The World Giving Index (WGI) was an annual report published by the Charities Aid Foundation, using data gathered by Gallup, which ranked over 140 countries in the world according to how charitable they are. The aim of the World Giving Index was to provide insight into the scope and nature of giving around the world. The first edition was released in September 2010. The final edition was published in 2024. The report has now been superseded by the World Giving Report which offers a fuller picture of global generosity.

Methodology

This report is primarily based upon data from the Gallup World Poll, which is an ongoing research project carried out in more than 140 countries that together represent around 95% of the world's adult population (around 5 billion people). In most countries surveyed, 1,000 questionnaires are completed by a representative sample of individuals living across the country. The coverage area is the entire country, including rural areas. The sampling frame represents the entire civilian, non-institutionalized, aged 15 and older population of the entire country. In some large countries such as China and Russia, samples of at least 2,000 are collected, while in a small number of countries, the poll covers 500 to 1,000 people but still features a representative sample. The survey is not conducted in a limited number of instances, including where the safety of interviewing staff is threatened, scarcely populated islands in some countries, and areas that interviewers can reach only by foot, animal, or small boat.Gallup World Poll Methodology , Retrieved 10 November 2015.

In all, over 150,000 people were interviewed by Gallup in 2014, and samples are probability-based. Surveys are carried out by telephone or face-to-face depending on the country's telephone coverage. There is of course a margin of error (the amount of random sampling error) in the results for each country, which is calculated by Gallup around a proportion at the 95% confidence level (the level of confidence that the results are a true reflection of the whole population). The maximum margin of error is calculated assuming a reported percentage of 50% and takes into account the design effect.

Gallup asked people which of the following three charitable acts they had undertaken in the past month: helped a stranger, or someone they did not know who needed help donated money to a charity volunteered their time to an organization

World Giving Index rankings

Country 2022 rank2021 rank2019 rank2018 rank2017 rank2016 rank2015 rank 2014 rank 2013 rank 111012 7 22 13 17 221183 12 11 15 33 319145 2 1 1 1 45426 3 5 6 7 57334 4 3 5 264291 1 1 1 2 7n/a202012 46 54 55 n/a 8356147 6 4 3 2 917322118 63 51 47 451020101819010689103102 1126568 9 9 4 51210216116371921381388111125128121130112103 143221628 56 43 21 20 151314129 10 14 n/a n/a1637861121051097811584 17227511 8 6 7 618547473n/an/a61n/an/a19n/a51709869804074206533895447463016217475948383108777822835502226573448 2346n/a1715 17 n/a 14 17 2440162421 20 39 18 2525163745292752324126n/a4346407460585527481231291321351181241232857n/a56n/an/a2120n/a 293981110 13 7 12 83067117110124126129126123 31n/a46730 28 34 n/a 64 3247n/a1320 14 15 n/a 11 3362153226 30 23 17 15343896130641198672118 3577121813 16 12 16 12365310810711511712813491377373114106107908576383331493236412739392360591201011256845 4063927n/a 5 8 9 10413655558534188373426091905912888103109438339624362363423449626665601165078455561867070655754 466383723 77 63 54 61472584n/a116647979116 4832232917 45 32 19 n/a4995126142138140144128133 5064294234 25 28 40 3951514980617366533152909811953971311328453729488102124123941015445120126127129115126118 5585182219 21 20 28 22 5627535251 39 76 44 5557148212481911066993584168678776696782597165776058776247 6070243545 35 42 23 24615071877995857957628210912011913412472786378n/a131n/an/an/a128128648495109100118991039365n/a8782867210490109 6611443650 87 73 34 64 67n/a365736 38 44 56 4368577210088651147284 6994404758 40 37 34 44 7029255338 11 27 28 50 7131416149 55 49 50 35725676115771369199937380999311299121118123 7481254437 24 31 25 33 7534523439 31 38 43 89 7697132633 23 40 n/a 12 7718566368 51 92 58 63 7892343835 43 75 32 31 7961n/a25130 n/a 45 n/a 938052n/a1119110410769n/a 81104n/a3025 n/a 26 n/a 178286118132121127621301338399121138137124142119120 84n/a477857 33 53 46 48 8549505148 41 47 47 57867993127948511796107 8721454024 61 49 34 69 88110576062 75 64 60 n/a8942n/a122n/an/a61n/an/a90438099n/a1101209688 9187486452 50 35 47 5292n/an/a117109103133n/an/a939878968796561016694n/an/a79n/an/an/an/an/a9510377113968911169789665105108951058385132 9724598463 57 81 87 519891106105113102132103120 99100585471 79 58 62 57 100106667267 81 74 90 77 101102907574 71 118 99 120102101125143114137140120135 10310983104136 123 126 112 115 10428112118135 120 112 123 116 10544707672 108 87 94 82 106969710280 93 93 108 105 10776n/a92n/a n/a n/a n/a 109 1081076991n/a 92 94 61 53 109111546884 82 72 79 21 110n/a114123122 130 138 124 113 111105110137131 113 110 89 93 1128910313592 122 139 120 103 11375n/a134n/a n/a n/a n/a 41 1141138883104 90 82 78 71 115108678576 80 96 65 68 11668104106108 112 112 120 105 117n/a6313689 78 84 79 35 118114107128111 114 102 90 n/a 11993102140134 98 100 108 93 n/an/a99139126 131 122 87 69 n/an/an/an/an/a n/a 134 96 n/a n/a12n/a10n/a n/a 13 n/a n/a n/a698174129 94 95 72 89 n/an/a92121117 100 103 83 93 n/a112423956 32 48 52 57 n/an/an/an/an/a n/a 70 n/a n/a n/an/an/an/an/a 18 17 n/a n/a n/an/a649793 54 55 62 84 n/an/an/an/an/a n/a 145 n/a n/an/an/an/a69n/an/an/an/an/a n/an/an/an/an/a n/a n/a n/a 84 n/an/a8910199 111 136 115 93 n/an/a11358125 136 127 112 131 n/a157998107 84 97 72 109n/an/an/a31n/an/an/an/an/a n/an/a266541 29 16 25 30 n/an/a271555 53 59 40 28 n/an/an/a3331 19 24 n/a n/a n/an/an/a95n/an/an/an/an/a n/an/a171914 52 25 45 n/a n/an/an/a2842 44 n/a n/a 14 n/an/a284144 49 33 65 28 n/an/a116100133 132 101 110 113 n/a2930n/an/a 22 10 7 71 n/an/a85133130 88 109 115 93 n/a59119116110 133 98 130 126 n/an/a10071118 115 135 102 108 n/an/an/an/a46 42 30 39 n/a n/an/a122141n/a 139 141 133 127 n/an/an/an/an/a n/a 29 n/a n/a n/an/an/an/an/a n/a n/a n/a 9 n/an/a115103101 116 137 110 128 n/an/an/a4873 48 68 n/a n/an/an/an/an/an/a n/a 67 n/a 61n/an/an/an/an/a n/a n/a n/a 66n/an/an/an/an/a 66 n/a 30 35 n/an/an/a23n/a n/a n/a 10 n/a n/an/a194369 15 71 23 26 n/an/a124144139 138 143 134 130 "n/a" indicates a country was not surveyed for that year's World Giving Index report

Response to the results (2010) In 2010, the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa hailed the results of the Index where Sri Lanka came in 8th. President Rajapaksa said it captured "the reality of our caring and sharing society".

In 2010, the President of Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou described the results as "unfair" and stated that Taiwan had transformed itself from an "importer of love to an exporter of love".

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

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."

References

External links The World Giving Index 2022 pdf The World Giving Index 2021 pdf The World Giving Index 2019 pdf The World Giving Index 2018 pdf The World Giving Index 2017 pdf The World giving Index 2016 pdf The World giving Index 2015 pdf The World giving Index 2014 pdf The World giving Index 2013 pdf The World giving Index 2012 pdf The World giving Index 2011 pdf The World giving Index 2010 pdf The World Giving Index Homepage The World Giving Index on the Guardian Datablog