List of co-operative federations

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This is a list of co-operative federations. For a list of individual Co-operative Enterprises, please see List of cooperatives.

Contents

International

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Europe

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Ireland


Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

South Australia

Western Australia

Fiji

New Zealand

Africa

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

Cóte d'Ivoire

Egypt

Gambia

Ghana

Kenya

Mauritius

Morocco

Namibia

Nigeria

Senegal Union

Somalia

Somaliland

South Africa

Tanzania

Uganda

Zambia

South and Central America

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Haiti

Honduras

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Puerto Rico

Uruguay

Asia

Bangladesh

Cambodia

China

India

Indonesia

Iran

Israel

Japan

Kazakhstan

Korea

Kuwait

Malaysia

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

Pakistan

Palestine

Philippines

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Vietnam

See also

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