Аннотация:The main objective of this research is to analyze the world cooperative economy over the past few years, based on data provided by the International Cooperative Alliance on the performance of 300 of the world's leading cooperative organizations. The dynamics of the turnover of companies was studied, the leading countries of the cooperative movement were considered, the most powerful industries in the world cooperative economy were revealed. In order to achieve the goal, a number of scientific methods were used, such as grouping and comparison, analysis and synthesis, tabular and graphical methods. The leading countries of the world cooperative economy have been identified—the United States of America, France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. It is noted that the world cooperative economy is most developed in such sectors as insurance, agriculture and agricultural production, wholesale and retail trade. It is noted that cooperatives are one of the largest employers. Most notably, more than 770 thousand employees work in the top five of the largest cooperatives in the world. The results of the research provide the possibility of their application in further scientific developments on this topic or similar topics. The novelty of the research consists in processing data on the turnover dynamics of the world's leading cooperative enterprises and analyzing trends in the development of the world cooperative economy.