This global recognition positions Amul as a benchmark for cooperative excellence, highlighting the strength and scalability of India’s farmer-owned enterprises on the world stage.
AMUL Climbs to the Top in Global Rankings
World Cooperative Monitor report, which tracks the world’s largest co-operative and mutuals, includes a unique ranking metric: turnover relative to the country’s GDP per capita. While previous editions had placed Amul/GCMMF in the second spot, the 2025 edition reflects a substantial leap. (Earlier data for 2023 placed GCMMF at No. 2 behind Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO).
Significance of the Ranking
What this ranking signifies is more than just business scale — it underscores the power of a farmer-owned, democratically governed enterprise delivering world-class performance. With millions of milk-producers as owners and the dairy value chain rooted in rural India, Amul stands as a vivid example of how the cooperative model can generate high economic value while retaining social purpose.
Lessons for a New Generation of Leaders
For young professionals, policy makers and the startup-minded community, this achievement sends a strong signal: India’s cooperative enterprises can lead globally by aligning grassroots ownership, robust infrastructure, and strategic vision. Amul’s ascent speaks to themes of inclusive growth, rural entrepreneurship, brand-building from the ground up, and sustainable business practices.
As India’s cooperative sector seeks reform, digitisation and expansion into emerging areas, the Amul triumph offers a template. It invites fresh thinking on how co-ops can harness technology, scale, governance and global markets, to transform both livelihoods and value-creation.
In brief, Amul has shown that the cooperative model is not just socially relevant—it can be globally competitive.
