MIX Market

Microfinance in Latin America and The Caribbean

  • 397
  • 15.4 billion
    12.8 million
    838.2
    9.8 billion
    19.4 billion
    13.3 million
Year
MFIs from 19 countries reporting data for 2008.
Country MFIs Gross loan portfolio Number of active borrowers
Argentina 9 226,502 1,423
Bolivia 23 1,556,113,293 825,747
Brazil 29 519,740,067 809,112
Chile 3 849,474,562 188,302
Colombia 18 3,145,939,193 1,909,660
Costa Rica 10 51,470,070 19,035
Dominican Republic 4 188,178,558 174,805
Ecuador 47 1,232,024,591 693,255
El Salvador 13 349,934,263 199,752
Guatemala 16 141,987,472 260,484
Haiti 6 13,130,127 36,475
Honduras 14 167,727,483 170,498
Mexico 40 2,068,062,677 3,880,129
Nicaragua 23 543,743,181 489,075
Panama 3 14,885,551 11,571
Paraguay 6 340,859,856 301,686
Peru 60 3,968,209,071 2,646,783
Trinidad and Tobago 1 4,385,205 1,281
Venezuela 2 136,054,653 53,577