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WORLD GIVING

INDEX 2014
A global view of giving trends
November 2014

Registered charity number 268369

Contents
Foreword3
About this report
4
Key findings and conclusions
5
Recommendations7
World Giving Index 2014 map
8
1 Global view
1.1 The World Giving Index Top 20
1.2 Global trends across behaviours

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13

2 Three giving behaviours


2.1 Helping a stranger

2.1.1 Top 10 countries for helping a stranger,
by participation and population

2.1.2 Helping a stranger and gender

2.1.3 Helping a stranger and age

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17
18

2.2 Donating money to charity



2.2.1 Top 10 countries for donating money,
by participation and population

2.2.2 Donating money and gender

2.2.3 Donating money and age

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20
21

2.3 Volunteering time



2.3.1 Top 10 countries for volunteering time,
by participation and population

2.3.2 Volunteering time and gender

2.3.3 Volunteering time and age

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23
24

3 Continental comparisons
3.1 Continental World Giving Index scores
3.2 Continental giving behaviour scores

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26

4 Giving in developing countries

27

5 Events and their impact on giving


5.1 Impact of natural disasters
5.2 Impact of conflict and civil unrest

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Appendices31

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Foreword
How can we make the world a more generous place; how can we encourage more people to give their
time or money to help others, be it by supporting organisations to do good, or by a random act of
kindness for a stranger?
When CAF first conceived the idea for the World Giving Index five years ago, we wanted to encourage
people across the world to start asking these questions, and start thinking about creating the conditions
that would make the world more charitable.
This years index shows welcome increases in the numbersof people giving their money, volunteering
their time and helping strangers. It shows the power of those three measures to look at generosity,
with the United States, the worlds philanthropic powerhouse, leading the index alongside Myanmar, a
developing country that has endured many decades of isolation.
The index shows high levels of generosity in countries facing turmoil reflecting a pattern of giving in
post-conflict nations as people help others through the most difficult of times. And it shows peoples
innate desire to help others, even in nations which do not have anything like the standard of living
enjoyed in the West.
But despite that, the proportion of people saying they have donated money in developed and
developing countries has fallen slightly. There is also little correlation between a countrys economic
position and its place on the World Giving Index, showing once again that we must not take it for
granted that economic prosperity will automatically equal a rise in generosity.
We have taken the World Giving Index as our starting point to explore what could happen if the worlds
rapidly-expanding middle classes come to give some of their newly-acquired disposable income to
charitable causes like many countries in the developed world. If for example they give in line with the
United Kingdom, the potential resources for good would be enormous.
As the world slowly pulls out of the economic crisis which has engulfed the global financial system and
affected all of us over the past five years, we need to focus on how to build the emerging middle classes
confidence in an independent, trusted, robust and effective civil society that can harness peoples
enthusiasm to give and effect real change to transform the world for the better.

Dr John Low
Chief Executive
Charities Aid Foundation

About this report


Background
The aim of the World Giving Index is to provide insight into the scope and nature of giving around the
world. In order to ensure that giving is understood in its various forms, the report looks at three aspects of
giving behaviour. The questions that lie at the heart of the report are:

Have you done any of the following in the past month?


Donated

money to a charity?

Volunteered your time to an organisation?


Helped a stranger, or someone you didnt know who needed help?
Fieldwork is conducted by the market research firm, Gallup,1 as part of its World Poll initiative2 that
operates in more than 160 countries.

World Giving Index 2014


This fifth edition of the World Giving Index presents giving data from across the globe over a five year
period (2009-2013). The World Giving Index 2014 includes data from 135 countries across the globe
that was collected throughout the calendar year of 2013. A full explanation of the methodology used is
included in the appendices.

World Giving Index ranking and scores


The method used to calculate World Giving Index scores remains identical to previous years. In order
to establish a rounded measure of giving behaviour across the world, the World Giving Index relies on a
simple averaging of the responses from the three key questions asked in each country. Each country is
given a percentage score and countries are ranked on the basis of these scores.

About us
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is a leading international charity registered in the United Kingdom, with
nine offices covering six continents. Our mission is to motivate society to give ever more effectively and help
transform lives and communities around the world. We do this by working globally to increase the flow of
funds to the charity and non-profit sectors through the provision of philanthropy advice and services.

1
2

Gallup website: www.gallup.com/home.aspx


Gallup World Poll website: www.gallup.com/strategicconsulting/worldpoll.aspx

Key findings and conclusions


The United States strengthens its reputation for charitable giving yet further
This year, the United States is the only country to be ranked in the Top 10 for all three of the charitable
giving behaviours covered by the World Giving Index: helping a stranger (1st), volunteering time
(joint 5th) and donating money (9th). This performance is reflected in a further rise in the countrys
overall World Giving Index, from a score of 61% last year to 64% this year.

First place in the World Giving Index is shared by Myanmar and the
United States
Whilst Americas strong performance across all forms of giving contributes to its top ranking, Myanmars
position is driven primarily by an incredibly high proportion of people donating money (91%). This reflects
the strong Theravada Buddhist community within Myanmar, with its estimated 500,000 monks3 (the
highest proportion of monks to population of any Buddhist country)4 receiving support from lay devotees.
Indeed, the practice of charitable giving or dana is integral to religious observance amongst Theravada
Buddhists, with it being one of the key paths to earning good merit. The position of Myanmar reminds us
how important each countrys distinctive culture is in the predilection of its people to be charitable.

Giving is about more than just existing wealth


Only five of the countries in this years World Giving Index Top 20 are members of the G20,5 a group
representing the worlds largest economies. Indeed, eleven G20 countries are ranked outside of the Top
50, and three of these are even outside the Top 100. Of the fifteen countries showing the largest increase
between their 2013 giving score and their five-year average score, only one is classified as a high income
country by the World Bank,6 clearly demonstrating the greater potential for growth in nascent markets.

Disruptive events can impact giving behaviours significantly


Malaysia has experienced a significant improvement across all three ways of giving, resulting in a 26
percentage point increase in its World Giving Index and a move from seventy-first place to seventh. This
behavioural change is likely to reflect the humanitarian effort undertaken following Typhoon Haiyan in
the neighbouring Philippine archipelago, and is in line with giving uplifts recorded following other natural
disasters in China and Japan. It is encouraging that, regardless of geography or culture, people universally
appear to respond to those in need.

3 http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21020964/
4 Cone and Gombrich (1977) Perfect Generosity of Prince Vessantara London: Oxford University Press
5 M
 embers of the G20 are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America plus the European Union
6 World Bank (2014) List of Economies. Available: siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/CLASS.XLS

As last year, the most substantial growth is in the number of people


helping strangers
The number of people who helped others grew again by over 200 million in 2013, following a similar
increase in 2012. This now equates to approximately 2.3 billion people worldwide having helped a
stranger in the last month. Amongst the fifteen countries with the largest positive gap between their
2013 giving score and their five-year average score (many of them developing economies), helping a
stranger is the behaviour showing the greatest improvement, with an overall average increase of 12
percentage points. This emphasises the importance of personal interactions in philanthropy, especially in
the developing world.

Youth unemployment worldwide may be impacting on an ability to


donate money
Whilst the incidence of helping a stranger and volunteering time continue to grow, giving money has
fallen marginally this year. The overall decline in giving money reflects a drop in the proportion of younger
people participating in this behaviour, particularly those aged 15-29. In recent years, global youth
unemployment has been high and continues to increase. It may be this and a corresponding reduction in
disposable income that is contributing to a reduced participation in giving money amongst the young.

Women are established as being more likely to give money than men,
but only in high income countries
Since 2009, women have become more likely than men to donate money to charity at a global level
this is despite the gap in economic participation that still exists between men and women worldwide.
Reflecting this global disparity, women are only more likely to give money in high income countries; in
middle and low income countries men are more likely to donate.7

7 Countries have been classified into income groups according to the World Bank (2014) List of Economies.
Available: siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/CLASS.XLS

Recommendations
Governments around the world should:
n make

sure not-for-profit organisations are regulated in a


fair, consistent and open way

n 
make

it easy for people to give and offer incentives for giving


where possible

 romote civil society as an independent voice in public life and


p
respect the right of not-for-profit organisations to campaign

n 
ensure

not-for-profit organisations are transparent and


inform the public about their work

n 
encourage

charitable giving as nations develop their economies,


taking advantage of the worlds growing middle classes.

Through our Future World Giving programme, we have developed a framework


of more detailed recommendations that, if followed by governments, should
future proof the growth of generosity and provide an enabling environment for
improved civil society.
Further information on CAFs Future World Giving programme can be found at:
http://futureworldgiving.org

World Giving Index 2014 map


Iceland
14

D
Netherlands
12

Canada
3
Ireland
4

Luxembou
65
United Kingdom
7

Haiti
40

United States
of America
1

Mexico
85

Malta
16

Northern
39

Portugal
78

Jamaica
20

Spain
62

Trinidad and Tobago


10

Guatemala
25

Mauritania
115
Nicaragua
67

Guinea
40

Senegal
79
Honduras
58

Venezuela
Colombia
53

Ecuador
132

Sierra Leone
55

Peru
72

134

Brazil
90
Paraguay
68

Bolivia
57

Uruguay
62
Chile
50

Cte dIvoire
69

Morocco
112
Mali
118

Liberia
45

Panama
46

Costa Rica
34

Burkina Faso
90

Ghana
54

Tunisia
120

Cameroon
58

Eg
1

Ke

Uganda
34
112

Congo
99

United
Republic
of Tanzania
87
Malawi
56

Zambia
47

Angola
96

Zimbabwe
94

Botswana
62

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Only includes countries surveyed in 2013. The size of each circle is proportional to the countrys World Giving Index score.

Chad
115

Democratic
Republic of Rwanda
110
the Congo

Gabon
69

Ethiopia
72

Niger
102

Nigeria
21

Benin
103

Argentina
77

It
7

Dominican Republic
27
France
90

El Salvador
96

Belgium
52

South Africa
34

Madagasca
110

Sweden
40

Denmark
18

Poland
115

Germany
28

Croatia
130

Montenegro

urg

Austria
17

Bulgaria
126
Georgia
123

Turkey
128
Syria
30

Cyprus
Lebanon
65

133

Armenia
124

NagornoKarabakh
Region
103

Republic
of Moldova
96

Yemen
135

Estonia
103

Romania
108

Hungary
72

TOP

20

Russian
Federation
126

Ukraine
103

Kyrgyzstan
83
Kazakhstan
101

Tajikistan
34

Mongolia
32

Afghanistan
79

Republic
of Korea
60
Taiwan
47

Nepal
44
Thailand
21

Bangladesh
72
Myanmar
1

India
69

China
128

Japan
90

Uzbekistan
28

Bhutan
11

Pakistan
61

Iraq
43

Saudi Arabia
47

Slovakia
94

Turkmenistan
23

Palestinian
Territory
Jordan
99

Lithuania
119

Azerbaijan
87

Iran
19

Israel
32

Cyprus
23

enya
15

The former
Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia
72

Albania
85
Greece
120

gypt
120

Serbia
124
Kosovo
50

Italy
Belarus
79
83
Czech
Republic
112

Slovenia
34

130

Bosnia and
Herzegovina
103

taly
79

Latvia
89

Finland
25

Vietnam
79
Indonesia
13

Sri Lanka
9

Malaysia
7

Cambodia
108

Philippines
30

Australia
6
New Zealand
5

ar

1 Global view
1.1 The World Giving Index Top 20
The United States shares first place ranking in this years World Giving Index with Myanmar (Table 1).
The score of 64% achieved is the highest on record.
The United States is the only country to rank in the Top 10 for all three kinds of giving covered by the
World Giving Index: helping a stranger (1st), volunteering time (joint 5th) and donating money (9th).
Myanmar has improved on its joint second place reported in 2013, with an increase from 58% to
64% in the World Giving Index. As highlighted previously, Myanmars lead ranking is mainly due to an
extraordinarily high incidence of donating money, which has seen a further uplift this year to stand at
91% from 85% reported in last years report.
Nine out of ten people within Myanmar follow the Theravada school of Buddhism,8 under which the lives
of the Sangha (ordained monks and nuns) are supported by dana (charitable giving) by lay followers
of the religion. This clearly translates into a strong culture of charity, with Myanmar ranked first for
donating money and 13 percentage points ahead of the second placed country. Sri Lanka, another
country with a strong Theravada Buddhist community,9 also ranked within the Top 10 of the World
Giving Index (placed 9th).
The countries which comprise the Top 10 remain largely the same as those reported in 2013. Of most
significance is the entrance of Malaysia in seventh place, from a 2013 reported ranking of seventy-one,
reflecting a 26 percentage point increase in its World Giving Index score. This change is a broad based
one, reflected in large increases across all three giving methods, and across all age groups and genders,
suggesting a wholesale behavioural change within Malaysia.
In previous reports we have commented on changes in World Giving Index scores being related to
particular events or circumstances. In this instance, Malaysia was surveyed in the period following
Typhoon Haiyan which impacted the Philippine archipelago on 8 November 2013. Thus, the increases
seen are likely to reflect the desire of the Malaysian people to help neighbours in need, whether that is
through helping a stranger, donating money or volunteering.10
Another new entrant to the Top 10 is Trinidad and Tobago, ranked 10th with a World Giving Index score
of 54%, a nine percentage point uplift since the last time it was surveyed in 2011. Increases have been
experienced in all three types of giving, most notably helping a stranger, with a thirteen percentage
point increase since the previous measure.
A number of other countries also joined (or rejoined) the Top 20 this year Bhutan, Kenya, Denmark,
Iran and Jamaica. Rankings resulted from a mix of improved performance (particularly Kenya which
moved up eighteen places), countries new to the survey entering the index, and other countries not
being surveyed this year.11

8 CIA Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bm.html


9 Approximately 69% of Sri Lankans follow Theravada Buddhism (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html)
10 Further discussion about the impact of events can be found in section 5
11 Countries in the Top 20 for the 2013 report that were not surveyed for the 2014 report are: Hong Kong, Norway, Qatar, State of Libya, Switzerland

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Table 1 Top 20 countries in the World Giving Index, with score and participation in giving behaviours

World Giving World Giving


Index
Index
ranking
score (%)

Helping
a stranger
score (%)

Donating
money
score (%)

Volunteering
time
score (%)

49

91

51

Myanmar

64

United States of America

64

79

68

44

Canada

60

66

71

44

Ireland

60

64

74

41

New Zealand

58

69

62

44

Australia

56

65

66

37

Malaysia

55

63

60

41

United Kingdom

55

61

74

29

Sri Lanka

54

56

56

50

Trinidad and Tobago

10

54

75

49

37

Bhutan

11

53

54

63

43

Netherlands

12

53

54

70

34

Indonesia

13

51

48

66

40

Iceland

14

50

52

70

29

Kenya

15

49

67

43

37

Malta

16

49

43

78

25

Austria

17

48

57

57

29

Denmark

18

47

55

62

23

Iran

19

46

62

52

24

Jamaica

20

45

73

26

35

Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.


Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.
World Giving Index scores are shown to the nearest whole number but the rankings are determined using two decimal points.

Analysis covering the five-year period 2009 to 201312 (Table 2) shows that eight countries are included in
the five-year Top 20 that do not appear in this years list: Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Liberia,
Qatar, Thailand and Turkmenistan. These countries were either not surveyed during 2013, were displaced
by new entrants or were found not to have levels of engagement as high as in previous years.
Only six of the countries appearing in this Top 20 list are members of the Group of Twenty (G20), this
group is made up of 19 of the worlds largest economies plus a representative from the European Union.13

12 Relates to the year that surveying took place equates to 2010-2014 World Giving Index reports
13 Members of the G20 are; Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America plus the European Union

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Table 2 Top 20 countries in the 5 year World Giving Index, with score and participation in
giving behaviours

World Giving
Index
5 year
ranking

World Giving
Index
5 year
score (%)

Helping a
stranger
5 year
average (%)

Donating
money
5 year
average (%)

Volunteering
time
5 year
average (%)

World Giving
Index
1 year
score (%)

Difference
between
1 and 5 year
score (%)

United States
of America

59

73

62

43

64

Ireland

58

64

74

37

60

New Zealand

58

68

65

40

58

Australia

57

66

70

36

56

-1

Canada

57

66

66

39

60

United Kingdom

55

61

75

28

55

Netherlands

54

53

72

36

53

-1

Sri Lanka

51

54

51

47

54

Qatar

47

67

58

17

n/a

n/a

Hong Kong

10

47

57

68

15

n/a

n/a

Malta

11

46

44

70

24

49

Denmark

12

46

52

63

22

47

Thailand

13

45

43

77

16

44

-1

Turkmenistan

14

45

57

21

57

43

-2

Liberia

15

44

78

10

45

38

-6

Indonesia

16

44

38

63

30

51

Austria

17

44

51

54

26

48

Finland

18

43

55

45

29

43

Germany

19

42

55

46

26

42

-1

Cyprus

20

42

53

47

25

43

Five-year score and averages: data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years
in period 20092013.
One-year score: only includes countries surveyed in 2013.
Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.
World Giving Index and difference scores are shown to the nearest whole number but the rankings are determined using two
decimal points.

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1.2 Global trends across behaviours


Globally, the average percentage of people who helped a stranger or volunteered time increased
year-on-year, whilst the proportion of people donating money decreased slightly, down 0.6 percentage
points (see Figure 1). This is of interest given that the three giving behaviours have previously tended to
move up or down in unison.
Figure 1 Global gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate and global participation in donating money,
volunteering time and helping a stranger, over 5 years

6.0

60

50

47.1
44.1

45.0

47.1

48.1

5.0

4.0

40
28.0

30.2
27.2

30
17.9

20.0

18.3

28.3

27.7

19.6

20

21.0

2.0

1.0

10
GDP 5.2
0

3.0

GDP 3.9

GDP 3.2

GDP 3.0

GDP -0.4
2009

2010

2011

2012

-10

2013
-1.0

Data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.
GDP data is sourced from the International Monetary Funds World Economic Outlook database. Data is given in terms of constant
year-on-year prices.

The fall in donating money appears to be more in tune with the slow down reported in GDP growth
between 2012 and 2013 (down 0.2 percentage points). As last year, helping a stranger and volunteering
time continue to run counter to GDP, with both kinds of giving showing an upward trend since 2011.
While both developed and developing economies14 have seen a decrease in donating money (by 0.8
and 1.2 percentage points respectively), transitioning economies have seen an increase in this behaviour
(see Figure 2).

14 Based on UN classifications, countries are classified into three broad categories: developed economies, economies in transition and developing
economies. These groups reflect basic economic conditions in the country and are mutually exclusive for the purposes of analysis. Developing
describes economies that are generally in the process of industrialisation with less infrastructure and lower living standards than a developed
economy. Transitioning economies are those that, while they may also be looking to develop, are in the process of transitioning from a Soviet-style
planned economy to a market economy. Full list available: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_
country_classification.pdf

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Figure 2 Percentage point changes in scores for each behaviour from 2012 to 2013, by economy status
Figure 2: Percentage point changes in scores for each behaviour from 2012 to 2013, by economy status

Developed

In transition

2.2
0.1
-0.7

-0.8

2.6

Developing

2.2

2.1
0.1
-1.2

Data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.

Clearly, a prosperous economy does not guarantee higher levels of giving money a fact that is further
demonstrated by BRIC countries.15 Despite their expanding economies, only China has seen an increase
in donating money to charity since last year, up from 10% to 13% (although all four countries have seen
an increase in volunteering scores this year). Similarly, there is little consistency across another recognised
group of emerging economies, MINT,16 with Indonesia the only one to have seen an increase in the
proportion of its people donating money.
This illustrates how the individual nature of a country is central to driving charitable behaviour, with an
uplift in giving often dependent on a country taking some positive action to encourage this behaviour.
Figure 3 shows how the fluctuations in participation percentages (as shown in Figure 1) affect actual
population estimates for the numbers demonstrating each behaviour. Despite the slight fall in the
percentage of people donating money, population growth means that the absolute number of people
giving money rose by around 84 million people worldwide. The number volunteering time increased by
over 132 million, whilst the number of people helping a stranger increased by a further 226 million
year-on-year.

15 BRIC refers to a grouping of countries Brazil, Russia, India and China identified as a new generation of emerging economies
16 MINT refers to Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey a more recent grouping of promising economies

14

Figure 3 Global number of people donating money, volunteering time and helping a stranger,
over3:5Global
yearsnumber of people donating money, volunteering time and helping a stranger, over 5 years
Figure
3.0

2.5

2.3

2.2
1.9

2.1
1.9

2.0
1.4

1.5

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.4

0.9

1.0

0.7
0.8

0.5

0.0

0.9

2009

2010

2011

2012

1.0

2013

Calculated using UN adult population numbers.


Data represents the number of people participating in giving behaviours in countries surveyed in every calendar year,
in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.

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2 Three giving behaviours


2.1 Helping a stranger
2.1.1 Top 10 countries for helping a stranger, by participation and population
The two tables below show the countries with the highest percentage of people helping strangers and the
countries with the highest number doing so.
The United States is the only country to feature in both lists, with Americans more likely than any other
nationality to help strangers, with approximately 203 million individuals doing so.
Only three of the countries ranked in the Top 10 for participation (Table 3) were also present last
year: United States, New Zealand and Kenya. All Top 10 countries apart from Liberia have matched or
exceeded their highest participation rates recorded previously. Liberia was last surveyed in 2011 when
81% helped a stranger and it was ranked top for this behaviour.
Iraq has experienced a significant increase in those helping a stranger, rising from ninetieth position with
42% participation last year, to now be placed joint second. Uplift in this way of giving also contributes
to Iraqs rise in the overall World Giving Index, up from 89th to 43rd, with an increase in score of 13
percentage points. It is possible that the escalating violence of the Iraq insurgency during 2012-2013 has
driven this change, with an increased need and desire to assist others who have been affected.
China and India, the worlds most populous countries, continue to dominate the list of countries with
the largest numbers of people helping strangers (see Table 4), despite their below average participation
rates (36% and 39% respectively). The countries comprising this group remain as last year, with little
movement recorded.
Table 3 Top 10 countries by
participation in helping a stranger

Helping a stranger
country and ranking
United States
of America

People
(%)
1

79

Iraq
Trinidad and
Tobago
Jamaica

75

73

71

69

Uganda

68

Kenya

10

67

Liberia
Zambia
New Zealand
Saudi Arabia

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Table 4 Top 10 countries by the


number of people helping a stranger

Helping a stranger
country and ranking

People
(m)

China

409

India

346

United States
of America

203

Indonesia

85

Nigeria

61

Brazil

61

Bangladesh

59

Pakistan

58

Germany

42

Russian
Federation

10

41

Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.

Calculated using UN adult population numbers.

Data relate to participation in helping a stranger


during one month prior to interview.

Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.


Data relate to participation in helping a stranger during
one month prior to interview.

2.1.2 Helping a stranger and gender


In line with the overall uplift, the likelihood of both men and women to help strangers has once again
increased this year (see Figure 4). The participation rates of men at 49.7% and women at 46.5% are the
highest levels recorded to date.
Whilst men have always reported higher participation in this behaviour, the gap between the genders
appears to be growing once again, with 3.2 percentage points between men and women in 2013,
compared to 2.9 percentage points in the 2012 survey year, and 1.9 percentage points in 2011.
Figure 4 Global participation in helping a stranger, by gender, over five years

Figure
4: Global participation in helping a stranger, by gender, over five years

55

48.8

48.5

50

45.9

45.5

45

49.7

45.9

45.8

46.5

44.1
42.7

40

35

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in helping a stranger during one month prior to interview.

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2.1.3 Helping a stranger and age


All age groups have experienced an increase in the proportion of people who helped a stranger in the
month prior to interview (see Figure 5). However, the uplifts between the 2012 and 2013 surveys are not
as notable as those experienced between 2011 and 2012, particularly amongst the two younger age
groups (15-29s and 30-49s up by only 0.6 and 0.5 percentage points respectively). Despite this, these
two groups still remain more likely to demonstrate this behaviour, with half of those aged 30-49 having
done so.
Those aged 50 and over have experienced a 1.5 percentage point increase in the proportion of people
who have helped strangers.
Figure 5 Global participation in helping a stranger, by age, over five years

15-29

55

30-49

46.6

45

50.2

49.7

50

47.4
48.3

48.0
45.6

44.5
43.9

40

35

50+

48.6

45.2
43.7

42.0

41.2

2009

50.7

2010

2011

2012

2013

Data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in helping a stranger during one month prior to interview.

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2.2 Donating money to a charity


2.2.1 Top 10 countries for donating money, by participation and population
Table 5 shows the ten highest ranked countries in terms of the percentage of people who donated money
to charity in the last month, and Table 6 shows the countries with the largest actual number of people
donating money to charity.
Five countries appear across both lists: Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the
United States. The United States is the only new entrant to the participation Top 10 (Table 5), having
previously been ranked thirteenth in the 2012 survey. This improved placement means that the United
States now appears in the Top 10 for participation and numbers of people across all three kinds of giving
the only country to do so.
Myanmar continues to top the participation table, with an incredible 91% of people (equating to 36
million individuals) having donated money, thirteen percentage points higher than second placed Malta.
Thailand is placed third as with Myanmar, a high proportion of Theravada Buddhists within Thailand17
practising Sangha Dana is likely to influence this participation rate.
In relation to the number of people donating money (see Table 6), the only new entrant to the Top 10
is Iran with 30.7 million individuals giving money in the month prior to interview. This is driven by a 52%
participation rate with Iran ranked 20th in the world for giving money. Irans performance remains similar
to when the country was last surveyed in 2011.
Despite having smaller adult populations than China, both India and the United States have more
individuals donating money to charity. The United States has just over a fifth of the total adult population
of China (257 million vs. 1,135 million respectively)18, and yet the much higher proportion of Americans
donating money (68% vs. 13% in China) results in a difference of approximately 27 million people.
Table 5 Top 10 countries by
participation in donating money

Donating money by
country and ranking

People
(%)

Table 6 Top 10 countries by the


number of people donating money

Donating money by
country and ranking

People
(m)

Myanmar

91

India

249

Malta

78

Thailand

77

United States
of America

175

74

China

148

Indonesia

117

71

Thailand

42

70

Pakistan

39

United Kingdom

39

Myanmar

36

Brazil

33

Iran

10

31

Ireland
United Kingdom
Canada
Iceland
Netherlands
United States
of America
Australia
Indonesia

9
10

68
66

Calculated using UN adult population numbers.

Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.

Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.

Data relate to participation in donating money


during one month prior to interview.

Data relate to participation in donating money


during one month prior to interview.

17 Approximately 94% of the Thai population (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html)


18 World Population Prospects, the 2012 Revision, June 2013, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: http://esa.un.org/wpp/

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2.2.2 Donating money and gender


Women continue to be marginally more likely than men to give money to charity, with the differential
of 0.8 percentage points remaining consistent over the last three years. In 2008, a higher proportion of
men donated money, with the genders equalling in 2009.
The higher propensity of women to give money is particularly interesting given that the gap between
men and women in economic participation around the world remains wide.19
Reflecting this global disparity, it is only in developed economies20 that women are more likely to
donate money than men (43.7% vs. 36.7% for men). In addition to economic participation, this is likely
to reflect a broader gender equality within developed markets. Men are slightly more likely than women
to donate money in transitioning (17.5% vs. 16.8% for women) and developing economies (25.1% vs.
23.2% for women).
Figure 6 Global participation in donating money, by gender, over five years

40

35
30.4

30

28.0
30.0
27.9

26.8

25

20

2009

27.6

2010

2011

28.4

28.1

27.7

27.3

2012

2013

Data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in donating money during one month prior to interview.

19 Global Gender Gap Report 2013, World Economic Forum. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GenderGap_Report_2013.pdf


20 Based on UN classifications. Developing describes economies that are generally in the process of industrialisation with less infrastructure and
lower living standards than a developed economy. Transitioning economies are those that, while they may also be looking to develop, are in
the process of transitioning from a Soviet-style planned economy to a market economy. Full list available: http://www.un.org/en/development/
desa/policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_country_classification.pdf

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2.2.3 Donating money and age


Worldwide, older people are more likely to give money to charitable causes, with this being constant since
the World Giving Index was first published in 2010.
Whilst participation amongst those aged 50 and over has remained constant since 2012, the percentage
of younger people donating money has declined, the larger fall of 2.2 percentage points being amongst
those aged 15-29.
This fall may be a reflection of growing unemployment, and so reduced disposable income, amongst
younger people worldwide. There were an estimated 201.8 million unemployed people around the
world in 2013, with an increase of 4.9 million on the previous year, and equating to a total global
unemployment rate of 6%. Young people, aged 15 to 24, are harder hit with an unemployment rate
amongst this group of 13.1%.21
As a result of the declines recorded within the younger age groups, the participation gap between those
aged 50+ and those under 50 has once again widened to the same level of differential seen prior to 2012.
Figure 7 Global participation in donating money, by age, over five years

15-29

35
33.2

30-49
50+

30.1

31.5

30.0

30

30.3
30.0

29.3

29.1

28.7

24.5

25

23.5

22.8
21.9

20

30.3

2009

2010

2011

21.3

2012

2013

Data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in donating money during one month prior to interview.

21 International Labour Organisation, http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-employment-trends/lang--en/index.htm

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2.3 Volunteering time


2.3.1 Top 10 countries for volunteering time, by participation and population
The Top 10 highest-ranked countries in terms of the proportion of people who volunteer time are shown
in Table 7, whilst Table 8 shows the ten countries with the highest number of people volunteering.
The eight countries with the highest participation rates also all appeared in the Top 10 in last years
report. Turkmenistan retains its top position for the percentage of people volunteering time, although
with a slight decline on the levels seen previously (53% vs. 57% in 2012). Uzbekistan and Tajikistan also
appear in the Top 10 for volunteering. These former Soviet States all share a culture of subbotnik, the
giving up of a Saturday to volunteer or perform unpaid labour. In some instances mandatory subbotniks
have been introduced to fill a gap in services, and so it is possible that such instances inflate the
volunteering levels recorded in these countries.
Four countries featured in this years Top 10 for volunteering time were not present last year. This year
is the first time that Bhutan has been included in the World Giving Index, whilst volunteering in Ireland
and Nigeria has increased by four and five percentage points respectively, lifting them from their most
recent positions just outside the top 10 (ranked 11th and 14th in 2012). Most notable is the increase in
volunteering recorded within Malaysia, from 19% in 2012 to 41% in 2013, and so rising fifty places in the
volunteering rankings. As mentioned earlier (section 1.1), this may be due to their humanitarian response
to Typhoon Haiyan.
As previously, India has the most people volunteering their time, with an estimated 186.5 million doing
so (see Table 8). China only achieves fourth place on this list, even being surpassed by Indonesia despite
having over six times as many citizens this ranking is due to only 6% of the Chinese people surveyed
volunteering time (although this does represent a slight increase on the 4% recorded in 2012).
Table 7 Top 10 countries by
participation in volunteering time

Volunteering time
country and ranking

People
(%)

Table 8 Top 10 countries by the number of


people volunteering time

Volunteering time
country and ranking

People
(m)

Turkmenistan

53

India

186

Myanmar

51

Sri Lanka

50

United States
of America

113

Uzbekistan

46

Indonesia

71

Canada

China

68

New Zealand

Nigeria

40

Tajikistan

Japan

31

Philippines

25

Brazil

24

44

United States
of America
Bhutan

43

Russian
Federation

22

10

41

Myanmar

10

20

Ireland
Malaysia
Nigeria
Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.
Data relate to participation in volunteering time
during one month prior to interview.
22

Calculated using UN adult population numbers.


Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.
Data relate to participation in volunteering time during one
month prior to interview.

Myanmar is new to the Top 10 for the total number of people volunteering time, while Japan has reentered, having not been surveyed for last years report. Both countries have experienced uplifts in
the percentage of people volunteering since the last time they were surveyed (plus eight and seven
percentage points respectively),22 which, in combination with population increases, and the relative
performance of other countries, sees them enter the Top 10. Japan is the only country where volunteering
time is the most common of the three charitable activities.

2.3.2 Volunteering time and gender


In line with the overall uplift in giving time, both men and women record increased volunteering levels
year-on-year. Men report an uplift of 1.7 percentage points and women 1.2 percentage points, with the
differential between the two genders now at 3.3 percentage points the widest gap since 2010.
Figure 8 Global participation in volunteering time, by gender, over five years
25
22.8

23

21.7
21.1

21
19.4

18.4

18.4

19

19.5

19.3

17.6
16.6

17

15

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in volunteering time during one month prior to interview.

22 Prior to 2013, Japan was last surveyed in 2011, Myanmar was last surveyed in 2012

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2.3.3 Volunteering time and age


Those aged 30-49 remain the most likely across the world to give their time, although the 50+ age group
has seen the largest increase in volunteering participation year-on-year (up by 1.9 percentage points) to
now almost be on a par with the youngest age group.
Figure 9 Global participation in volunteering time, by age, over five years

15-29

25

30-49

23

50+

21.9
21.0

21
19.5

19
17.7

17

15

19.2
19.2

17.7

20.6

19.4

20.3

18.4

17.0

16.7

2009

19.4

20.6

2010

2011

2012

2013

Data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in volunteering time during one month prior to interview.

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3 Continental comparisons
3.1 Continental World Giving Index scores
Figure 10 contrasts this years World Giving Index score for each continent with the average score over
the past five years. The purpose of the chart is to expose any long-term trends. If the one-year view is
higher than the five-year score this suggests an increasingly positive giving environment, and vice versa.
Oceania and Africa register no real difference in their one-year and five-year giving scores.23 In 2012,
these comparative measures had suggested a deteriorating picture for both continents, and so a more
consistent picture actually suggests some improvement a year on.
Europe and the Americas record a two percentage point positive differential. Although this may seem
a small difference, given that even one per cent of the population of a continent represents millions of
people, such differences should still not be ignored.
Asia sees the largest positive increase, with the one-year score being four percentage points higher that
the five-year average score. The strongest performing sub-region within Asia is South Eastern Asia with
a giving score of 44% and comprising Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand
and Vietnam, with five of these seven countries being ranked within the World Giving Index Top 30.
Oceania remains by far the most generous continent. However, unlike the other continents, all of whom
are comprised of over twenty plus countries, only two (Australia and New Zealand) of the twenty-three
countries and territories in Oceania are surveyed in a typical year. Nonetheless, this high figure of 57%
stands as a compliment to the strength of civil society in these two countries.
The other continents are more closely bunched together; all lying within a seven percentage point range
for this years World Giving Index score.
Figure 10 Continental World Giving Index score and 5 year score

Americas score
36%

Europe score
32%

+2

+2

Americas
5 year score
34%

Africa score
29%

Africa
5 year score
29%

Asia score
35%
+4

Europe
5 year score
30%

Oceania score
57%

Asia
5 year score
31%

Oceania
5 year score
58%

World Giving Index one-year score: calculated using countries surveyed in 2013 only.
World Giving Index five-year score: data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar
years in period 2009-2013. Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.
23 -0.33 and +0.37 differential respectively

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3.2 Continental giving behaviour scores


Figure 11 explains how the people of different continents are generous in different ways.
Across all continents, helping a stranger is the most common way of giving. Previously, donating money
was the lead behaviour in Oceania, but a year-on-year fall in this (67% in 2012 to 64% in 2013) means
that it now also conforms to the global picture.
However, even with consensus on the lead behaviour, the continents do differ in their giving patterns. In
the Americas, Asia and Europe, helping a stranger is around twice as commonplace as volunteering, and
donating money lies somewhere in between the two.
In Africa, helping a stranger is around three times as commonplace as both volunteering time to an
organisation or donating money to a charity, suggesting that generosity in this continent is far more to do
with informal personal and community based assistance.
In Oceania, the proportions helping a stranger and donating money are much more even, with these
ways of giving only one and a half times more commonplace than volunteering time. However, there is a
negative differential between the one-year and five-year scores for donating money, suggesting that the
giving environment in this area could be deteriorating and may be something to monitor for the future.
Figure 11 Continental participation in donating money, volunteering time and helping a stranger,
and 5 year participation

Americas

Europe

Asia

43.3% 33.4% 18.3%

48.4% 31.8% 23.4%

51.9% 30.8% 24.6%


2.7
3.2

1.5
-0.1

1.0

Americas
5 year scores

1.0

Europe
5 year scores

4.6

3.6

40.6% 32.4% 17.3%

2.4

Asia
5 year scores
43.7% 28.2% 21.0%

48.7% 30.9% 23.1%

Oceania

Africa

67.0% 64.0% 40.5%

52.9% 15.8% 19.3%

1.3

0.3
-0.5

Africa
5 year scores
52.6% 16.2% 18.1%

2.4

Oceania
5 year scores
67.1% 67.3% 38.1%

-0.1
-3.3

Participation one-year score: calculated using countries surveyed in 2013 only.


Participation five-year score: data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar years in
period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.

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4 Giving in developing countries


As already outlined, there is little consistency in giving participation within some of the commonly
recognised emergent market groups, such as BRIC and MINT (see Section 1.2). Analysis does however
show increasing engagement with giving in some developing economies. Fifteen countries have seen
their 2013 score rise above their five-year average score by five percentage points or more and only one is
classified by the World Bank as a high income country.24 Indeed, all but one of these countries are classed
as developing or transitioning economies by the UN,25 and seven of the fifteen are in Asia.
Figure 12 Countries with a 2013 score at least 5 percentage points higher than average 5 year score
TOP

20

+21
Malaysia
score 55%

+11
+10

5 year
score 28%

Iraq
score 39%
Albania
score 27%

5 year
score
17%

G20

South Africa
score 40%

+9

5 year
score 34%

5 year
score 31%

TOP

20

Kenya
score 49%

+9
G20

5 year
score 40%

TOP

20

+8

Nepal
score 38%

5 year
score 30%
Indonesia
score 51%

+7

5 year
score 44%
Guinea
score 39%

+6
The former
Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia
score 29%

+6
+6

5 year
score
23%
Greece
score
21%

5 year
score
15%

Syria
score 41%

+6

5 year score
35%

+5
+5

G20

Saudi Arabia
score 37%

+5
+5

5 year score
33%

Rwanda 5 year
score
score 22% 17%

5 year score
32%

G20

India
score 29%

5 year
score
24%

Kosovo
score 36%

5 year score
31%

World Giving Index 2013 score: calculated using countries surveyed in 2013 only.
World Giving Index five-year score: data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar
years in period 2009-2013. Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.
24 World Bank (2014) List of Economies. Available: siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/CLASS.XLS
25 Based on UN classifications. Developing describes economies that are generally in the process of industrialisation with less infrastructure and
lower living standards than a developed economy. Transitioning economies are those that, while they may also be looking to develop, are in the
process of transitioning from a Soviet-style planned economy to a market economy. Full list available: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/
policy/wesp/wesp_current/2014wesp_country_classification.pdf

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Scores for Nepal, Guinea, Iraq, Malaysia, South Africa and Macedonia for all three types of giving are at
least five percentage points above their five-year scores. While Malaysia has seen the biggest rise for each
of the three activities, there have been notable improvements in a number of other countries. Helping a
stranger is the activity that has seen the most improvement on average the fifteen countries increased
their participation by 12 percentage points (see Figure 13).
Figure 13 Average 2013 vs 5 year scores for the 15 most improved countries (%)

5 Year
average score
5 year
average score
2013
average score

44%

56%

2013
average score

26%

32%

5 Year
average
2013
score
average score

23%

17%

World Giving Index one-year score: calculated using countries surveyed in 2013 only.
World Giving Index five-year score: data represents average participation in countries surveyed in three or more different calendar
years in period 2009-2013.
Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.

These countries demonstrate the potential for growth in the charitable sector in developing and emerging
markets. CAFs Future World Giving programme reports how, if long term forecasts for economic growth
and levels of individual wealth are borne out over the next twenty years, millions of people will be lifted
from a subsistence lifestyle to one of having a disposable income. If levels of giving can reflect increases
in disposable income, there is enormous potential to increase charitable donations, especially within
emerging markets.26

26 C
 AF Future World Giving Unlocking the potential of global philanthropy (2013)
https://www.cafonline.org/pdf/Future_World_Giving_Report_250212.pdf

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5 Events and their impact on giving


5.1 Impact of natural disasters
As highlighted previously, Malaysia has seen a significant change in its World Giving Index performance
this year, with a 26 percentage point increase since the 2013 report and a move from 71st to joint 7th
position on the overall index.
Figure 14
Malaysian World Giving
Index scores for
2012 and 2013

Malaysia
2013 score
55%

63%

60%

41%

Percentage point change


+26

+30

+24

+22

Malaysia
2012 score
29% 33%

36% 19%

Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.
Data relate to participation in giving during one month prior to interview in the survey years of 2012 and 2013
(reporting years 2013 and 2014).

Malaysia was surveyed in the period following Typhoon Haiyan which impacted the neighbouring
Philippine archipelago on 8 November 2013. This devastating super typhoon killed over 6,000 people,
displaced more than 4 million people, and destroyed at least one million houses,27 causing at least
US$14.5 billion in damage.28
Similar uplifts in giving behaviours have been experienced following other natural disasters. For example,
after severe flooding in China during 201029 which caused more than 1,500 deaths, affected more than
230 million people as well as causing over US$20 billion in damage, there was a 13 percentage point
increase in the proportion of people helping a stranger (28% in 2009 to 41% in the 2010 survey year).
Previously in China, donating money participation peaked in 2008, the year of the devastating Sichuan
earthquake, whilst in Japan, donating money peaked in 2011 following the catastrophic earthquake and
tsunami in March of that year. From these examples, it is encouraging to see that across diverse cultures
and geographical locations, people will respond to those in need, whether those people are compatriots
or live in other nation states.
However, whether this behavioural change is maintained long-term is questionable. In China, the
proportion donating money has tailed off since 2008, whilst helping a stranger initially declined in 2011
before increasing again in recent years, perhaps in response to the series of natural calamities that have
occurred in China since this time (2012 and 2013 saw a number of serious floods, typhoons, landslides
and earthquakes). Since 2011, Japan has experienced a decline in those donating money, but an increase
in those volunteering time.
It may be that countries need to improve their ability to harness such emergency generosity for the
longer-term benefit of their people. Part of this is ensuring that the necessary infrastructures are in place to
encourage individual giving, which often requires a broader development of civil society within a country.30
27 http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1866/philippines_ty_fs22_04-21-2014.pdf
28 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-17/haiyan-to-cost-insurers-sliver-of-14-5-billion-damage-estimate.html
29 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/21/china-flooding-worst-decade
30 CAF Future World Giving Enabling an Independent Not-for-Profit Sector (2014) https://www.cafonline.org/pdf/CAF%20Independence%20
Report-Web.pdf

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5.2 Impact of conflict and civil unrest


Unsurprisingly, conflict and civil unrest can also impact on a countrys giving behaviours. This is often seen
most clearly following the end of hostilities. Previous analysis of the World Giving Index has seen uplifts
in helping a stranger for countries in a post-conflict phase such as Sierra Leone, Liberia and the State of
Libya.
An over-time analysis of Sri Lankas World Giving Index scores illustrates this pattern well. Sri Lankas civil
war which raged for 26 years killing an estimated 80,000-100,000 people ended in May 2009.31 Looking
at the WGI data over the period 2006-2013 shows that engagement following the end of the civil war
across all types of giving rose, by at least eight percentage points.
Figure 15 Average of
World Giving Index behaviours
during the civil conflict (20062008)
and after (20102013)

Sri Lanka
after conflict
50%

55%

49%

46%

Percentage point change


+9

+9

+11

+8

Sri Lanka
during conflict
41%

46%

38%

39%

Data relate to participation in giving behaviours during one month prior to interview.

It is possible that other non-conflict related events may have contributed to this uplift, for example, the
impact of monsoonal flooding and any associated humanitarian response. However, monsoonal flooding
also occurred during the conflict period, and no uplift in giving behaviours was recorded.
It is also normal when conflicts end for the economy of that country to improve, and a growing economy
can enable more people to be charitable. In Sri Lanka, the initial increase in charitable behaviours
occurred prior to the economy picking up, but continuing growth no doubt facilitates an environment for
sustained giving.
The ending of civil conflict therefore appears to have a positive impact on peoples social behaviours and
levels of engagement, suggesting that people reach out to wider society as part of the post conflict repair
process.

31 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War

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Appendices
1 Alphabetical World Giving Index full table

Ranking

Score(%)

Country

Afghanistan

Southern Asia

79

28

Gabon

Middle Africa

69

29

Albania

Southern Europe

85

27

Georgia

Western Asia

123

20

Angola

Middle Africa

96

25

Germany

Western Europe

28

42

Argentina

South America

77

29

Ghana

Western Africa

54

34

Armenia

Western Asia

124

20

Greece

Southern Europe

120

21

Australia

Australia and
New Zealand

56

Guatemala

Central America

25

43

Guinea

Western Africa

40

39

Austria

Western Europe

17

48

Haiti

Caribbean

40

39

Azerbaijan

Western Asia

87

27

Honduras

Central America

58

33

Bangladesh

Southern Asia

72

29

Hungary

Eastern Europe

72

29

Belarus

Eastern Europe

83

28

Iceland

Northern Europe

14

50

Belgium

Western Europe

52

36

India

Southern Asia

69

29

Benin

Western Africa

103

23

Indonesia

South Eastern Asia

13

51

Bhutan

Southern Asia

11

53

Iran

Southern Asia

19

46

Bolivia

South America

57

33

Iraq

Western Asia

43

39

Ireland

Northern Europe

60

Israel

Western Asia

32

40

Italy

Southern Europe

79

28

Jamaica

Caribbean

20

45

Japan

Eastern Asia

90

26

Jordan

Western Asia

99

24

Kazakhstan

Central Asia

101

24

Kenya

Eastern Africa

15

49

Kosovo

Southern Europe

50

36

Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia

83

28

Latvia

Northern Europe

89

26

Lebanon

Western Asia

65

31

Liberia

Western Africa

45

38

Lithuania

Northern Europe

119

21

Luxembourg

Western Europe

65

31

Madagascar

Eastern Africa

110

22

Malawi

Eastern Africa

56

34

Malaysia

South Eastern Asia

55

Mali

Western Africa

118

21

Malta

Southern Europe

16

49

Mauritania

Western Africa

115

22

Mexico

Central America

85

27

Mongolia

Eastern Asia

32

40

Montenegro

Southern Europe

130

18

Morocco

Northern Africa

112

22

Myanmar

South Eastern Asia

Nagorno-Karabakh
Region

Western Asia

103

23

Nepal

Southern Asia

44

38

Country

Region

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Southern Europe

103

23

Botswana

Southern Africa

62

32

Brazil

South America

90

26

Bulgaria

Eastern Europe

126

19

Burkina Faso

Western Africa

90

26

Cambodia

South Eastern Asia

108

23

Cameroon

Middle Africa

58

33

Canada

North America

60

Chad

Middle Africa

115

22

Chile

South America

50

36

China

Eastern Asia

128

18

Colombia

South America

53

35

Congo

Middle Africa

99

24

Costa Rica

Central America

34

40

Cte dIvoire

Western Africa

69

29

Croatia

Southern Europe

130

18

Cyprus

Western Asia

23

43

Czech Republic

Eastern Europe

112

22

Democratic Republic
of the Congo

Middle Africa

112

22

Denmark

Northern Europe

18

47

Dominican Republic

Caribbean

27

42

Ecuador

South America

132

17

Egypt

Northern Africa

120

21

El Salvador

Central America

96

25

Estonia

Northern Europe

103

23

Ethiopia

Eastern Africa

72

29

Finland

Northern Europe

25

43

France

Western Europe

90

26

Region

Ranking

Score(%)

64

31

1 Alphabetical World Giving Index continued

Country

Region

Ranking

Score(%)

Netherlands

Western Europe

12

53

New Zealand

Australia and
New Zealand

58

Nicaragua

Central America

67

Niger

Western Africa

Nigeria

Western Africa

Northern Cyprus
Pakistan

Country

Region

Ranking

Score(%)

United States
of America

North America

64

Uruguay

South America

62

32

30

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

28

42

102

24

Venezuela

South America

134

16

21

44

Vietnam

South Eastern Asia

79

28

Western Asia

39

40

Yemen

Western Asia

135

14

Southern Asia

61

32

Zambia

Eastern Africa

47

37

Zimbabwe

Eastern Africa

94

26

Palestinian Territory

Western Asia

133

17

Panama

Central America

46

38

Paraguay

South America

68

30

Peru

South America

72

29

Philippines

South Eastern Asia

30

41

Poland

Eastern Europe

115

22

Portugal

Southern Europe

78

28

Republic of Korea

Eastern Asia

60

33

Republic of Moldova

Eastern Europe

96

25

Romania

Eastern Europe

108

23

Russia

Eastern Europe

126

19

Rwanda

Eastern Africa

110

22

Saudi Arabia

Western Asia

47

37

Senegal

Western Africa

79

28

Serbia

Southern Europe

124

20

Sierra Leone

Western Africa

55

34

Slovakia

Eastern Europe

94

26

Slovenia

Southern Europe

34

40

South Africa

Southern Africa

34

40

Spain

Southern Europe

62

32

Sri Lanka

Southern Asia

54

Sweden

Northern Europe

40

39

Syria

Western Asia

30

41

Taiwan

Eastern Asia

47

37

Tajikistan

Central Asia

34

40

Thailand

South Eastern Asia

21

44

The former
Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia

Southern Europe

72

29

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

10

54

Tunisia

Northern Africa

120

21

Turkey

Western Asia

128

18

Turkmenistan

Central Asia

23

43

Uganda

Eastern Africa

34

40

Ukraine

Eastern Europe

103

23

United Kingdom

Northern Europe

55

Scores in plain text have seen a change of less than three percentage
points either way, or were not surveyed in 2012.

United Republic
of Tanzania

Eastern Africa

87

27

Only includes 2013 data.

32

Countries scores indicate a rise or fall in score of 3 percentage points or more


since the 2012 survey.

Scores have increased by at least three percentage points.

Scores have decreased by at least three percentage points.

World Giving Index scores are shown to the nearest whole number but the
rankings are determined using two decimal points.
32

2 World Giving Index full table

Country

Ranking Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

Myanmar

64

63

49

91

51

United States of America

64

79

68

44

Canada

60

11

66

71

44

Ireland

60

15

64

74

10

41

New Zealand

58

69

13

62

44

Australia

56

12

65

10

66

16

37

Malaysia

55

19

63

15

60

10

41

United Kingdom

55

24

61

74

33

29

Sri Lanka

54

40

56

17

56

50

Trinidad and Tobago

10

54

75

21

49

16

37

Bhutan

11

53

46

54

12

63

43

Netherlands

12

53

46

54

70

21

34

Indonesia

13

51

67

48

10

66

13

40

Iceland

14

50

52

52

70

33

29

Kenya

15

49

10

67

24

43

16

37

Malta

16

49

86

43

78

46

25

Austria

17

48

35

57

16

57

33

29

Denmark

18

47

44

55

13

62

52

23

Iran

19

46

22

62

20

52

50

24

Jamaica

20

45

73

58

26

20

35

Nigeria

21

44

19

63

50

29

10

41

Thailand

21

44

106

38

77

70

18

Cyprus

23

43

29

58

22

47

46

25

Turkmenistan

23

43

40

56

75

21

53

Finland

25

43

46

54

24

43

25

32

Guatemala

25

43

29

58

47

31

13

40

Dominican Republic

27

42

24

61

41

33

25

32

Germany

28

42

29

58

27

42

46

25

Uzbekistan

28

42

29

58

75

21

46

Philippines

30

41

35

57

56

27

15

38

Syria

30

41

12

65

37

36

60

21

Israel

32

40

98

40

19

53

39

28

Mongolia

32

40

86

43

27

42

19

36

Costa Rica

34

40

15

64

38

34

55

22

Slovenia

34

40

72

47

29

41

25

32

South Africa

34

40

15

64

68

23

23

33

Tajikistan

34

40

56

51

61

25

44

Uganda

34

40

68

71

22

30

30

Northern Cyprus

39

40

12

65

31

40

90

14

Guinea

40

39

22

62

58

26

30

30

Haiti

40

39

78

45

23

44

33

29

Sweden

40

39

56

51

18

55

104

12

Iraq

43

39

75

62

24

70

18

Nepal

44

38

52

52

38

34

33

29

Liberia

45

38

73

130

21

34

Panama

46

38

78

45

35

37

29

31
33

2 World Giving Index full table continued

Country

Ranking Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

Saudi Arabia

47

37

69

47

31

107

11

Taiwan

47

37

62

50

31

40

60

21

Zambia

47

37

71

120

10

30

30

Chile

50

36

56

51

24

43

83

15

Kosovo

50

36

35

57

34

39

96

13

Belgium

52

36

86

43

29

41

50

24

Colombia

53

35

24

61

62

24

65

20

Ghana

54

34

24

61

93

16

43

26

Sierra Leone

55

34

19

63

120

10

33

29

Malawi

56

34

29

58

83

20

52

23

Bolivia

57

33

46

54

83

20

43

26

Cameroon

58

33

15

64

87

17

70

18

Honduras

58

33

76

46

75

21

25

32

Republic of Korea

60

33

86

43

41

33

55

22

Pakistan

61

32

67

48

45

32

78

16

Botswana

62

32

44

55

87

17

52

23

Spain

62

32

51

53

56

27

83

15

Uruguay

62

32

56

51

50

29

83

15

Lebanon

65

31

63

49

45

32

104

12

Luxembourg

65

31

126

31

31

40

55

22

Nicaragua

67

30

86

43

52

28

65

20

Paraguay

68

30

92

41

38

34

90

14

Cte dIvoire

69

29

28

60

85

19

114

Gabon

69

29

29

58

87

17

96

13

India

69

29

103

39

52

28

60

21

Bangladesh

72

29

46

54

85

19

90

14

Ethiopia

72

29

52

52

101

14

60

21

Hungary

72

29

56

51

62

24

104

12

Peru

72

29

78

45

68

23

68

19

The former Yugoslav


Republic of Macedonia

72

29

98

40

41

33

90

14

Argentina

77

29

63

49

71

22

83

15

Portugal

78

28

76

46

62

24

83

15

Afghanistan

79

28

78

45

62

24

83

15

Italy

79

28

72

47

52

28

114

Senegal

79

28

35

57

101

14

96

13

Vietnam

79

28

52

52

71

22

108

10

Belarus

83

28

118

35

97

15

23

33

Kyrgyzstan

83

28

92

41

101

14

39

28

Albania

85

27

40

56

87

17

114

Mexico

85

27

83

44

93

16

55

22

Azerbaijan

87

27

92

41

101

14

46

25

United Republic of Tanzania

87

27

83

44

68

23

96

13

Latvia

89

26

106

38

52

28

96

13

Brazil

90

26

98

40

71

22

78

16

Burkina Faso

90

26

72

47

97

15

78

16

34

2 World Giving Index full table continued

Country

Ranking Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

Ranking

Score (%)

France

90

26

129

30

58

26

55

22

Japan

90

26

134

26

62

24

39

28

Slovakia

94

26

124

32

49

30

83

15

Zimbabwe

94

26

67

48

123

65

20

Angola

96

25

92

41

87

17

78

16

El Salvador

96

25

92

41

112

12

60

21

Republic of Moldova

96

25

113

36

75

21

76

17

Jordan

99

24

67

48

87

17

122

Congo

99

24

72

47

107

13

96

13

Kazakhstan

101

24

92

41

112

12

68

19

Niger

102

24

35

57

132

114

Benin

103

23

63

49

118

11

108

10

Bosnia and Herzegovina

103

23

126

31

41

33

129

Estonia

103

23

113

36

93

16

70

18

Ukraine

103

23

118

35

123

43

26

Nagorno-Karabakh Region

103

23

56

51

123

108

10

Cambodia

108

23

135

22

35

37

108

10

Romania

108

23

98

40

75

21

122

Madagascar

110

22

133

27

107

13

42

27

Rwanda

110

22

110

37

107

13

76

17

Czech Republic

112

22

126

31

75

21

90

14

Democratic Republic
of the Congo

112

22

110

37

107

13

78

16

Morocco

112

22

40

56

132

132

Chad

115

22

103

39

112

12

90

14

Mauritania

115

22

113

36

93

16

96

13

Poland

115

22

118

35

75

21

114

Mali

118

21

78

45

112

12

125

Lithuania

119

21

106

38

112

12

96

13

Egypt

120

21

98

40

97

15

125

Greece

120

21

86

43

123

108

10

Tunisia

120

21

67

48

128

129

Georgia

123

20

103

39

134

70

18

Armenia

124

20

83

44

123

125

Serbia

124

20

118

35

75

21

134

Bulgaria

126

19

110

37

101

14

125

Russian Federation

126

19

122

34

131

70

18

China

128

18

113

36

107

13

129

Turkey

128

18

106

38

112

12

132

Croatia

130

18

131

29

101

14

108

10

Montenegro

130

18

131

29

97

15

114

Ecuador

132

17

124

32

118

11

114

Palestinian Territory

133

17

123

33

128

114

Venezuela

134

16

129

30

120

10

122

Yemen

135

14

113

36

134

135

Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.


World Giving Index scores are shown to the nearest whole number but the rankings are determined using two decimal points.

35

3 Helping a stranger full table

Country

Ranking

Score %

Country

Ranking

Score %

Afghanistan

78

45

Greece

86

43

Albania

40

56

Guatemala

29

58

Angola

92

41

Guinea

22

62

Argentina

63

49

Haiti

78

45

Armenia

83

44

Honduras

76

46

Australia

12

65

Hungary

56

51

Austria

35

57

Iceland

52

52

Azerbaijan

92

41

India

103

39

Bangladesh

46

54

Indonesia

67

48

Belarus

118

35

Iran

22

62

Belgium

86

43

Iraq

75

Benin

63

49

Ireland

15

64

98

40

Bhutan

46

54

Israel

Bolivia

46

54

Italy

72

47

Bosnia and Herzegovina

126

31

Jamaica

73

Botswana

44

55

Japan

134

26

Brazil

98

40

Jordan

67

48

Bulgaria

110

37

Kazakhstan

92

41

Burkina Faso

72

47

Kenya

10

67

Cambodia

135

22

Kosovo

35

57

Cameroon

15

64

Kyrgyzstan

92

41

Canada

11

66

Latvia

106

38

Chad

103

39

Lebanon

63

49

Chile

56

51

Liberia

73

China

113

36

Lithuania

106

38

Colombia

24

61

Luxembourg

126

31

Congo

72

47

Madagascar

133

27

29

58

Costa Rica

15

64

Malawi

Cte d'Ivoire

28

60

Malaysia

19

63

Croatia

131

29

Mali

78

45

Cyprus

29

58

Malta

86

43

Czech Republic

126

31

Mauritania

113

36

Democratic Republic of the Congo

110

37

Mexico

83

44

Denmark

44

55

Mongolia

86

43

Dominican Republic

24

61

Montenegro

131

29

Ecuador

124

32

Morocco

40

56

Egypt

98

40

Myanmar

63

49

El Salvador

92

41

Nagorno-Karabakh Region

56

51

Estonia

113

36

Nepal

52

52

Ethiopia

52

52

Netherlands

46

54

Finland

46

54

New Zealand

69

France

129

30

Nicaragua

86

43

35

57

Gabon

29

58

Niger

Georgia

103

39

Nigeria

19

63

Germany

29

58

Northern Cyprus

12

65

Ghana

24

61

Pakistan

67

48

36

3 Helping a stranger full table continued

Country

Ranking

Score %

Palestinian Territory

123

33

Panama

78

45

Paraguay

92

41

Peru

78

45

Philippines

35

57

Poland

118

35

Portugal

76

46

Republic of Korea

86

43

Republic of Moldova

113

36

Romania

98

40

Russian Federation

122

34

Rwanda

110

37

Saudi Arabia

69

Senegal

35

57

Serbia

118

35

Sierra Leone

19

63

Slovakia

124

32

Slovenia

72

47

South Africa

15

64

Spain

51

53

Sri Lanka

40

56

Sweden

56

51

Syria

12

65

Taiwan

62

50

Tajikistan

56

51

Thailand

106

38

The former Yugoslav Republic of


Macedonia

98

40

Trinidad and Tobago

75

Tunisia

67

48

Turkey

106

38

Turkmenistan

40

56

Uganda

68

Ukraine

118

35

United Kingdom

24

61

United Republic of Tanzania

83

44

United States of America

79

Uruguay

56

51

Uzbekistan

29

58

Venezuela

129

30

Countries scores indicate a rise or fall in score of 3 percentage points or more


since the 2012 survey.

Vietnam

52

52

Scores have increased by at least three percentage points.

Yemen

113

36

Scores have decreased by at least three percentage points.

Zambia

71

Zimbabwe

67

48

Scores in plain text have seen a change of less than three percentage
points either way, or were not surveyed in 2012.
Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.
Data relate to participation in helping a stranger during one month prior
to interview.
37

4 Donating money full table

Ranking

Score %

Country

Ranking

Score %

Afghanistan

62

24

Greece

123

Albania

87

17

Guatemala

47

31

Angola

87

17

Guinea

58

26

Argentina

71

22

Haiti

23

44

Armenia

123

Honduras

75

21

Australia

10

66

Hungary

62

24

Austria

16

57

Iceland

70

Azerbaijan

101

14

India

52

28

Bangladesh

85

19

Indonesia

10

66

Belarus

97

15

Iran

20

52

Belgium

29

41

Iraq

62

24

74

Country

Benin

118

11

Ireland

Bhutan

12

63

Israel

19

53

Bolivia

83

20

Italy

52

28

Bosnia and Herzegovina

41

33

Jamaica

58

26

Botswana

87

17

Japan

62

24

Brazil

71

22

Jordan

87

17

Bulgaria

101

14

Kazakhstan

112

12

Burkina Faso

97

15

Kenya

24

43

Cambodia

35

37

Kosovo

34

39

Cameroon

87

17

Kyrgyzstan

101

14

Canada

71

Latvia

52

28

Chad

112

12

Lebanon

45

32

Chile

24

43

Liberia

130

China

107

13

Lithuania

112

12

Colombia

62

24

Luxembourg

31

40

107

13

Congo

107

13

Madagascar

Costa Rica

38

34

Malawi

83

20

Cte dIvoire

85

19

Malaysia

15

60

Croatia

101

14

Mali

112

12

Cyprus

22

47

Malta

78

Czech Republic

75

21

Mauritania

93

16

Democratic Republic of the Congo

107

13

Mexico

93

16

Denmark

13

62

Mongolia

27

42

Dominican Republic

41

33

Montenegro

97

15

Ecuador

118

11

Morocco

132

Egypt

97

15

Myanmar

El Salvador

112

12

Nagorno-Karabakh Region

123

Estonia

93

16

Nepal

38

34

Ethiopia

101

14

Netherlands

70

Finland

24

43

New Zealand

13

62

France

58

26

Nicaragua

52

28

Gabon

87

17

Niger

132

Georgia

134

Nigeria

50

29

Germany

27

42

Northern Cyprus

31

40

Ghana

93

16

Pakistan

45

32

38

91

4 Donating money full table continued

Country

Ranking

Score %

Palestinian Territory

128

Panama

35

37

Paraguay

38

34

Peru

68

23

Philippines

56

27

Poland

75

21

Portugal

62

24

Republic of Korea

41

33

Republic of Moldova

75

21

Romania

75

21

Russian Federation

131

Rwanda

107

13

Saudi Arabia

47

31

Senegal

101

14

Serbia

75

21

Sierra Leone

120

10

Slovakia

49

30

Slovenia

29

41

South Africa

68

23

Spain

56

27

Sri Lanka

17

56

Sweden

18

55

Syria

37

36

Taiwan

31

40

Tajikistan

61

25

Thailand

77

The former Yugoslav Republic of


Macedonia

41

33

Trinidad and Tobago

21

49

Tunisia

128

Turkey

112

12

Turkmenistan

75

21

Uganda

71

22

Ukraine

123

United Kingdom

74

United Republic of Tanzania

68

23

United States of America

68

Uruguay

50

29

Uzbekistan

75

21

Venezuela

120

10

Countries scores indicate a rise or fall in score of 3 percentage points or more


since the 2012 survey.

Vietnam

71

22

Scores have increased by at least three percentage points.

Yemen

134

Zambia

120

Zimbabwe

123

4
10

Scores have decreased by at least three percentage points.


Scores in plain text have seen a change of less than three percentage
points either way, or were not surveyed in 2012.
Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.
Data relate to participation in donating money during one month prior
to interview.
39

5 Volunteering time full table

Country
Afghanistan

Ranking
83

Score %
15

Country

Ranking

Score %

Greece

108

10

Guatemala

13

40

Albania

114

Angola

78

16

Guinea

30

30

Argentina

83

15

Haiti

33

29

Armenia

125

Honduras

25

32

Australia

16

37

Hungary

104

12

Austria

33

29

Iceland

33

29

Azerbaijan

46

25

India

60

21

Bangladesh

90

14

Indonesia

13

40

Belarus

23

33

Iran

50

24

Belgium

50

24

Iraq

70

18

Benin

108

10

Ireland

10

41

Bhutan

43

Israel

39

28

Bolivia

43

26

Italy

114

Bosnia and Herzegovina

129

Jamaica

20

35

Botswana

52

23

Japan

39

28

16

Jordan

122

Kazakhstan

68

19

37

Brazil

78

Bulgaria

125

Burkina Faso

78

16

Kenya

16

Cambodia

108

10

Kosovo

96

13

Cameroon

70

18

Kyrgyzstan

39

28

Canada

44

Latvia

96

13

Chad

90

14

Lebanon

104

12

Chile

83

15

Liberia

21

34

China

129

Lithuania

96

13

Colombia

65

20

Luxembourg

55

22

Congo

96

13

Madagascar

42

27

Costa Rica

55

22

Malawi

52

23

Cte d'Ivoire

114

Malaysia

10

41

Croatia

108

10

Mali

125

Cyprus

46

25

Malta

46

25

96

13

Czech Republic

90

14

Mauritania

Democratic Republic of the Congo

78

16

Mexico

55

22

Denmark

52

23

Mongolia

19

36

Dominican Republic

25

32

Montenegro

114

Ecuador

114

Morocco

132

Egypt

125

Myanmar

El Salvador

60

21

Nagorno-Karabakh Region

108

51

10

Estonia

70

18

Nepal

33

29

Ethiopia

60

21

Netherlands

21

34

Finland

25

32

New Zealand

44

France

55

22

Nicaragua

65

20

Gabon

96

13

Niger

114

Georgia

70

18

Nigeria

10

41

Germany

46

25

Northern Cyprus

90

14

Ghana

43

26

Pakistan

78

16

40

5 Volunteering time full table continued

Country

Ranking

Score %

114

Panama

29

31

Paraguay

90

14

Peru

68

19

Philippines

15

38

Poland

114

Portugal

83

15

Republic of Korea

55

22

Republic of Moldova

76

17

Romania

122

Russian Federation

70

18

Rwanda

76

17

Saudi Arabia

107

11

Senegal

96

13

Serbia

134

Sierra Leone

33

Palestinian Territory

29

Slovakia

83

15

Slovenia

25

32

South Africa

23

33

Spain

83

15

Sri Lanka

50

Sweden

104

12

Syria

60

21

Taiwan

60

21

Tajikistan

44

Thailand

70

18

The former Yugoslav Republic of


Macedonia

90

14

Trinidad and Tobago

16

37

Tunisia

129

Turkey

132

Turkmenistan

53

Uganda

30

30

Ukraine

43

26

United Kingdom

33

29

United Republic of Tanzania

96

13

United States of America

44

Uruguay

83

15

Uzbekistan

46

Venezuela

122

Vietnam

108

10

Scores have increased by at least three percentage points.

Yemen

135

Scores have decreased by at least three percentage points.

Zambia

30

30

Zimbabwe

65

20

Countries scores indicate a rise or fall in score of 3 percentage points or more


since the 2012 survey.

Scores in plain text have seen a change of less than three percentage
points either way, or were not surveyed in 2012.
Only includes countries surveyed in 2013.
Data relate to participation in volunteering time during one month prior
to interview.
41

6 Methodology
This report is primarily based upon data from Gallups World View World Poll,32 which is an ongoing
research project carried out in more than 140 countries in 2013 that together represent around 94%
of the worlds population (around 4.96 billion people).33 The survey asks questions on many different
aspects of life today including giving behaviour. The countries surveyed and questions asked in each
region varies from year to year and is determined by Gallup. More detail on Gallups methodology can be
viewed online.34
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-institutionalised, 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. In all, over 130,000 people were interviewed
by Gallup in 2013 and samples are probability-based. Surveys are carried out by telephone or face-toface depending on the countrys 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.

Calculation of World Giving Index ranking


The percentages shown in the index and within this publication are all rounded to the nearest whole
number. In reality though, for our analysis, the percentage scores are all to two decimal points.
Due to rounding therefore, there are some occasions in the ranking of countries where two or more
countries appear to have the same percentage, but are not placed equally. This is because there is a
small amount of difference in the numbers to two decimal places. This also affects the calculation of
percentage point change across years, which is based on the actual figure to decimal places, rather than
the rounded number displayed.
In 2013, Gallup changed the way they group the age bands and this has been applied retrospectively to
previous years data. While the revision has affected historical numbers, the overall trends remain largely
the same.

32 Gallups website: http://www.gallup.com/strategicconsulting/en-us/worldpoll.aspx


33 World Population Prospects, the 2012 Revision, June 2013, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
http://esa.un.org/wpp/ - The United Nations report a world population of 5.28 billion in 2013, for those aged 15 +
34 Gallup World Poll Methodology, accessed July 2014, Gallup WorldView: http://www.gallup.com/poll/105226/world-poll-methodology.aspx
Details of each countrys dataset available: http://www.gallup.com/strategicconsulting/128171/Country-Data-Set-Details-May-2010.aspx

42

World Giving Index 2014


Surveyed countries

Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chad
Chile
China

Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cte dIvoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic
Republic of the
Congo
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea

Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia

Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mexico
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Nagorno-Karabakh
Region
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Northern Cyprus
Pakistan
Palestinian Territory
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
The former
Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine

United Kingdom
United Republic
of Tanzania
United States
of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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