World's most charitable nations

[tittenman]

World's most charitable nations

A country's social and political cultures influence how much money citizens give to charity, according to a November 2006 study by England's Charities Aid Foundation that ranks philanthropic donation as a percentage of gross domestic product. Among nations surveyed, these 10 are the most generous.

• 1. United States, 1.67 percent of GDP
• 2. United Kingdom, 0.73
• 3. Canada, 0.72
• 4. Australia, 0.69
• 5. South Africa, 0.64
• 6. Ireland, 0.47
• 7. Netherlands, 0.45
• 8. Singapore, 0.29
• 9. New Zealand, 0.29
• 10. Turkey, 0.23

Federal tax laws -- notably low income tax, plus breaks for donations -- are often cited for American's generosity. As is religion, which drives one-third of U.S. charitable giving.

Actual aid given by monetary value:
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:

# 1. United States - $22.739 billion
# 2. United Kingdom - $12.607 billion
# 3. Japan - $11.608 billion
# 4. France - $10.448 billion
# 5. Germany - $10.351 billion
# 6. Netherlands - $5.452 billion
# 7. Sweden - $3.962 billion
# 8. Spain - $3.801 billion
# 9. Canada - $3.731 billion
# 10. Italy - $3.672 billion


Private Philanthropy as a percentage of GDP (2005)
According to the Charities Aid Foundation

* 1. United States - 1.67%
* 2. United Kingdom - .73%
* 3. Canada - .72%
* 4. Australia - .69%
* 5. South Africa - .64%
* 6. Ireland - .47%
* 7. Netherlands - .45%
* 8. Singapore - .29%
* 9. New Zealand - .29%
* 10. Turkey - .23%
* 11. Germany - .22%
* 12. France - .14%

 

[24788]

22 billion is a nice amount of change. It's not perfect, but I didn't realize it was so high.

 

[tittenman]

22 billion is a nice amount of change. It's not perfect, but I didn't realize it was so high.

Yes its a lot of money in anyone's book, but relatively its not a huge amount if you factor population in. The UK has given half as much as the US with approximately 1/4 of the US population (303M vs 65M).