MIX Market

Microfinance in Latin America and The Caribbean

  • 429
  • 15.7 billion
    13.1 million
    855.6
    10.0 billion
    19.8 billion
    13.5 million
Year
MFIs from 20 countries reporting data for 2008.
Country MFIs Gross loan portfolio Number of active borrowers
Argentina 15 23,868,826 34,251
Bolivia 23 1,556,113,293 825,747
Brazil 32 522,710,231 811,297
Chile 4 849,709,904 191,017
Colombia 28 3,275,093,283 1,991,471
Costa Rica 12 55,791,875 21,569
Dominican Republic 5 192,034,937 183,818
Ecuador 47 1,232,024,591 693,255
El Salvador 14 351,174,297 200,774
Guatemala 18 144,758,562 263,090
Haiti 6 4,057,116 39,303
Honduras 17 201,971,765 190,541
Mexico 41 2,071,948,646 3,886,716
Nicaragua 23 543,743,181 489,075
Panama 4 15,085,330 11,573
Paraguay 6 340,867,081 301,686
Peru 62 4,082,474,477 2,704,861
Trinidad and Tobago 1 4,385,205 1,281
Uruguay 1 1,298,557 670
Venezuela 2 136,054,653 53,577