2016 Reach Report
Every year, we collect census data from around the world to measure our impact. Over the past 10 years, our movement has grown over 110% to now include 5.7 million athletes and Unified partners from 172 countries.
Special Olympics Reach by Global Region
Region North America Latin America Asia Pacific East Asia Africa Middle East/North Africa Europe Eurasia
Athletes 770,951 347,503 1,595,450 1,315,450 234,867 153,391 514,142
Athlete Growth 3.8% 4.0% 6.0% 3.4% 7.1% 10.4% 5.9%
Coaches 135,283 27,469 130,184 80,956 22,720 7,097 31,398
Coaches Growth 8.8% 14.1% -6.9% 3.8% 9.6% 18.7% -1.7%
Volunteers 686,507 41,759 141,921 74,471 26,308 11,787 73,448
Volunteers Growth 0.7% 10.9% 8.5% 0.4% 6.6% 7.0% 0.9%
Youth Leadership 40,089 1,845 4,693 3,382 603 318 2,161
Youth Leadership Growth 17.5% 87.5% -7.7% 117.8% -48.0% -59.1% 37.9%
Healthy Athletes Screenings 70,977 15,229 13,118 8,924 17,556 1,488 28,377
Unified Sports
Region North America Latin America Asia Pacific East Asia Africa Middle East/North Africa Europe Eurasia
Unified Athletes 100,080 23,830 189,017 263,825 45,933 9,153 39,983
Unified Athlete Growth 17.2% 39.6% 13.4% 7.8% 68.4% -27.1% 5.0%
Unified Partners 102,043 17,641 204,486 334,737 29,188 8,094 29,709
Unified Partner Growth 17.7% 69.9% 12.8% 14.6% 56.0% 0.9% -0.1%
Download the 2016 Reach Report
Download the 2016 Reach Report to see the impact we're having around the globe.
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