Measuring Our Impact
Women’s Empowerment Data
Global
Global
Africa
Eurasia
Latin America
MESA
Africa
All Africa
DRC
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Eurasia
All Eurasia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Latin America
All Latin America
Ecuador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
MESA
All MESA
Afghanistan
Jordan
Pakistan
16,266
57%
Female borrowers
FINCA’s outreach to women in Afghanistan is remarkable, especially considering the limits on women's activities outside of the home.
%
#
1,119
4%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
3,333
12%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
82,184
37%
Female borrowers
The majority of female borrowers are the primary income-earners in their families.
%
#
28,560
13%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
73,048
33%
Households with female as main earner
.
%
#
113,248
56.5%
Businesses run by women
Most of the businesses funded by FINCA in Africa are run by women, ranging from 54% in Tanzania to 61% in Zambia.
%
#
232,635
41%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
268,567
51%
Jobs created by women
Among FINCA clients, women entrepreneurs in Africa create jobs at a slightly higher rate than men.
%
#
9,585
35%
Female borrowers
%
#
3,801
14%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
6,588
24%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
7,307
27.0%
Businesses run by women
%
#
20,839
44%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
8,913
19%
Jobs created by women
%
#
3,967
20%
Female borrowers
%
#
1,461
8%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
2,524
13%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
6,113
31.4%
Businesses run by women
%
#
11,291
32%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
11,258
32%
Jobs created by women
%
#
27,588
43%
Female borrowers
%
#
7,066
11%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
21,787
34%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
36,224
56.6%
Businesses run by women
%
#
61,440
43%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
54,760
38%
Jobs created by women
%
#
7,045
57%
Female borrowers
Like its peers in the region, FINCA Ecuador maintains a high level of outreach to women.
%
#
905
7%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
5,792
47%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
68,196
40%
Female borrowers
Kyrgyzstan has the highest female outreach in the region.
%
#
23,017
14%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
49,242
29%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
46,596
38.7%
Businesses run by women
%
#
168,322
42%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
119,362
39%
Jobs created by women
%
#
283,772
38%
Female borrowers
Outreach to women is highest in Latin America and Africa. The results in Afghanistan are also striking, where over half of our borrowers are female.
%
#
96,587
13%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
197,615
27%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
258,655
40.7%
Businesses run by women
%
#
608,433
34%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
617,540
39%
Jobs created by women
This is the total number of employees hired by FINCA's female borrowers.
%
#
14,166
64%
Female borrowers
Second-highest in the world, right after FINCA Haiti.
%
#
2,279
10%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
5,697
26%
Households with female as main earner
Guatemala is exceptional in that most of our female clients are secondary earners.
%
#
53,183
90%
Female borrowers
%
#
14,514
24%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
32,117
54%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
48,892
82.3%
Businesses run by women
%
#
68,912
43%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
140,742
88%
Jobs created by women
%
#
10,785
55%
Female borrowers
%
#
4,551
23%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
8,927
45%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
14,052
71.4%
Businesses run by women
Note that this is higher than the number of female borrowers, because the data are from an Enterprise survey, which is done separately from the household survey.
%
#
30,307
76%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
26,425
66%
Jobs created by women
%
#
26,074
89%
Female borrowers
%
#
1,768
6%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
4,734
16%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
25,347
86.2%
Businesses run by women
%
#
33,816
81%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
36,068
86%
Jobs created by women
%
#
5,327
23%
Female borrowers
%
#
1,967
9%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
3,605
16%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
39,318
53%
Female borrowers
Female outreach in Kyrgyzstan is significantly higher than the region overall (40%).
%
#
9,161
12%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
28,793
39%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
33,176
45.0%
Businesses run by women
%
#
87,732
43%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
99,190
49%
Jobs created by women
%
#
85,179
75%
Female borrowers
%
#
22,249
20%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
52,533
46%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
62,943
79.6%
Businesses run by women
%
#
142,651
51%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
167,167
82%
Jobs created by women
%
#
39,144
39%
Female borrowers
%
#
13,560
13%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
33,900
34%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
57,337
57.0%
Businesses run by women
%
#
107,632
37%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
167,721
58%
Jobs created by women
58% of total jobs created by FINCA Malawi borrowers were created by women.
%
#
48,213
20%
Female borrowers
Women in the MESA region face significant cultural barriers to economic participation and financial inclusion.
%
#
22,761
10%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
22,792
10%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
35,867
15.2%
Businesses run by women
%
#
93,636
20%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
62,445
15%
Jobs created by women
%
#
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1,369
36%
Female borrowers
%
#
22,139
11%
Female borrowers
%
#
20,993
10%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
18,058
9%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
10,520
5.1%
Businesses run by women
%
#
59,820
11%
Women employed by enterprises
The finding that many more men than women are employed by these enterprises reflects local norms which discourage women's work outside the home.
Avg.
#
26,377
5%
Jobs created by women
Women create a proportional share of jobs, indicating that they are not skewed towards any particular sector of activity.
%
#
9,999
39%
Female borrowers
%
#
6,627
26%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
7,732
30%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
3,264
11%
Female borrowers
%
#
3,469
12%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
7,900
26%
Households with female as main earner
Women are often the main breadwinner -- even if they are not the head-of-household.
%
#
16,202
54.0%
Businesses run by women
Tanzania is one of the few countries where women's business ownership is equal to their share of the overall client base. This means that they are using FINCA loans to run their own independent businesses.
%
#
33,905
47%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
41,867
58%
Jobs created by women
Altogether, women are employing almost 79,235 workers in their FINCA-funded enterprises.
%
#
No data has been collected yet for this indicator in Uganda.
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7,669
39%
Female borrowers
%
#
3,150
55%
Female borrowers
%
#
1,134
20%
Clients with female-headed household
%
#
2,466
43%
Households with female as main earner
%
#
3,485
61.0%
Businesses run by women
Almost two-thirds of the enterprises funded by FINCA in Zambia are headed by women (61%).
%
#
5,199
58%
Women employed by enterprises
Avg.
#
4,218
47%
Jobs created by women
%
#
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