World Giving Index

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.[1] The most recent edition was published in November 2016, with Myanmar, the United States and Australia ranking as the top three. New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Canada, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Ireland and United Arab Emirates complete the top ten.[2]

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-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.[3]

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.[4] 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:[4]

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

World Giving Index rankings

Country	2016 rank[5]	2015 rank[4]	2014 rank[6]	2013 rank[7]

Myanmar	1	1	1	2
United States	2	1	1	1
Australia	3	5	6	7
New Zealand	4	3	5	2
Sri Lanka	5	8	9	10
Canada	6	4	3	2
Indonesia	7	22	13	17
United Kingdom	8	6	7	6
Ireland	9	9	4	5
United Arab Emirates	10	14	n/a	n/a
Uzbekistan	11	27	28	50
Kenya	12	11	15	33
Netherlands	13	7	12	8
Norway	14	15	n/a	11
Turkmenistan	15	71	23	26
Malta	16	12	16	12
Iceland	17	n/a	14	17
Bhutan	18	17	n/a	n/a
Kuwait	19	24	n/a	n/a
Denmark	20	39	18	25
Germany	21	20	28	22
Malaysia	22	10	7	71
Switzerland	23	40	n/a	12
Finland	24	31	25	33
Sweden	25	28	40	39
Bahrain	n/a	13	n/a	n/a
Guatemala	29	16	25	30
Kyrgyzstan	34	18	83	73
Thailand	37	19	21	38
Jamaica	n/a	21	20	n/a
Austria	30	23	17	15
Liberia	52	25	45	n/a
Hong Kong	n/a	26	n/a	17
Puerto Rico	n/a	29	n/a	n/a
Northern Cyprus	42	30	39	n/a
Iran	45	32	19	n/a
Luxembourg	49	33	65	28
Singapore	28	34	n/a	64
Taiwan	50	35	47	52
Costa Rica	62	36	34	23
Slovenia	40	37	34	44
Iraq	31	38	43	89
Dominican Republic	36	41	27	39
Cyprus	35	42	23	24
Nigeria	56	43	21	20
Malawi	38	44	56	43
Mauritius	n/a	45	n/a	93
Philippines	47	46	30	16
Saudi Arabia	41	47	47	57
Belgium	32	48	52	57
Chile	55	49	50	35
South Africa	61	49	34	69
Zambia	63	51	47	45
Mongolia	27	52	32	41
Panama	33	53	46	48
Sierra Leone	46	54	55	n/a
Botswana	54	55	62	84
Kazakhstan	96	56	101	66
Uganda	26	57	34	48
Spain	79	58	62	57
Haiti	53	59	40	28
Honduras	74	60	58	55
Namibia	n/a	61	n/a	n/a
Croatia	127	62	130	133
Ghana	77	63	54	61
South Korea	75	64	60	n/a
Bolivia	70	65	57	54
Colombia	73	66	53	31
Sudan	n/a	67	n/a	61
South Sudan	48	68	n/a	n/a
Nicaragua	76	69	67	82
Belize	n/a	70	n/a	n/a
Italy	82	72	79	21
Tajikistan	87	73	34	64
France	81	74	90	77
Israel	43	75	32	31
Nepal	39	76	44	55
Uruguay	58	77	62	47
Poland	109	78	115	84
Vietnam	64	79	79	116
Guinea	69	80	40	74
Tanzania	57	81	87	51
Portugal	90	82	78	71
Albania	105	83	85	132
Afghanistan	78	84	79	35
Senegal	95	85	79	57
Macedonia	119	86	72	118
Zimbabwe	108	87	94	82
Bosnia and Herzegovina	128	88	103	109
Ukraine	106	89	103	102
Mexico	107	90	85	76
Congo	136	91	99	93
Cameroon	51	92	58	63
Romania	93	93	108	105
Pakistan	92	94	61	53
Bangladesh	94	95	72	89
Lebanon	80	96	65	68
Ethiopia	84	97	72	109
Montenegro	133	98	130	126
Estonia	118	99	103	93
Cambodia	98	100	108	93
Madagascar	132	101	110	113
Japan	114	102	90	n/a
Belarus	100	103	83	93
Burkina Faso	72	104	90	109
Brazil	68	105	90	91
India	91	106	69	93
Ivory Coast	104	107	69	n/a
Argentina	83	108	77	78
Mauritania	88	109	115	93
Latvia	113	110	89	93
Gabon	89	111	69	78
Egypt	112	112	120	105
Georgia	120	112	123	116
Peru	65	114	72	84
Bulgaria	129	115	126	118
Kosovo	60	116	50	78
El Salvador	85	117	96	107
Jordan	71	118	99	120
Serbia	135	118	124	123
Moldova	110	120	96	88
Mali	99	121	118	123
Azerbaijan	131	122	87	69
Slovakia	124	123	94	101
Hungary	134	124	72	78
Paraguay	101	125	68	45
Morocco	123	126	112	115
Democratic Republic of the Congo	136	127	112	131
Venezuela	117	128	134	91
Russia	126	129	126	123
Czech Republic	121	130	112	103
Ecuador	97	131	132	84
Benin	102	132	103	120	21-08-2003	Togo	103	133	n/a	n/a
Angola	n/a	134	96	n/a
Niger	115	135	102	108
Chad	111	136	115	93
Rwanda	116	137	110	128
Armenia	130	138	124	113
Tunisia	122	139	120	103
Greece	137	140	120	135
Palestinian Territory	139	141	133	127
Lithuania	124	142	119	120
Yemen	138	143	134	130
China	140	144	128	133
Burundi	n/a	145	n/a	n/a
Algeria	n/a	n/a	n/a	109
Comoros	n/a	n/a	n/a	84
Laos	n/a	n/a	n/a	41
Libya	44	n/a	n/a	14
Qatar	n/a	n/a	n/a	9
Somaliland	58	n/a	n/a	26
Suriname	n/a	n/a	n/a	66
Syria	66	n/a	30	35
Trinidad and Tobago	n/a	n/a	10	n/a
Turkey	n/a	n/a	128	128

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

Response to the results (2010)

The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa hailed the results of the Index where Sri Lanka came in 8th. President Rajapaksa said it captured, "the reality of our caring and sharing society".[8]

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".[9]

Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector and Senator for New South Wales, Dr Ursula Stephens said, "I see each day the enormous efforts of our country’s five million volunteers and witness the generosity of the millions of Australians whose donations make the work of our non profit organisations possible. So this result on the World Giving Index is confirmation of what we already know – we are a country of generous people who are quick to lend a helping hand in times of need."[10]

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."[11]

References

"World Giving Index 2010" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. September 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
"World Giving Index 2016" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
Gallup World Poll Methodology, Retrieved 10 November 2015.
"World Giving Index 2015" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
"World Giving Index 2016" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
"World Giving Index 2014" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
"World Giving Index 2013" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. December 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
Charles Haviland (13 September 2010). "Sri Lankan 'generosity' is hailed". BBC News South Asia. Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
"President calls Taiwan's 'World Giving' rank 'unfair'". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Dr Ursula Stephens "Australia a Nation of Givers and Helpers". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
"Turia Thrilled with Top-Ranking for Generous New Zealanders". Beehive. 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

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[2010_World_Giving_Index-1] "World Giving Index 2010" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. September 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[2016_World_Giving_Index-2] "World Giving Index 2016" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[Gallup_World_Poll_Methodology-3] Gallup World Poll Methodology, Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[2015_World_Giving_Index-4] "World Giving Index 2015" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[5] "World Giving Index 2016" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[6] "World Giving Index 2014" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[7] "World Giving Index 2013" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. December 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[8] Charles Haviland (13 September 2010). "Sri Lankan 'generosity' is hailed". BBC News South Asia. Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via www.bbc.com.

[9] "President calls Taiwan's 'World Giving' rank 'unfair'". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

[10] Dr Ursula Stephens "Australia a Nation of Givers and Helpers". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2010.

[11] "Turia Thrilled with Top-Ranking for Generous New Zealanders". Beehive. 9 September 2010. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2018.