of employees per client enterprise Georgia and Azerbaijan only
200,942 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises Georgia and Azerbaijan only.
116,264 58% Employees hired due to FINCA loan Georgia and Azerbaijan only. % #
172,373 86% Wages paid above the poverty line Georgia and Azerbaijan only % #
$4,452 30% Average annual profit Profit is shown as a percent of total sales. % #
2.31 Average # of employees per client enterprise Employees (full-time equivalent) include the owner. Employment is highest in MESA and Africa.
835,526 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises Includes only the 6 subsidiaries where we have data. In those countries, the total scale of FINCA's outreach, including employees, is more than two times the number of borrowers.
221,858 27% Employees hired due to FINCA loan At any given time, 27% of total employment in our clients' enterprises is directly attributed by them to the expansion of their activities that was enabled by FINCA. Job-creation is the most dramatic in Eurasia. It is especially low in MESA/Pakistan. % #
463,742 59% Wages paid above the poverty line Wages that are above the poverty line are considered a "living wage." % #
$3,412 50% Average annual profit 50% of the total sales. % #
1.68 Average # of employees per client enterprise
80,051 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises
36,322 45% Employees hired due to FINCA loan % #
63,208 79% Wages paid above the poverty line % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Guatemala.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Haiti.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Honduras.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Jordan.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Kosovo.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Kyrgyzstan.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Latin America.

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$2,727 27% Average annual profit FINCA clients in Malawi earn an average annual profit of $2,727, the second highest in the region. This represents 27% of their total sales. % #
2.87 Average # of employees per client enterprise Includes the owner, FINCA Malawi's borrowers generate more employment than other subsidiaries in the region.
128,263 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises
27,013 21% Employees hired due to FINCA loan % #
79,523 62% Wages paid above the poverty line % #
$3,255 22% Average annual profit % #
2.66 Average # of employees per client enterprise
352,327 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises
28,993 8% Employees hired due to FINCA loan % #
110,032 31% Wages paid above the poverty line % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Nicaragua.

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No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Nigeria.

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$3,255 22% Average annual profit FINCA’s borrowers earn $3,225 annually out of $16,978 in total sales. % #
2.66 Average # of employees per client enterprise
352,327 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises
28,993 8% Employees hired due to FINCA loan % #
110,032 31% Wages paid above the poverty line % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Tajikistan.

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$3,174 18% Average annual profit 18% of the total sales. % #
2.41 Average # of employees per client enterprise
124,130 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises
48,127 39% Employees hired due to FINCA loan % #
85,240 69% Wages paid above the poverty line % #

No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Uganda.

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$2,208 36% Average annual profit 36% of total sales. % #
1.57 Average # of employees per client enterprise
29,865 People employed in FINCA-funded enterprises
1,462 5% Employees hired due to FINCA loan % #
16,575 56% Wages paid above the poverty line The wages provided by FINCA clients in Zambia are lower than other subsidiaries in the region. % #

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