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World Giving Index

{{Short description|Annual ranking of charitable giving by country}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Citations broken|section|date=September 2023}}

The World Giving Index (WGI) is an annual report published by the Charities Aid Foundation, using data gathered by Gallup, and ranks over 140 countries in the world according to how charitable they are. The aim of the World Giving Index is to provide insight into the scope and nature of giving around the world.

The first edition was released in September 2010.{{cite web | url= https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/worldgivingindex28092010print.pdf | title=World Giving Index 2010 | publisher=Charities Aid Foundation | date=September 2010 | accessdate=10 November 2015}} The most recent edition was published in October 2022, with Indonesia, Kenya and the United States of America ranking as the top three. Australia, New Zealand, Myanmar, Sierra Leone, Canada, Zambia, and Ukraine making up the rest of the top ten.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=October 2022 |title=World Giving Index 2022 |url=https://good2give.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-CAF-World-Giving-Index.pdf |accessdate=3 December 2022 |website= |publisher=Charities Aid Foundation}}

Methodology

This report is primarily based upon data from the Gallup World Poll, which is an ongoing research project carried out in more than 140 countries that together represent around 95% of the world's adult population (around 5 billion people).

In most countries surveyed, 1,000 questionnaires are completed by a representative sample of individuals living across the country. The coverage area is the entire country, including rural areas. The sampling frame represents the entire civilian, non-institutionalized, aged 15 and older population of the entire country. In some large countries such as China and Russia, samples of at least 2,000 are collected, while in a small number of countries, the poll covers 500 to 1,000 people but still features a representative sample. The survey is not conducted in a limited number of instances, including where the safety of interviewing staff is threatened, scarcely populated islands in some countries, and areas that interviewers can reach only by foot, animal, or small boat.[http://www.gallup.com/poll/105226/world-poll-methodology.aspx Gallup World Poll Methodology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218172137/http://www.gallup.com/poll/105226/world-poll-methodology.aspx |date=18 February 2015 }}, Retrieved 10 November 2015.

In all, over 150,000 people were interviewed by Gallup in 2014, and samples are probability-based. Surveys are carried out by telephone or face-to-face depending on the country's telephone coverage.

There is of course a margin of error (the amount of random sampling error) in the results for each country, which is calculated by Gallup around a proportion at the 95% confidence level (the level of confidence that the results are a true reflection of the whole population). The maximum margin of error is calculated assuming a reported percentage of 50% and takes into account the design effect.

Gallup asked people which of the following three charitable acts they had undertaken in the past month:{{cite web | url= https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/caf_worldgivingindex2015_report.pdf?sfvrsn=2 | title=World Giving Index 2015 | publisher=Charities Aid Foundation | date=November 2015 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}

  • helped a stranger, or someone they did not know who needed help
  • donated money to a charity
  • volunteered their time to an organization

World Giving Index rankings

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Country

!2022 rank

!2021 rank{{Cite web |title=World Giving Index 2021 |url=https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-research/cafworldgivingindex2021_report_web2_100621.pdf |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Charities Aid Foundation}}

!2019 rank{{Cite web |title=World Giving Index 2019 |url=https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/caf_wgi_10th_edition_report_2712a_web_101019.pdf |access-date=8 May 2023 |website=Charities Aid Foundation}}

! data-sort-type="text" |2018 rank{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=October 2018|title=The World Giving Index 2018|url=https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/caf_wgi2018_report_webnopw_2379a_261018.pdf|access-date=11 October 2020|website=|publisher=Charities Aid Foundation}}

! data-sort-type=text |2017 rank{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=September 2017|title=World Giving Index 2017|url=https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/cafworldgivingindex2017_2167a_web_210917.pdf|access-date=11 October 2020|website=|publisher=Charities Aid Foundation}}

! data-sort-type=text |2016 rank{{cite web | url= https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/1950a_wgi_2016_report_web_v2_241016.pdf?sfvrsn=4 | title=World Giving Index 2016 | publisher=Charities Aid Foundation | date=November 2016 | accessdate=24 November 2016}}

! data-sort-type=text |2015 rank

! data-sort-type=text |2014 rank{{cite web | url= https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/caf_wgi2014_report_1555awebfinal.pdf | title=World Giving Index 2014 | publisher=Charities Aid Foundation | date=November 2014 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}

! data-sort-type=text |2013 rank {{cite web | url= https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/worldgivingindex2013_1374aweb.pdf?sfvrsn=4 | title=World Giving Index 2013 | publisher=Charities Aid Foundation | date=December 2013 | accessdate=10 November 2015}}

{{flag|Indonesia}}

|1

|1

|10

|1

|2

7221317
{{flag|Kenya}}

|2

|2

|11

|8

|3

12111533
{{flag|United States}}

|3

|19

|1

|4

|5

2111
{{flag|Australia}}

|4

|5

|4

|2

|6

3567
{{flag|New Zealand}}

|5

|7

|3

|3

|4

4352
{{flag|Myanmar}}

|6

|4

|2

|9

|1

1112
{{flag|Sierra Leone}}

|7

|n/a

|20

|20

|12

465455n/a
{{flag|Canada}}

|8

|35

|6

|14

|7

6432
{{flag|Zambia}}

|9

|17

|32

|21

|18

63514745
{{flag|Ukraine}}

|10

|20

|101

|81

|90

|106

|89

|103

|102

{{flag|Ireland}}

|11

|26

|5

|6

|8

9945
{{flag|Thailand}}

|12

|10

|21

|61

|16

|37

|19

|21

|38

{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|13

|88

|111

|125

|128

|121

|130

|112

|103

{{flag|Nigeria}}

|14

|3

|22

|16

|28

56432120
{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|15

|13

|14

|12

|9

1014n/an/a
{{flag|Poland}}

|16

|37

|86

|112

|105

|109

|78

|115

|84

{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|17

|22

|7

|5

|11

8676
{{flag|Brazil}}

|18

|54

|74

|73

|n/a

|n/a

|61

|n/a

|n/a

{{flag|Guinea}}

|19

|n/a

|51

|70

|98

|69

|80

|40

|74

{{flag|Philippines}}

|20

|65

|33

|89

|54

|47

|46

|30

|16

{{flag|Argentina}}

|21

|74

|75

|94

|83

|83

|108

|77

|78

{{flag|Uganda}}

|22

|8

|35

|50

|22

|26

|57

|34

|48

{{flag|Iceland}}

|23

|46

|n/a

|17

|15

17n/a1417
{{flag|Denmark}}

|24

|40

|16

|24

|21

20391825
{{flag|Mongolia}}

|25

|16

|37

|45

|29

|27

|52

|32

|41

{{flag|Honduras}}

|26

|n/a

|43

|46

|40

|74

|60

|58

|55

{{flag|Serbia}}

|27

|48

|123

|129

|132

|135

|118

|124

|123

{{flag|Jamaica}}

|28

|57

|n/a

|56

|n/a

|n/a

|21

|20

|n/a

{{flag|Netherlands}}

|29

|39

|8

|11

|10

137128
{{flag|Russia}}

|30

|67

|117

|110

|124

|126

|129

|126

|123

{{flag|Singapore}}

|31

|n/a

|46

|7

|30

2834n/a64
{{flag|Norway}}

|32

|47

|n/a

|13

|20

1415n/a11
{{flag|Austria}}

|33

|62

|15

|32

|26

30231715
{{flag|Macedonia}}

|34

|38

|96

|130

|64

|119

|86

|72

|118

{{flag|Malta}}

|35

|77

|12

|18

|13

16121612
{{flag|Venezuela}}

|36

|53

|108

|107

|115

|117

|128

|134

|91

{{flag|Mexico}}

|37

|73

|73

|114

|106

|107

|90

|85

|76

{{flag|Dominican Republic}}

|38

|33

|31

|49

|32

|36

|41

|27

|39

{{flag|Paraguay}}

|39

|23

|60

|59

|120

|101

|125

|68

|45

{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|40

|63

|9

|27

|n/a

58910
{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|41

|36

|55

|55

|85

|34

|18

|83

|73

{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|42

|60

|91

|90

|59

|128

|88

|103

|109

{{flag|Costa Rica}}

|43

|83

|39

|62

|43

|62

|36

|34

|23

{{flag|Kosovo}}

|44

|9

|62

|66

|65

|60

|116

|50

|78

{{flag|Bolivia}}

|45

|55

|61

|86

|70

|70

|65

|57

|54

{{flag|Ghana}}

|46

|6

|38

|37

|23

77635461
{{flag|Vietnam}}

|47

|25

|84

|n/a

|116

|64

|79

|79

|116

{{flag|Iran}}

|48

|32

|23

|29

|17

453219n/a
{{flag|China}}

|49

|95

|126

|142

|138

|140

|144

|128

|133

{{flag|Sweden}}

|50

|64

|29

|42

|34

25284039
{{flag|Colombia}}

|51

|51

|49

|80

|61

|73

|66

|53

|31

{{flag|Ecuador}}

|52

|90

|98

|119

|53

|97

|131

|132

|84

{{flag|Slovakia}}

|53

|72

|94

|88

|102

|124

|123

|94

|101

{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|54

|45

|120

|126

|127

|129

|115

|126

|118

{{flag|Germany}}

|55

|85

|18

|22

|19

21202822
{{flag|Nepal}}

|56

|27

|53

|52

|51

39764455
{{flag|India}}

|57

|14

|82

|124

|81

|91

|106

|69

|93

{{flag|Nicaragua}}

|58

|41

|68

|67

|87

|76

|69

|67

|82

{{flag|Uruguay}}

|59

|71

|65

|77

|60

|58

|77

|62

|47

{{flag|Cyprus}}

|60

|70

|24

|35

|45

35422324
{{flag|Senegal}}

|61

|50

|71

|87

|79

|95

|85

|79

|57

{{flag|Hungary}}

|62

|82

|109

|120

|119

|134

|124

|72

|78

{{flag|Turkey}}

|63

|78

|n/a

|131

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|128

|128

{{flag|Estonia}}

|64

|84

|95

|109

|100

|118

|99

|103

|93

{{flag|Burkina Faso}}

|65

|n/a

|87

|82

|86

|72

|104

|90

|109

{{flag|Tajikistan}}

|66

|11

|44

|36

|50

87733464
{{flag|Malawi}}

|67

|n/a

|36

|57

|36

38445643
{{flag|Peru}}

|68

|57

|72

|100

|88

|65

|114

|72

|84

{{flag|Slovenia}}

|69

|94

|40

|47

|58

40373444
{{flag|Uzbekistan}}

|70

|29

|25

|53

|38

11272850
{{flag|Chile}}

|71

|31

|41

|61

|49

55495035
{{flag|Congo}}

|72

|56

|76

|115

|77

|136

|91

|99

|93

{{flag|Mali}}

|73

|80

|99

|93

|112

|99

|121

|118

|123

{{flag|Finland}}

|74

|81

|25

|44

|37

24312533
{{flag|Iraq}}

|75

|34

|52

|34

|39

31384389
{{flag|Switzerland}}

|76

|97

|13

|26

|33

2340n/a12
{{flag|Cameroon}}

|77

|18

|56

|63

|68

51925863
{{flag|Israel}}

|78

|92

|34

|38

|35

43753231
{{flag|Mauritius}}

|79

|61

|n/a

|25

|130

n/a45n/a93
{{flag|Ivory Coast}}

|80

|52

|n/a

|111

|91

|104

|107

|69

|n/a

{{flag|Hong Kong}}

|81

|104

|n/a

|30

|25

n/a26n/a17
{{flag|Croatia}}

|82

|86

|118

|132

|121

|127

|62

|130

|133

{{flag|Lithuania}}

|83

|99

|121

|138

|137

|124

|142

|119

|120

{{flag|Panama}}

|84

|n/a

|47

|78

|57

33534648
{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|85

|49

|50

|51

|48

41474757
{{flag|El Salvador}}

|86

|79

|93

|127

|94

|85

|117

|96

|107

{{flag|South Africa}}

|87

|21

|45

|40

|24

61493469
{{flag|Republic of Korea}}

|88

|110

|57

|60

|62

756460n/a
{{flag|Namibia}}

|89

|42

|n/a

|122

|n/a

|n/a

|61

|n/a

|n/a

{{flag|Moldova}}

|90

|43

|80

|99

|n/a

|110

|120

|96

|88

{{flag|Taiwan}}

|91

|87

|48

|64

|52

50354752
{{flag|Togo}}

|92

|n/a

|n/a

|117

|109

|103

|133

|n/a

|n/a

{{flag|Kazakhstan}}

|93

|98

|78

|96

|87

|96

|56

|101

|66

{{flag|Mozambique}}

|94

|n/a

|n/a

|79

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

{{flag|Gabon}}

|95

|103

|77

|113

|96

|89

|111

|69

|78

{{flag|Albania}}

|96

|65

|105

|108

|95

|105

|83

|85

|132

{{flag|Tanzania}}

|97

|24

|59

|84

|63

57818751
{{flag|Benin}}

|98

|91

|106

|105

|113

|102

|132

|103

|120

{{flag|Spain}}

|99

|100

|58

|54

|71

79586257
{{flag|France}}

|100

|106

|66

|72

|67

81749077
{{flag|Jordan}}

|101

|102

|90

|75

|74

7111899120
{{flag|Greece}}

|102

|101

|125

|143

|114

|137

|140

|120

|135

{{flag|Morocco}}

|103

|109

|83

|104

|136

123126112115
{{flag|Georgia}}

|104

|28

|112

|118

|135

120112123116
{{flag|Zimbabwe}}

|105

|44

|70

|76

|72

108879482
{{flag|Romania}}

|106

|96

|97

|102

|80

9393108105
{{flag|Algeria}}

|107

|76

|n/a

|92

|n/a

n/an/an/a109
{{flag|Pakistan}}

|108

|107

|69

|91

|n/a

92946153
{{flag|Italy}}

|109

|111

|54

|68

|84

82727921
{{flag|Armenia}}

|110

|n/a

|114

|123

|122

130138124113
{{flag|Latvia}}

|111

|105

|110

|137

|131

1131108993
{{flag|Tunisia}}

|112

|89

|103

|135

|92

122139120103
{{flag|Laos}}

|113

|75

|n/a

|134

|n/a

n/an/an/a41
{{flag|Portugal}}

|114

|113

|88

|83

|104

90827871
{{flag|Lebanon}}

|115

|108

|67

|85

|76

80966568
{{flag|Egypt}}

|116

|68

|104

|106

|108

112112120105
{{flag|Afghanistan}}

|117

|n/a

|63

|136

|89

78847935
{{flag|Japan}}

|118

|114

|107

|128

|111

11410290n/a
{{flag|Cambodia}}

|119

|93

|102

|140

|134

9810010893
{{flag|Azerbaijan}}

|n/a

|n/a

|99

|139

|126

1311228769
{{flag|Angola}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

n/a13496n/a
{{flag|Bahrain}}

|n/a

|12

|n/a

|10

|n/a

n/a13n/an/a
{{flag|Bangladesh}}

|n/a

|69

|81

|74

|129

94957289
{{flag|Belarus}}

|n/a

|n/a

|92

|121

|117

1001038393
{{flag|Belgium}}

|n/a

|112

|42

|39

|56

32485257
{{flag|Belize}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

n/a70n/an/a
{{flag|Bhutan}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

1817n/an/a
{{flag|Botswana}}

|n/a

|n/a

|64

|97

|93

54556284
{{flag|Burundi}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

n/a145n/an/a
{{flag|Central African Republic}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|69

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

{{flag|Comoros}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

n/an/an/a84
{{flag|Chad}}

|n/a

|n/a

|89

|101

|99

11113611593
{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

|n/a

|n/a

|113

|58

|125

136127112131
{{flag|Ethiopia}}

|n/a

|15

|79

|98

|107

849772109
{{flag|Gambia}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|31

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

{{flag|Guatemala}}

|n/a

|n/a

|26

|65

|41

29162530
{{flag|Haiti}}

|n/a

|n/a

|27

|15

|55

53594028
{{flag|Kuwait}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|33

|31

1924n/an/a
{{flag|Lesotho}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|95

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

{{flag|Liberia}}

|n/a

|n/a

|17

|19

|14

522545n/a
{{flag|Libya}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|28

|42

44n/an/a14
{{flag|Luxembourg}}

|n/a

|n/a

|28

|41

|44

49336528
{{flag|Madagascar}}

|n/a

|n/a

|116

|100

|133

132101110113
{{flag|Malaysia}}

|n/a

|29

|30

|n/a

|n/a

2210771
{{flag|Mauritania}}

|n/a

|n/a

|85

|133

|130

8810911593
{{flag|Montenegro}}

|n/a

|59

|119

|116

|110

13398130126
{{flag|Niger}}

|n/a

|n/a

|100

|71

|118

115135102108
{{flag|Northern Cyprus}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|46

423039n/a
{{flag|Palestinian Territory}}

|n/a

|n/a

|122

|141

|n/a

139141133127
{{flag|Puerto Rico}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

n/a29n/an/a
{{flag|Qatar}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

n/an/an/a9
{{flag|Rwanda}}

|n/a

|n/a

|115

|103

|101

116137110128
{{flag|South Sudan}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|48

|73

4868n/an/a
{{flag|Sudan}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

n/a67n/a61
{{flag|Suriname}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

n/an/an/a66
{{flag|Syria}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

66n/a3035
{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|n/a

|n/a

|n/a

|23

|n/a

n/an/a10n/a
{{flag|Turkmenistan}}

|n/a

|n/a

|19

|43

|69

15712326
{{flag|Yemen}}

|n/a

|n/a

|124

|144

|139

138143134130

"n/a" indicates a country was not surveyed for that year's World Giving Index report

Response to the results (2010)

In 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".{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11287424|title=Sri Lankan 'generosity' is hailed|author=Charles Haviland|date=13 September 2010|publisher=BBC News South Asia|accessdate=5 January 2018}}

In 2010, 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".{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201009240044.aspx|title=President calls Taiwan's 'World Giving' rank 'unfair' |date=24 September 2010 |publisher=Focus Taiwan|accessdate=5 January 2018}}

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 organizations 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."Dr Ursula Stephens {{cite web|url=http://ursulastephens.com/2010/09/australia-a-nation-of-givers-and-helpers/ |title=Australia a Nation of Givers and Helpers|accessdate=16 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717174046/http://ursulastephens.com/2010/09/australia-a-nation-of-givers-and-helpers/|archivedate=17 July 2011}}

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."{{cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/turia+thrilled+top-ranking+generous+new+zealanders|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914225306/http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/turia+thrilled+top-ranking+generous+new+zealanders|title=Turia Thrilled with Top-Ranking for Generous New Zealanders|date=9 September 2010|archivedate=14 September 2010|publisher=Beehive|accessdate=6 January 2018}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20221209152845/https://good2give.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-CAF-World-Giving-Index.pdf The World Giving Index 2022 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-research/cafworldgivingindex2021_report_web2_100621.pdf The World Giving Index 2021 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/caf_wgi_10th_edition_report_2712a_web_101019.pdf The World Giving Index 2019 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/caf_wgi2018_report_webnopw_2379a_261018.pdf The World Giving Index 2018 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/cafworldgivingindex2017_2167a_web_210917.pdf The World Giving Index 2017 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/1950a_wgi_2016_report_web_v2_241016.pdf?sfvrsn=4 The World giving Index 2016 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/caf_worldgivingindex2015_report.pdf?sfvrsn=2 The World giving Index 2015 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/caf_wgi2014_report_1555awebfinal.pdf The World giving Index 2014 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/worldgivingindex2013_1374aweb.pdf?sfvrsn=4 The World giving Index 2013 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/worldgivingindex2012web.pdf The World giving Index 2012 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/world_giving_index_2011_191211.pdf The World giving Index 2011 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-publications/worldgivingindex28092010print.pdf The World giving Index 2010 pdf]
  • [https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/publications/2015-publications/world-giving-index-2015 The World Giving Index Homepage]
  • [https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/sep/08/charitable-giving-country The World Giving Index on the Guardian Datablog]

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