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This map shows World Giving Index in 153 countries around the world. The World Giving Index allows us to establish a rounded view of charitable behaviour worldwide reflecting the fact that being charitable is about more than simply giving money.

Key findings for 2010:

20% of the world's population had volunteered time
30% of the world's population had given money to charity
45% of the world's population had helped a stranger.
Australia and New Zealand are, jointly, the most 'giving' countries in the world. These countries both boast a World Giving Index score (the average of their scores on 'giving money', 'giving time', and 'helping a stranger') of 57%.
Eight other countries from three regions also have a World Giving Index score of over 50%.

What is the World Giving Index?

The "World Giving Index" is the first report of its kind looking at charitable behaviour across the world. Using data from Gallup's Worldview World Poll Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) looked at three different types of charitable behaviour – giving money, giving time and helping a stranger and used the results to produce the "World Giving Index".

How is the World Giving Index calculated?

Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) used data from Gallup's WorldView World Poll (worldview.gallup.com) which is an ongoing research project carried out in 153 countries that together represent around 95% of the world's population. The survey asks three questions on charitable behaviour.

donated money to an organisation?
volunteered time to an organisation?
helped a stranger, or someone they didn't know who needed help?

Respondents are over 15 years old and samples are probability-based.Surveys are carried out by telephone or face-to-face depending on the country's telephone coverage.

There is no single method to evaluate the contribution of individuals to society can be perfect. Different stakeholders will have different views on what data should be included and how it should be treated. The aim of this report has been to bring to light, for the first time, a truly global and credible dataset that gives an understanding of this vital subject in a robust, yet straightforward way.

Note:

Giving money or time to an organisation could include political parties/organisations as well as registered charities, community organisations, and places of worship.
Gallup aim to update each country's survey once a year and CAF worked with data downloaded in March 2010.

For more information follow the reference link below.

Last updated: 14 years ago

Category: Social

Country name	World Giving Index	World Giving Index % score	% giving money	% giving time	% helping a stranger	wellbeing score out of 10

Australia	1	57%	70%	38%	64%	7.3
New Zealand	1	57%	68%	41%	63%	7.4
Canada	3	56%	64%	35%	68%	7.5
Ireland	3	56%	72%	35%	60%	7
Switzerland	5	55%	71%	34%	60%	7.5
United States	5	55%	60%	39%	65%	7.2
Netherlands	7	54%	77%	39%	46%	7.6
Sri Lanka	8	53%	58%	52%	50%	4.2
United Kingdom	8	53%	73%	29%	58%	5.6
Austria	10	52%	69%	30%	58%	7.2
Laos	11	50%	64%	32%	53%	5
Sierra Leone	11	50%	29%	45%	75%	3
Malta	13	48%	83%	21%	40%	6.3
Iceland	14	47%	67%	26%	47%	6.9
Turkmenistan	14	47%	17%	61%	62%	6.6
Guyana	16	45%	36%	33%	67%	6
Qatar	16	45%	64%	18%	53%	6.4
Denmark	18	44%	67%	20%	45%	8
Germany	18	44%	49%	28%	56%	6.7
Guinea	18	44%	28%	42%	61%	4.3
Hong Kong	18	44%	70%	13%	50%	5.1
Guatemala	22	43%	46%	33%	51%	6.5
Burma	22	43%	36%	40%	52%	5.3
Trinidad and Tobago	22	43%	45%	25%	60%	6.7
Kuwait	25	42%	41%	19%	67%	6.6
Luxembourg	25	42%	58%	28%	41%	7
Norway	25	42%	43%	38%	45%	7.6
Thailand	25	42%	73%	18%	36%	6.9
Angola	29	41%	24%	39%	61%	4.2
Italy	29	41%	62%	16%	45%	6.3
Kenya	29	41%	30%	28%	64%	4.3
Malawi	29	41%	29%	35%	58%	5.1
Central African Republic	33	40%	24%	47%	48%	4.4
Morocco	33	40%	72%	4%	44%	4.7
Tanzania	33	40%	42%	26%	51%	4.4
Costa Rica	36	39%	38%	23%	55%	7.6
Israel	36	39%	51%	18%	47%	7.3
Nigeria	36	39%	29%	28%	61%	5
Afghanistan	39	38%	35%	23%	55%	4.4
Chile	39	38%	48%	16%	49%	6.5
Haiti	39	38%	40%	38%	35%	3.8
Liberia	39	38%	8%	30%	76%	4.1
Somalia	39	38%	35%	23%	56%	5
Sudan	39	38%	26%	20%	69%	4.3
Finland	45	37%	42%	28%	42%	7.7
Ghana	45	37%	22%	31%	57%	4.2
Lebanon	45	37%	40%	13%	57%	5.2
Sweden	45	37%	52%	12%	47%	7.5
Zambia	45	37%	25%	27%	59%	4.7
Bahrain	50	36%	43%	18%	48%	5.7
Belgium	50	36%	40%	24%	45%	7.1
Colombia	50	36%	24%	20%	63%	6.3
Cyprus	50	36%	42%	22%	45%	6.8
Indonesia	50	36%	45%	27%	35%	5.5
Jamaica	50	36%	28%	18%	61%	6.2
Philippines	50	36%	25%	36%	48%	4.9
Tajikistan	50	36%	17%	42%	48%	4.6
United Arab Emirates	50	36%	40%	14%	54%	6.9
Belize	59	35%	28%	27%	50%	6.5
Syria	59	35%	33%	9%	62%	5
Uzbekistan	59	35%	24%	39%	41%	5.3
Dominican Republic	62	34%	25%	25%	52%	4.8
Honduras	62	34%	35%	27%	41%	6
Puerto Rico	62	34%	30%	18%	55%	6.6
Slovenia	62	34%	35%	27%	40%	5.8
Panama	66	33%	35%	21%	43%	7
Azerbaijan	67	32%	22%	27%	48%	4.6
Botswana	67	32%	15%	19%	62%	5.5
Mauritania	67	32%	27%	15%	55%	4.5
Mexico	67	32%	25%	20%	50%	7
Mongolia	67	32%	33%	31%	32%	4.5
Bolivia	72	31%	22%	20%	50%	6.1
Taiwan	72	31%	37%	15%	41%	5.5
Tunisia	72	31%	19%	12%	61%	5.2
Uganda	72	31%	13%	22%	59%	4.6
Argentina	76	30%	21%	16%	52%	6.4
Brazil	76	30%	25%	15%	49%	7
Malaysia	76	30%	32%	29%	30%	5.4
Nicaragua	76	30%	30%	20%	39%	5.4
South Africa	76	30%	15%	19%	57%	5.2
Cameroon	81	29%	18%	12%	56%	4.7
Chad	81	29%	22%	27%	38%	4.6
Czech Republic	81	29%	31%	18%	37%	6.5
Poland	81	29%	42%	9%	35%	5.8
Korea, South	81	29%	27%	22%	38%	5.6
Comoros	86	28%	12%	21%	51%	3.5
Djibouti	86	28%	20%	16%	49%	4.9
Iran	86	28%	35%	12%	38%	5.1
Namibia	86	28%	17%	17%	49%	4.9
Saudi Arabia	86	28%	27%	12%	45%	6.1
France	91	27%	31%	22%	28%	6.3
Mali	91	27%	16%	21%	44%	4.1
Peru	91	27%	20%	19%	42%	5.5
Congo, Republic of the	91	27%	11%	18%	51%	3.8
Senegal	91	27%	16%	13%	52%	4.3
Singapore	91	27%	35%	10%	35%	6.1
Spain	91	27%	25%	13%	44%	6.2
Macedonia [FYROM]	91	27%	38%	9%	34%	4.5
Zimbabwe	91	27%	9%	19%	53%	4.1
Egypt	100	26%	19%	6%	52%	5.1
Nepal	100	26%	22%	21%	36%	4.9
Niger	100	26%	11%	11%	57%	4.3
Moldova	100	26%	17%	20%	42%	5.6
Uruguay	100	26%	20%	15%	43%	6.3
Yemen	100	26%	17%	7%	53%	4.8
Algeria	106	25%	17%	9%	50%	5.6
Belarus	106	25%	11%	32%	32%	5.6
Benin	106	25%	19%	19%	37%	6.3
Ethiopia	106	25%	24%	13%	38%	4.3
Iraq	106	25%	7%	6%	61%	4.8
Paraguay	106	25%	31%	17%	28%	5.6
Albania	112	24%	27%	15%	31%	4.6
Slovakia	112	24%	29%	13%	31%	5.3
Venezuela	112	24%	19%	15%	37%	7.2
Armenia	115	23%	6%	12%	51%	4.2
Ecuador	115	23%	18%	16%	35%	6
El Salvador	115	23%	15%	12%	42%	6.8
Latvia	115	23%	16%	18%	34%	4.7
Croatia	119	22%	26%	6%	34%	5.8
Japan	119	22%	17%	23%	25%	5.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	121	21%	29%	4%	29%	4.9
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	121	21%	12%	18%	32%	4.2
Estonia	121	21%	12%	15%	37%	5.1
Hungary	121	21%	22%	9%	32%	4.8
Kazakhstan	121	21%	8%	22%	34%	5.4
Kosovo	121	21%	35%	9%	20%	5.5
Kyrgyzstan	121	21%	8%	25%	31%	5.1
Palestinian territories	121	21%	14%	10%	39%	4.5
Burkina Faso	129	20%	6%	14%	41%	3.8
Jordan	129	20%	22%	4%	33%	6
Mozambique	129	20%	12%	14%	35%	4.7
Portugal	129	20%	15%	11%	33%	5.7
Togo	129	20%	8%	19%	33%	2.8
Côte d'Ivoire	134	19%	6%	7%	45%	4.2
Georgia	134	19%	5%	15%	37%	3.8
India	134	19%	14%	12%	30%	5.1
Turkey	134	19%	14%	7%	35%	5.1
Montenegro	138	18%	18%	6%	31%	5.2
Russia	138	18%	6%	20%	29%	5.2
Vietnam	138	18%	17%	6%	32%	5.3
Bulgaria	141	17%	18%	3%	30%	3.8
Cambodia	142	16%	34%	2%	13%	4.1
Pakistan	142	16%	20%	8%	20%	5.2
Romania	142	16%	14%	5%	28%	5.4
Rwanda	142	16%	15%	11%	21%	4
Bangladesh	146	15%	12%	5%	29%	5.1
China	147	14%	11%	4%	28%	4.5
Greece	147	14%	8%	5%	28%	6
Lithuania	147	14%	4%	6%	33%	5.5
Serbia	150	13%	14%	5%	21%	4.8
Ukraine	150	13%	5%	14%	19%	5.2
Burundi	152	12%	9%	7%	21%	3.8
Madagascar	153	12%	6%	11%	18%	4.6
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