The following list of countries by charitable donation, prima facie, measures the generosity of nations by showing the total charitable donations from individuals within the nation, as a percentage of the nation's GDP.
The figures were published in February 2016 by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in its report titled Gross Domestic Philanthropy.[1] The report only considers the 24 countries about which CAF was able to collect comprehensive data.
2016 rankings
Rank | Country | Inflated GDP (USD2005, billions) | Amount given (USD, billions) | Charitable giving as a % of GDP |
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1 | ![]() |
17,936.0 | 258.5 | 1.44 |
2 | ![]() |
142.7 | 1.1 | 0.79 |
3 | ![]() |
1609.0 | 12.4 | 0.77 |
4 | ![]() |
3,203.6 | 17.4 | 0.54 |
5 | ![]() |
1,369.9 | 6.9 | 0.50 |
6 | ![]() |
252.5 | 1.0 | 0.39 |
7 | ![]() |
1,062.5 | 4.0 | 0.37 |
8 | ![]() |
1,211.0 | 4.2 | 0.34 |
9 | ![]() |
2,114.4 | 6.4 | 0.30 |
10 | ![]() |
859.8 | 2.6 | 0.30 |
11 | ![]() |
994.4 | 2.3 | 0.23 |
12 | ![]() |
273.3 | 0.6 | 0.22 |
13 | ![]() |
3,894.4 | 6.6 | 0.17 |
14 | ![]() |
520.5 | 0.9 | 0.16 |
15 | ![]() |
424.2 | 0.6 | 0.14 |
16 | ![]() |
253.4 | 0.3 | 0.13 |
17 | ![]() |
5,793.6 | 7.0 | 0.12 |
18 | ![]() |
2,692.2 | 3.0 | 0.11 |
19 | ![]() |
418.6 | 0.5 | 0.11 |
20 | ![]() |
569.3 | 0.5 | 0.09 |
21 | ![]() |
1,441.0 | 0.7 | 0.05 |
22 | ![]() |
182.3 | 0.1 | 0.04 |
23 | ![]() |
1,064.5 | 0.3 | 0.03 |
24 | ![]() |
6,388.2 | 1.9 | 0.03 |
See also
- List of development aid country donors
- List of countries by Official Development Assistance received
References
- ^ "GROSS DOMESTIC PHILANTHROPHY: An international analysis of GDP, tax and giving" (PDF). Charities Aid Foundation. January 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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