India records an all-time high of 31%: Climbs 10 places from 2016 in this year’s CAF World Giving Index
Generosity in India has increased according to this year’s CAF World Giving Index, the leading global survey of generosity. India climbed 10 places to 81 in this year’s Index, recording an all time high of 31%.
The result was driven by increases across donating money and volunteering both of which increased significantly, by six percentage points from 2015.
The CAF World Giving Index, the leading comparative study of global generosity, records the number of people who helped a stranger in the past month, volunteered their time, or gave money to a good cause. For the 2017 report, 146,000 people were interviewed in 139 countries.
This year, the global index was down slightly on 2016: donating money and helping a stranger were down 1.8 percentage points whilst volunteering was down 0.8 percentage points.
However, whilst global generosity appears to have contracted, the decline is most noticeable amongst developed nations which failed to maintain the increases made in 2016. The USA, the UK and Australia all fell three places, and despite remaining in fourth, New Zealand saw a two percentage point decrease in its World Giving Index score.
Conversely, whilst many developed nations fell, Africa showed the strong performance it saw in 2016, experiencing growth across all three giving behaviours (against its five-year average). It was the only continent to achieve this and a feat it has achieved for the second consecutive year.
Twenty percent of this year’s top 20 places were occupied by African nations (Kenya, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Zambia) and eight nations (Ghana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Kenya Liberia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tunisia) saw their World Giving Index score increase by more than 5 percentage points, meaning Africa accounted for most of the countries on this year’s ‘most improved’ list.
Commenting on the report, Ms. Meenakshi Batra, CEO - CAF India said:
“It is encouraging to see India climb up the rankings on the World Giving Index. India has delivered a record year and 31% jump is a milestone. CAF India is extremely proud of this achievement and it is heartening to see that as India’s economy grows, this growth is translating into more people giving back to society. The ethos of giving has always been genuinely embedded in our society. The evolving philanthropic landscape in the country is facilitating modern giving in an integrated manner. I hope that the government recognises the vital role that civil society can play in volunteering and continues to work with charitable organisations to foster and develop India’s culture of generosity.”
Key findings of the report:
- The report suggests an overall decline in global generosity, particularly amongst developed nations. Only six of the G20 countries appear in the top 20 and all experienced a decline in their WGI score.
- Myanmar retains its crown as the world’s most generous country for the fourth year in a row. However, despite maintaining its position it also experienced a drop in its overall score, down from 70% to 65%.
- Africa is the only continent to buck this downward trend, experiencing an upswing across all three giving behaviours (against its five year average). Kenya was one of the continent’s star performers, jumping from twelfth place to third with an eight percentage point increase in its WGI score.
- Sierra Leone now tops the league for the country most likely to help a stranger, 81% of respondents reporting they had done so over the preceding month. Conversely, Cambodia now ranks bottom with only 18% of people reporting helping a stranger. Indonesia topped the table for volunteering with a participation rate of 55%. Armenia ranked bottom with a participation rate of just 4%.
The Charities Aid Foundation, which delivers more than £500 million to charities annually, has been producing the CAF World Giving Index since 2010 in order to inform wider research into the state of charitable giving at a national and international level.
Although only providing a snapshot, the WGI remains the largest survey of its kind undertaken. For this year’s report, more than 146,000 people were surveyed in 139 countries.
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The 2016 CAF World Giving Index is available here
CAF World Giving Index top 20
|
Country |
World Giving Index Ranking |
World Giving Index Score (%) |
Helping a stranger score (%) |
Donating money score (%) |
Volunteering time score (%) |
|
|
Myanmar |
1 |
65 |
53 |
91 |
51 |
|
|
Indonesia |
2 |
60 |
47 |
79 |
55 |
|
|
Kenya |
3 |
60 |
76 |
52 |
51 |
|
|
New Zealand |
4 |
57 |
65 |
65 |
41 |
|
|
United States of America |
5 |
56 |
73 |
56 |
41 |
|
|
Australia |
6 |
56 |
66 |
63 |
40 |
|
|
Canada |
7 |
54 |
67 |
61 |
35 |
|
|
Ireland |
8 |
53 |
61 |
60 |
39 |
|
|
United Arab Emirates |
9 |
51 |
71 |
55 |
27 |
|
|
Netherlands |
10 |
51 |
51 |
64 |
36 |
|
|
United Kingdom |
11 |
50 |
58 |
64 |
28 |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
12 |
49 |
81 |
26 |
41 |
|
|
Malta |
13 |
48 |
45 |
73 |
26 |
|
|
Liberia |
14 |
46 |
75 |
18 |
46 |
|
|
Iceland |
15 |
46 |
44 |
68 |
26 |
|
|
Thailand |
16 |
46 |
51 |
68 |
19 |
|
|
Iran |
17 |
45 |
61 |
50 |
25 |
|
|
Zambia |
18 |
45 |
69 |
33 |
33 |
|
|
Germany |
19 |
45 |
58 |
55 |
22 |
|
|
Norway |
20 |
45 |
49 |
55 |
30 |
Top 10 countries by participation in helping a stranger
|
Helping a stranger country and ranking |
People (%) |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
1 |
81 |
|
Iraq |
2 |
78 |
|
Libya |
3 |
77 |
|
Kenya |
4 |
76 |
|
Liberia |
5 |
75 |
|
Kuwait |
6 |
74 |
|
United States of America |
7 |
73 |
|
Uganda |
8 |
73 |
|
South Africa |
9 |
72 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
10 |
71 |
Top 10 countries by participation in donating money
|
Donating money country and ranking |
People (%) |
|
|
Myanmar |
1 |
91 |
|
Indonesia |
2 |
79 |
|
Malta |
3 |
73 |
|
Iceland |
4 |
68 |
|
Thailand |
5 |
68 |
|
New Zealand |
6 |
65 |
|
Netherlands |
7 |
64 |
|
United Kingdom |
8 |
64 |
|
Australia |
9 |
63 |
|
Canada |
10 |
61 |
Top 10 countries by participation in volunteering time
|
Volunteering time country and ranking |
People (%) |
|
|
Indonesia |
1 |
55 |
|
Kenya |
2 |
51 |
|
Myanmar |
3 |
51 |
|
Liberia |
4 |
46 |
|
Tajikistan |
5 |
44 |
|
New Zealand |
6 |
41 |
|
United States of America |
7 |
41 |
|
Sierra Leone |
8 |
41 |
|
Mauritius |
9 |
40 |
|
Australia |
10 |
40 |
About CAF India
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Methodology
The World Giving Index is primarily based upon data from Gallup’s World View World Poll, which is an ongoing research project carried out in 139 countries in 2016 that together represent around 95% of the world’s population (around 5.2 billion people). 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 Gallup’s methodology can be viewed online.