List of most charitable countries

List of most charitable countries

The world's most charitable countries give the most money to help the needy of their societies and others, either through public donations, private donations, or both.

Private Philanthropy as a percentage of GDP (2005)

According to the Charities Aid Foundation [http://www.cafonline.org/pdf/International%20Comparisons%20of%20Charitable%20Giving.pdf] ,
*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%

Official Development Assistance by country (2006)

To qualify as official development assistance (ODA), a contribution must contain three elements: 1.) be undertaken by the official sector (that is, a government or government agency); 2.) with promotion of economic development and welfare as the main objective; and 3.) at concessional financial terms (that is, with favorable loan terms.)Thus, ODA does not by definition include private donations.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp US and Foreign Aid Assistance - Global Issues ] ]
*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
*11. Norway - $2.946 billion
*12. Denmark - $2.234 billion
*13. Australia - $2.128 billion
*14. Belgium - $1.968 billion
*15. Switzerland - $1.647 billion
*16. Austria - $1.513 billion
*17. Ireland - $997 million
*18. Finland - $826 million
*19. Portugal - $391 million
*20. Greece - $384 million
*21. Luxembourg - $291 million
*22. New Zealand - $257 million

Official Development Assistance by country as a percentage of GNI (2006)

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
*1. Sweden - 1.02%
*2. Norway - 0.89%
*3. Luxembourg - 0.84%
*4. Netherlands - 0.81%
*5. Denmark - 0.8%
*6. Ireland - 0.54%
*7. United Kingdom - 0.51%
*8. Belgium - 0.5%
*9. Austria - 0.47%
*10. France - 0.47%
*11. Finland - 0.4%
*12. Switzerland - 0.39%
*13. Germany - 0.36%
*14. Spain - 0.32%
*15. Australia - 0.3%
*16. Canada - 0.29%
*17. Iceland - 0.27%
*18. New Zealand - 0.27%
*19. Japan - 0.25%
*20. Portugal - 0.21%
*21. Italy - 0.2%
*22. Turkey - 0.18%
*23. United States - 0.18%
*24. Greece - 0.17%
*25. Hungary - 0.13%
*26. Czech Republic - 0.12%
*27. Slovak Republic - 0.1%
*28. Poland - 0.09%
*29. Korea - 0.05%
*30. Thailand - 0.04%

ee also

* Charity
* Official Development Assistance

References


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