CAF World Giving Index 10th Edition| Ten years of giving trends

What is the CAF World Giving Index 10th edition?

Over the past decade we’ve analysed charitable behaviour around the globe in a study which has surveyed more than 1.3 million people to find out how they give.

The CAF World Giving Index 10th Edition provides a decade’s worth of combined insight into the scope and nature of giving around the world and looks at three aspects of giving behaviour and asks: Have you done any of the following in the past month?

Helped a stranger, or someone you didn’t know who needed help?
Donated money to a charity?
Volunteered your time to an organisation?

“In taking a step back and looking at giving trends over 10 years, we have created what we hope will serve as a roadmap to continue to grow giving in all its forms across the globe. There are areas of concern, but also key moments of hope in parts of the world that have overcome true hardship.”

Sir John Low, Chief Executive, CAF

What are the findings?

Now with a decade’s worth of aggregated data, our special edition report identifies longer term trends over the 10 years as we reveal:

10 highest scoring countries
10 lowest scoring countries
Plus, the biggest risers and fallers over that time

Other findings

Around the globe, 2.5 billion people helped a stranger
Globally, nearly 1/5th of all adults volunteer
Half of the countries who have risen most in the CAF World Giving Index are from Asia

Download the CAF World Giving Index 10th Edition

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why are some countries not included in the survey?

Gallup collects the data as part of their World Poll research programme. As such, Gallup selects the countries to be included each year. Due to the small variation in countries which Gallup includes each year, we have only included countries for which data was available for at least eight of the last ten years. This means that our report is based on 128 countries.
How are the ranking and scores calculated?

To establish a rounded measure of giving behaviour in a country, the CAF World Giving Index relies on a simple averaging of the proportions of people who answered yes to three key questions (Q. In the last month have you… Helped a stranger, or someone you didn’t know who needed help? Donated money to a charity? Volunteered your time to an organisation?). The index measures countries by proportion of population giving rather than how much they give.
Does the CAF World Giving Index take into account political and social issues?

The way the CAF World Giving Index is calculated does not take into account other factors which might drive or impede growth in generosity, such as the political, social and economic situation in any given country or region.

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Previous World Giving Index reports

First published by the Charities Aid Foundation in 2010, the World Giving Index is recognised as the world's leading study into global generosity.

World Giving Index 2018

See which countries are the most generous, as we reveal where 146 countries rank.

Read the report

World Giving Index 2017

See how people around the world give with insight into generosity across the globe.

Read the report

World Giving Index 2016

Get a picture of charitable behaviour around the world.

Read the report

World Giving Index 2015

World Giving Index 2014

World Giving Index 2013

World Giving Index 2012

World Giving Index 2011

World Giving Index 2010

Find out which country is the most generous

Generosity across the globe