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Map of the World Giving Index. The larger the circle, the higher their rank in the WGI.

The World Giving Index (WGI) was compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation, using data gathered by Gallup, and ranks 153 countries in the World according to how charitable their populations are. The Charities Aid Foundation claims that WGI is the largest study ever carried out into charitable behaviour across the globe.^[1] The first edition was released in September 2010 with New Zealand, Australia and Ireland emerging as the three most charitable nations. The survey found that across the globe happiness was seen as a greater influence on giving money than wealth.

Contents 1 Methodology 2 Response to the results (2010) 3 World Giving Index rankings 4 References 5 External links

Methodology

The WGI is based on data from Gallup's WorldView World Poll which is an ongoing research project carried out in 153 countries that together represent 95% of the world's population. In most countries surveyed 1,000 questionnaires are completed by a representative sample of individuals living in urban centres. In some large countries such as China and Russia samples of at least 2,000 were collected, while in a small number of countries, where polling is difficult, the poll covered 500 to 1,000 people but still featured a representative sample.
Respondents were over 15 years old and samples were probability-based. Surveys were carried out by telephone or face-to-face depending on the country’s telephone coverage. The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) worked with data downloaded in March 2010.
Gallup asked people which of the following three charitable acts they had undertaken in the past month:

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

Giving money or time to an organisation could include political parties/organisations as well as registered charities, community organisations, and places of worship.
In addition to this, the survey used GDP data from the International Monetary Fund's Outlook Programme and an additional Gallup WorldView World Poll question on happiness.^[2]

Response to the results (2010)

The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa hailed the results of the Index where Sri Lanka came in 8th. President Rajapaksa said it captured, "the reality of our caring and sharing society".^[3]
The President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou described the results as "unfair" and stated that Taiwan had transformed itself from an "importer of love to an exporter of love".^[4]
Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector and Senator for New South Wales, Dr Ursula Stephens said, "I see each day the enormous efforts of our country’s five million volunteers and witness the generosity of the millions of Australians whose donations make the work of our non profit organisations possible. So this result on the World Giving Index is confirmation of what we already know – we are a country of generous people who are quick to lend a helping hand in times of need."^[5]
The Community and Voluntary Sector Minister in New Zealand, Tariana Turia said, "The report shows that New Zealanders are particularly generous when it comes to giving money and helping strangers, but also in terms of volunteering. As a nation we must celebrate our generosity and make sure that our decisions and our actions bolster it even further."^[6]

World Giving Index rankings

World Giving Index 2010The higher the WGI score is, the more charitable a nation.

#	Country	% of population giving money	% of population giving time	% of population helping a stranger	Wellbeing score (out of 10)	WGI score
1	Australia	70%	38%	64%	7.3	57%
1	New Zealand	68%	41%	63%	7.4	57%
3	Ireland	72%	35%	60%	7.5	56%
3	Canada	64%	35%	68%	7.0	56%
5	Switzerland	64%	35%	68%	7.5	56%
5	United States	64%	35%	68%	7.2	56%
7	Netherlands	64%	35%	68%	7.6	56%
8	United Kingdom	64%	35%	68%	5.6	56%
8	Sri Lanka	58%	52%	50%	4.2	53%
10	Austria	69%	30%	58%	7.2	52%
11	Laos	64%	32%	53%	5.0	50%
11	Sierra Leone	29%	45%	75%	3.0	50%
13	Malta	83%	21%	40%	6.3	48%
14	Iceland	67%	26%	47%	6.9	47%
14	Turkmenistan	17%	61%	62%	6.6	47%
16	Guyana	36%	33%	67%	6.0	45%
16	Qatar	64%	18%	53%	6.4	45%
18	Hong Kong	70%	13%	50%	5.1	44%
18	Germany	49%	28%	56%	6.7	44%
18	Denmark	67%	20%	45%	8.0	44%
18	Guinea	28%	42%	61%	4.3	44%
22	Guatemala	46%	33%	51%	6.5	43%
22	Trinidad and Tobago	45%	25%	60%	6.7	43%
22	Myanmar	36%	40%	52%	5.3	43%
25	Thailand	73%	18%	36%	6.9	42%
25	Kuwait	41%	19%	67%	6.6	42%
25	Luxembourg	58%	28%	41%	7.0	42%
25	Norway	43%	38%	45%	7.6	42%
29	Angola	24%	39%	61%	4.2	41%
29	Italy	62%	16%	45%	6.3	41%
29	Kenya	30%	28%	64%	4.3	41%
29	Malawi	29%	35%	58%	5.1	41%
33	Morocco	72%	4%	44%	4.7	40%
33	Tanzania	42%	26%	51%	4.4	40%
33	Central African Republic	24%	47%	48%	4.4	40%
36	Nigeria	29%	28%	61%	5.0	39%
36	Costa Rica	38%	23%	55%	7.6	39%
36	Israel	51%	18%	47%	7.3	39%
39	Sudan	26%	20%	69%	4.3	38%
39	Somaliland	35%	23%	56%	5.0	38%
39	Liberia	8%	30%	76%	4.1	38%
39	Chile	48%	16%	49%	6.5	38%
39	Afghanistan	35%	23%	55%	4.4	38%
39	Haiti	40%	38%	35%	3.8	38%
45	Finland	42%	28%	42%	7.7	37%
45	Sweden	52%	12%	47%	7.5	37%
45	Zambia	55%	27%	59%	4.7	37%
45	Lebanon	40%	13%	57%	5.2	37%
45	Ghana	22%	31%	57%	4.2	37%
50	Cyprus	42%	22%	45%	6.8	36%
50	Belgium	40%	24%	45%	7.1	36%
50	Bahrain	43%	18%	48%	5.7	36%
50	Philippines	25%	36%	48%	4.9	36%
50	United Arab Emirates	40%	14%	54%	6.9	36%
50	Jamaica	28%	18%	61%	6.2	36%
50	Colombia	24%	20%	63%	6.3	36%
50	Indonesia	45%	27%	35%	5.5	36%
50	Tajikistan	17%	42%	48%	4.6	36%
59	Belize	28%	27%	50%	6.5	35%
59	Syria	33%	9%	62%	5.0	35%
59	Uzbekistan	24%	39%	41%	5.3	35%
62	Puerto Rico	30%	18%	55%	6.6	34%
62	Honduras	35%	27%	41%	6.0	34%
62	Dominican Republic	25%	25%	52%	4.8	34%
62	Slovenia	35%	27%	40%	5.8	34%
66	Panama	35%	21%	43%	7.0	33%
67	Mauritania	27%	15%	55%	4.5	32%
67	Azerbaijan	22%	27%	48%	4.6	32%
67	Botswana	15%	19%	62%	5.5	32%
67	Mongolia	33%	31%	32%	4.5	32%
67	Mexico	25%	20%	50%	7.0	32%
72	Uganda	13%	22%	59%	4.6	31%
72	Taiwan	37%	15%	41%	5.5	31%
72	Bolivia	22%	20%	50%	6.1	31%
72	Tunisia	19%	12%	61%	5.2	31%
76	South Africa	15%	19%	57%	5.2	30%
76	Malaysia	32%	29%	30%	5.4	30%
76	Brazil	25%	15%	49%	7.0	30%
76	Argentina	21%	16%	52%	6.4	30%
76	Nicaragua	30%	16%	52%	5.4	30%
81	Republic of Korea	27%	22%	38%	5.6	29%
81	Chad	22%	27%	38%	4.6	29%
81	Poland	42%	9%	35%	5.8	29%
81	Cameroon	18%	12%	56%	4.7	29%
81	Czech Republic	31%	18%	37%	6.5	29%
86	Iran	35%	12%	38%	5.1	28%
86	Djibouti	20%	16%	49%	4.9	28%
86	Saudi Arabia	27%	12%	45%	6.1	28%
86	Comoros	12%	21%	51%	3.5	28%
86	Namibia	17%	17%	49%	4.9	28%
91	Spain	25%	13%	44%	6.2	27%
91	Macedonia	38%	9%	34%	4.5	27%
91	Senegal	16%	13%	52%	4.3	27%
91	Zimbabwe	9%	19%	53%	4.1	27%
91	Peru	20%	19%	42%	5.5	27%
91	Mali	16%	21%	44%	4.1	27%
91	France	31%	22%	28%	6.3	27%
91	Singapore	35%	10%	35%	6.1	27%
91	Republic of the Congo	11%	18%	51%	3.8	27%
100	Moldova	17%	20%	42%	5.6	26%
100	Nepal	22%	21%	36%	4.9	26%
100	Niger	11%	11%	57%	4.3	26%
100	Uruguay	20%	15%	43%	6.3	26%
100	Egypt	19%	6%	52%	5.1	26%
100	Yemen	17%	7%	53%	4.8	26%
106	Algeria	17%	9%	50%	5.6	25%
106	Paraguay	31%	17%	28%	5.6	25%
106	Ethiopia	24%	13%	38%	4.3	25%
106	Benin	19%	19%	37%	6.3	25%
106	Belarus	11%	32%	32%	5.6	25%
106	Iraq	7%	6%	61%	4.8	25%
112	Slovakia	29%	13%	31%	5.3	24%
112	Albania	27%	15%	31%	4.6	24%
112	Venezuela	19%	15%	37%	7.2	24%
115	Armenia	6%	12%	51%	4.2	23%
115	El Salvador	15%	12%	42%	6.8	23%
115	Ecuador	18%	16%	35%	6.0	23%
115	Latvia	16%	18%	34%	4.7	23%
119	Croatia	26%	6%	34%	5.8	22%
119	Japan	17%	23%	25%	5.8	22%
121	Estonia	12%	15%	37%	5.1	21%
121	Kazakhstan	8%	22%	34%	5.4	21%
121	Kyrgyzstan	8%	25%	31%	5.1	21%
121	Kosovo	35%	9%	20%	5.5	21%
121	Hungary	22%	9%	32%	4.8	21%
121	Palestine	14%	10%	39%	4.5	21%
121	Democratic Republic of Congo	12%	18%	32%	4.2	21%
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29%	4%	29%	4.9	21%
129	Burkina Faso	6%	14%	41%	3.8	20%
129	Mozambique	12%	14%	35%	4.7	20%
129	Togo	8%	19%	33%	2.8	20%
129	Jordan	22%	4%	33%	6.0	20%
129	Portugal	15%	11%	33%	5.7	20%
129	Cote d'Ivoire	6%	7%	45%	4.2	20%
134	Georgia	5%	15%	37%	3.8	19%
134	Turkey	14%	7%	35%	5.1	19%
134	India	14%	12%	30%	5.1	19%
138	Vietnam	17%	6%	32%	5.3	18%
138	Montenegro	18%	6%	31%	5.2	18%
138	Russia	6%	20%	29%	5.2	18%
141	Bulgaria	18%	3%	30%	3.8	17%
142	Cambodia	34%	2%	13%	4.1	16%
142	Pakistan	20%	8%	20%	5.2	16%
142	Romania	14%	5%	28%	5.4	16%
142	Rwanda	15%	11%	21%	4.0	16%
146	Bangladesh	12%	5%	29%	5.1	15%
147	China	11%	4%	28%	4.5	14%
147	Lithuania	4%	6%	33%	5.5	14%
147	Greece	8%	5%	28%	6.0	14%
150	Serbia	14%	5%	21%	4.8	13%
150	Ukraine	5%	14%	19%	5.2	13%
152	Burundi	9%	7%	21%	3.8	12%
153	Madagascar	6%	11%	18%	4.6	12%

World Giving Index 2012

• DM Donating money
• VT Volunteering Time
• HS Helping a stranger

#	Country	WGI score	DM (%)	DM ranking	VT (%)	VT ranking	HS (%)	HS ranking	# 2011	change
1	Australia	60%	76%	2	37%	12	67%	10	3	( 2)
2	Ireland	60%	79%	1	34%	15	66%	13	2	()
3	Canada	58%	64%	10	42%	7	67%	10	7	( 4)
4	New Zealand	57%	66%	8	38%	11	68%	9	4	()
5	United States	57%	57%	13	42%	7	71%	3	1	( 4)
6	Netherlands	53%	73%	3	34%	15	51%	49	6	()
7	Indonesia	52%	71%	5	41%	10	43%	77	49	( 42)
8	United Kingdom	51%	72%	4	26%	35	56%	33	5	( 3)
9	Paraguay	50%	48%	23	42%	7	61%	22	42	( 33)
10	Denmark	49%	70%	7	23%	45	54%	43	17	( 7)
11	Liberia	49%	12%	109	53%	2	81%	1	14	( 3)
12	Iran	48%	51%	21	24%	41	70%	6	91	( 79)
13	Turkmenistan	48%	30%	52	58%	1	56%	33	14	( 1)
14	Qatar	47%	53%	17	17%	67	71%	3	19	( 5)
15	Sri Lanka	47%	42%	30	43%	6	55%	38	8	( 7)
16	Trinidad and Tobago	45%	44%	26	30%	23	62%	19	26	( 10)
17	Finland	45%	50%	22	27%	30	57%	29	21	( 4)
17	Philippines	45%	32%	47	44%	5	58%	26	32	( 15)
19	Hong Kong	44%	64%	10	13%	87	56%	33	11	( 8)
19	Oman	44%	39%	32	22%	48	72%	2	na	na
21	Cyprus	44%	56%	14	27%	30	48%	57	28	( 7)
21	Malta	44%	66%	8	22%	48	43%	77	19	( 2)
23	Mauritius	43%	52%	19	35%	14	43%	77	na	na
24	Dominican Republic	43%	32%	47	34%	15	62%	19	49	( 25)
24	Uzbekistan	43%	28%	56	46%	3	54%	43	46	( 22)
26	Thailand	42%	71%	5	15%	78	40%	92	9	( 17)
27	Somaliland	42%	44%	26	19%	61	62%	19	39	( 12)
28	Austria	41%	53%	17	24%	41	47%	58	29	( 1)
28	Luxembourg	41%	56%	14	27%	30	41%	88	21	( 7)
30	Angola	40%	31%	50	33%	18	56%	33	35	( 5)
31	Honduras	40%	33%	40	29%	26	57%	29	80	( 51)
32	Jamaica	39%	22%	72	32%	19	64%	16	52	( 30)
33	Sierra Leone	39%	15%	97	30%	23	71%	3	42	( 9)
34	Chile	38%	45%	25	14%	84	56%	33	44	( 10)
34	Germany	38%	43%	28	22%	48	50%	51	26	( 8)
34	Slovenia	38%	35%	37	36%	13	44%	71	36	( 2)
37	Sweden	38%	56%	14	11%	99	47%	58	40	( 3)
37	United Arab Emirates	38%	47%	24	12%	93	55%	38	47	( 10)
37	Zambia	38%	21%	77	24%	41	69%	7	78	( 41)
40	Cambodia	37%	61%	12	10%	104	40%	92	62	( 22)
40	Kenya	37%	23%	69	24%	41	64%	16	62	( 22)
42	Colombia	37%	23%	69	22%	48	65%	15	45	( 3)
43	Sudan	36%	19%	86	23%	45	67%	10	51	( 8)
44	Ghana	36%	23%	69	32%	19	53%	48	21	( 23)
45	South Korea	36%	33%	40	29%	26	45%	68	57	( 12)
46	Mongolia	35%	42%	30	32%	19	32%	118	59	( 13)
46	Uganda	35%	20%	80	20%	56	66%	13	62	( 16)
48	Afghanistan	35%	33%	40	21%	53	51%	49	54	( 6)
48	Costa Rica	35%	29%	53	22%	48	54%	43	47	( 1)
48	Guatemala	35%	27%	60	31%	22	47%	58	29	( 19)
48	Swaziland	35%	20%	80	27%	30	58%	26	na	na
52	Malawi	34%	22%	72	27%	30	54%	43	36	( 14)
52	Taiwan	34%	43%	28	16%	73	44%	71	67	( 15)
54	Belgium	34%	38%	34	26%	35	38%	101	54	()
54	France	34%	29%	53	29%	26	44%	71	80	( 26)
54	Israel	34%	52%	19	14%	84	36%	108	38	( 16)
57	Italy	33%	37%	35	18%	64	45%	68	104	( 47)
58	Nigeria	33%	15%	97	26%	35	57%	29	13	( 45)
58	Panama	33%	35%	37	23%	45	40%	92	71	( 13)
58	Syria	33%	31%	50	10%	104	57%	29	90	( 32)
61	Bolivia	32%	22%	72	20%	56	55%	38	94	( 33)
61	Tajikistan	32%	6%	136	45%	4	46%	63	41	( 20)
63	Zimbabwe	32%	10%	115	26%	35	60%	23	100	( 37)
64	Lesotho	32%	10%	115	16%	73	69%	7	na	na
65	Bahrain	31%	33%	40	15%	78	45%	68
66	Guinea	31%	21%	77	13%	87	58%	26
67	Cameroon	30%	17%	93	11%	99	63%	18
67	Haiti	30%	39%	32	25%	40	27%	135
67	Lebanon	30%	33%	40	8%	114	50%	51
70	South Africa	30%	15%	97	19%	61	55%	38
70	Vietnam	30%	33%	40	10%	104	46%	63
72	Mauritania	29%	28%	56	17%	67	43%	77
72	Spain	29%	26%	62	13%	87	49%	55
74	Latvia	29%	34%	39	12%	93	40%	92
75	Mexico	28%	22%	72	17%	67	46%	63
76	Azerbaijan	28%	20%	80	28%	29	36%	108
76	Malaysia	28%	32%	47	26%	35	26%	136
78	Gabon	28%	10%	115	13%	87	60%	23
79	Comoros	27%	12%	109	19%	61	50%	51
79	Estonia	27%	19%	86	21%	53	41%	88
79	Kosovo	27%	28%	56	11%	99	42%	84
79	Slovakia	27%	37%	35	13%	87	31%	120
83	Brazil	27%	24%	68	12%	93	44%	71
83	Congo	27%	10%	115	16%	73	54%	43
85	Japan	26%	33%	40	21%	53	25%	138
85	Pakistan	26%	25%	65	12%	93	42%	84
87	Saudi Arabia	26%	25%	65	9%	111	44%	71
88	Moldova	26%	19%	86	17%	67	41%	88
89	Nicaragua	25%	21%	77	18%	64	36%	108
89	Uruguay	25%	25%	65	11%	99	39%	99
91	Belarus	25%	16%	96	30%	23	28%	132
91	Iraq	25%	20%	80	8%	114	46%	63
93	Argentina	24%	18%	92	15%	78	40%	92
94	Hungary	24%	26%	62	8%	114	38%	101
94	Peru	24%	17%	93	15%	78	40%	92
94	Poland	24%	28%	56	8%	114	36%	108
94	Tunisia	24%	8%	129	5%	135	59%	25
98	Czech Republic	24%	27%	60	14%	84	30%	124
99	Central African Republic	23%	12%	109	15%	78	43%	77
99	Kyrgyzstan	23%	7%	130	20%	56	43%	77
99	Tanzania	23%	13%	105	8%	114	49%	55
102	Chad	23%	19%	86	13%	87	37%	104
102	Mali	23%	7%	130	7%	125	55%	38
104	Macedonia	23%	22%	72	7%	125	39%	99
105	Botswana	22%	6%	136	15%	78	46%	63
105	Egypt	22%	14%	102	6%	131	47%	58
105	Lithuania	22%	20%	80	11%	99	36%	108
108	El Salvador	22%	14%	102	12%	93	40%	92
109	Bangladesh	22%	13%	105	10%	104	42%	84
110	Jordan	21%	15%	97	5%	135	44%	71
111	Mozambique	21%	10%	115	17%	67	36%	108
111	Ukraine	21%	7%	130	20%	56	36%	108
113	Djibouti	21%	13%	105	8%	114	41%	88
114	Singapore	20%	29%	53	8%	114	24%	140
115	Kazakhstan	20%	10%	115	20%	56	30%	124
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20%	26%	62	4%	138	30%	124
115	Nepal	20%	17%	93	18%	64	25%	138
118	Senegal	20%	3%	145	6%	131	50%	51
119	Portugal	19%	19%	86	10%	104	29%	129
119	Romania	19%	20%	80	4%	138	34%	116
119	Armenia	19%	6%	136	9%	111	43%	77
119	Niger	19%	7%	130	4%	138	47%	58
123	Palestine	19%	11%	112	8%	114	37%	104
123	Venezuela	19%	10%	115	8%	114	38%	101
125	Algeria	18%	11%	112	7%	125	37%	104
126	Morocco	18%	6%	136	6%	131	42%	84
127	Russia	18%	7%	130	17%	67	29%	129
128	Ecuador	17%	14%	102	7%	125	30%	124
128	Georgia	17%	3%	145	16%	73	32%	118
130	Burkina Faso	17%	6%	136	8%	114	36%	108
130	Democratic Republic of the Congo	17%	9%	126	10%	104	31%	120
132	Croatia	16%	15%	97	6%	131	28%	132
133	India	16%	19%	86	10%	104	19%	146
134	Benin	15%	5%	141	7%	125	34%	116
134	Madagascar	15%	9%	126	16%	73	21%	143
134	Yemen	15%	5%	141	4%	138	37%	104
137	Bulgaria	15%	10%	115	4%	138	31%	120
137	Serbia	15%	13%	105	3%	145	29%	129
137	Turkey	15%	10%	115	4%	138	31%	120
140	Burundi	14%	5%	141	8%	114	28%	132
141	China	13%	10%	115	4%	138	26%	136
141	Rwanda	13%	11%	112	9%	111	20%	145
141	Togo	13%	7%	130	12%	93	21%	143
144	Albania	13%	9%	126	7%	125	23%	141
145	Greece	13%	5%	141	3%	145	30%	124
145	Montenegro	13%	10%	115	5%	135	23%	141

References

1. ^ http://www.cafonline.org/Default.aspx?page=19479
2. ^ World Giving Index 2010, page 4 http://www.cafonline.org/PDF/World_Giving_Index_2010_A4.pdf
3. ^ BBC News South Asia, 13th September 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11287424
4. ^ Focus Taiwan article: http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201009240044
5. ^ Dr Ursula Stephens http://ursulastephens.com/2010/09/australia-a-nation-of-givers-and-helpers/
6. ^ New Zealand Government website, 9 September 2010. http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/turia+thrilled+top-ranking+generous+new+zealanders

External links

• The World Giving Index (for all years)
• The World Giving Index 2012 pdf
• The World Giving Index on the Guardian Datablog
• The World Giving Index graphic representation in Zeit Online
• Is India a giving country?

Categories:

• Index numbers
• International rankings

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Giving_Index