{"id":5831,"date":"2011-12-28T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitedexplanations.org\/english\/?p=5831"},"modified":"2012-02-13T15:14:45","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T15:14:45","slug":"thailand-is-the-most-generous-country-in-the-world-in-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedexplanations.org\/english\/2011\/12\/28\/thailand-is-the-most-generous-country-in-the-world-in-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand was the most generous country in the world in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The World Giving Index 2011<\/h3>\n

Charity does not only consist of giving money to the poor but also volunteering time for an organisation or helping a stranger. According to sociologists giving time or money voluntarily to help others is seen as a marker of cohesiveness in a society. When we\u00a0look at these three different types of charitable behaviour \u2013 giving money, giving time and helping a stranger – then we obtain the \u201cWorld Giving Index\u201d.<\/p>\n

In 2011’s edition of the Index<\/a>\u00a0the USA and Ireland topped the ranking as the most generous. Thailand was found to be the country with the largest percentage of the population (85%) giving money, the people of Turkmenistan remain as the most generous with their time with 61% having given time to charity and Liberia repeats on the top of the list for helping a stranger (81%).<\/p>\n

But quite often we tend to associate charity with wealth. For this reason we introduce this graph. What is funny is that although rich countries are on the top of the ranking there are also middle income and poor countries which demonstrate that generosity is not just a matter of wealth. Thailand, which ranks 93rd in GDP (PPP) per capita in 2010 tops as the most generous country in the world. 85% of thai people (more than United Kingdom, with 79% of its population doing that) give money to charity. Following this trend,\u00a0Morocco ranks 7th (118th by GDP per capita), Laos P.R.D. 13th (152nd by GDP per capita)\u00a0and Sri Lanka 21th (119th by GDP per capita).<\/p>\n

Main findings<\/h3>\n

Despite the crisis people are giving more.<\/strong>\u00a0The proportion of the global community engaged in giving behaviours has increased between 2010 and 2011. In 2010, the global average of the three giving behaviours (giving money, volunteering time and helping a stranger) was 31.6%. By 2011 this had risen to 32.4%.<\/p>\n

Enormous variation among countries.<\/strong> The incidence of giving money to charity ranges from as low as 4% in Georgia to as high as 85% in Thailand. Incidence of volunteering lies in a\u00a0range from 4% in Serbia and Croatia to 61% in Turkmenistan. Each country has\u00a0its own unique footprint and its own way to give. In Liberia, less than one\u00a0tenth (11%) of the population give money to charity every month. Yet over\u00a0three-quarters (81%) of Liberians help a stranger every month, more than\u00a0any other country in the world.<\/p>\n

Changing patterns as we get older. <\/strong>Globally, the older we are, the more we tend to\u00a0give (although this trend is reversed in some specific emerging and\u00a0developing countries). However, in most regions, we are least likely to\u00a0help a stranger when over 50.<\/p>\n

Volunteering by region and age.<\/strong> Global patterns in volunteering vary greatly\u00a0by region and by country. For example, volunteering soars in North\u00a0America through the lifestages; 48% of North Americans aged 25-34 had\u00a0volunteered in the previous month, and just 8% of people from the same age did that in Taiwan and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

Generosity by gender.<\/strong> In terms of gender, women are\u00a0marginally more likely to give money than men (30% versus 29%). Men,\u00a0however, are marginally more likely to volunteer (22% vs 19%), and to help a stranger \u00a0(48% vs 46%).<\/p>\n

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Happy? Then you are likely to be more generous<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study also found that being happy is more of an influence on giving money to charity than being wealthy. Then\u00a0giving is\u00a0more an emotional act than a rational one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a nonprofit explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cWorld Giving Index\u201d is the first report of its kind looking at charitable behaviour across the world. Are the Americans more generous than the French? In which country do people give most to charity? Where are you most likely to be helped by a stranger or volunteer your time? Find out here the results for the year 2011.
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