The study, as part of the World Giving Index, noted that Myanmar had an “extraordinarily high incidence of donating money” – about 9 percent higher than the next closest country; while the nation also came in second overall in the world across three categories – donating money to charities, helping a stranger and volunteering time for charitable activities.
“Myanmar reminds us that giving is about more than just wealth,” notes the report. “Indeed, the list of the Top 10 countries most likely to donate money to charity includes eight countries not in the G20.”The index was compiled on surveys in 135 countries by Gallup over the past year and looks at how generous citizens from various countries can be.
The U.S. came out top for the country with citizens most likely to help a stranger (77%), while people from Turkmenistan were most likely to volunteer time for charitable causes.
Other key findings from the report suggest that giving is now on the rise, as the global economy improves. The average percentage of people donating money, volunteering time, and helping a stranger globally all grew in 2012 in relation to 2011, despite a continued fall in the rate of growth of the global economy from 4.0 percent to 3.2 percent.
Global youth were also driving the rise in volunteering, with 20.6 percent of people between the ages of 15-24 participating in volunteerism in 2016. This age group also went from being the least likely to volunteer in 2008 to the second most likely to volunteer in 2012.
Gender also played a part. Women were more likely than men to donate money to charity, but more men were willing to helping strangers.
The Charitable Aid Foundation suggested that governments should introduce steps in order to ensure that people would be more compelled to either donate money, volunteer time or help strangers.
These steps include: making sure not-for-profit organisations are regulated in a fair, consistent and open way, making it easy for people to give and offer incentives for giving where possible, promoting civil society as an independent voice in public life, respecting the right of not-for-profit organisations to campaign, ensuring not-for-profit organisations are transparent and inform the public about their work, and encouraging charitable giving as a whole as economies continued to develop.
Top 5 Countries MOST Likely To Donate To Charity
1. Myanmar (85%)
2. U.K. (76%)
3. Malta (72%)
4. Ireland (70%)
5. Thailand (70%)
Top 5 Countries LEAST Likely To Donate To Charity
1. Georgia (3%)
2. Yemen (5%)
3. Russia (6%)
4. Niger (6%)
5. Morocco (6%)
Top 5 Countries MOST Likely To Help A Stranger
1. U.S.A. (77%)
2. Qatar (73%)
3. Libya (72%)
4. Colombia (70%)
5. Senegal (68%)
Top 5 Countries LEAST Likely To Help A Stranger
1. Cambodia (21%)
2. Singapore (24%)
3. Madagascar (25%)
4. Albania (25%)
5. Rwanda (27%)
Top 5 Countries MOST Likely To Volunteer Time
1. Turkmenistan (57%)
2. Sri Lanka (46%)
3. U.S.A. (45%)
4. Myanmar (43%)
5. Philippines (43%)
Top 5 Countries LEAST Likely To Volunteer Time
1. Yemen (4%)
2. Tunisia (4%)
3. Greece (4%)
4. China (4%)
5. Bosnia & Herzegovina (4%)
Top 5 Countries Overall in World Giving Index
1. U.S.A. (overall score: 61%)
2. Canada (58%)
2. Myanmar (58%)
2. New Zealand (58%)
5. Ireland (57%)
Bottom 5 Countries Overall In World Giving Index
131. Democratic Republic of the Congo (16%)
132. Albania (16%)
133. China (16%)
133. Croatia (16%)
135. Greece (13%)
source: Economy Watch
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