The State of Social Enterprise: A Review of Global Data 2013–2023

The report estimates there are 10 million social enterprises globally, generating $2 trillion in annual revenue and supporting nearly 200 million jobs. It highlights that social enterprises have a higher rate of female leadership than conventional businesses and identifies significant challenges in the quality and comparability of global social enterprise data.

• Global data indicates that there are approximately 10 million social enterprises worldwide, which generate about $2 trillion in annual revenue and provide nearly 200 million jobs.
• Social enterprises exhibit a higher proportion of women in leadership roles compared to conventional enterprises, with 50% of social enterprises led by women versus 20% for conventional firms.
• There are significant obstacles to understanding the global state of social enterprise due to issues with data availability, quality, comparability, and the difficulty of measuring social and environmental value creation.

APA

World Economic Forum (2024). The State of Social Enterprise: A Review of Global Data 2013–2023. https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-state-of-social-enterprise-a-review-of-global-data-2013-2023/

Chicago

World Economic Forum. The State of Social Enterprise: A Review of Global Data 2013–2023. 2024. https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-state-of-social-enterprise-a-review-of-global-data-2013-2023/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2024state, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{The State of Social Enterprise: A Review of Global Data 2013–2023}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2024}, month = apr, url = {https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-state-of-social-enterprise-a-review-of-global-data-2013-2023/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }