65%
more time
People cut transportation time by 65% when they use a bicycle instead of walking to valuable resources like water, crops, and health care. They can reinvest these time savings in their families and small businesses.
25–57%
increase in income
Business owners increase incomes by 25-57% when they use a bike to transport goods for sale rather than traveling on foot. In a 2022 survey, globalbike found that 77% of bike users in the villages where globalbike works rated a bike as very necessary for earning personal income.
4x
greater water access
Bikes haul 4 times more water than carrying by hand. People spend on average 8-9 hours per week transporting water from wells to their homes. Bikes reduce these hours and help women and children earn back hours of unpaid labor.
87%
of income re-invested
Statistics show that women and girls in developing countries reinvest, on average, 87% of their income in their families toward food, healthcare and education (compared to 30-40% from men). Therefore, financial assistance to women has a much greater benefit to the overall community.
Bicycles are simple machines — human powered, without need of fuel or energy beyond the riders ability to pump their legs — yet they make a world of difference.