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. The report only considers the 24 countries about which CAF was able to collect comprehensive data.
Rank | Country | Inflated GDP (USD2005, billions) | Amount given (USD, billions) | Charitable giving as a % of GDP |
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1 | United States | 17,936.0 | 258.5 | 1.44 |
2 | New Zealand | 142.7 | 1.1 | 0.79 |
3 | Canada | 1609.0 | 12.4 | 0.77 |
4 | United Kingdom | 3,203.6 | 17.4 | 0.54 |
5 | South Korea | 1,369.9 | 6.9 | 0.50 |
6 | Singapore | 252.5 | 1.0 | 0.39 |
7 | India | 1,062.5 | 4.0 | 0.37 |
8 | Russia | 1,211.0 | 4.2 | 0.34 |
9 | Italy | 2,114.4 | 6.4 | 0.30 |
10 | Netherlands | 859.8 | 2.6 | 0.30 |
11 | Australia | 994.4 | 2.3 | 0.23 |
12 | Ireland | 273.3 | 0.6 | 0.22 |
13 | Germany | 3,894.4 | 6.6 | 0.17 |
14 | Sweden | 520.5 | 0.9 | 0.16 |
15 | Austria | 424.2 | 0.6 | 0.14 |
16 | Finland | 253.4 | 0.3 | 0.13 |
17 | Japan | 5,793.6 | 7.0 | 0.12 |
18 | France | 2,692.2 | 3.0 | 0.11 |
19 | Norway | 418.6 | 0.5 | 0.11 |
20 | Switzerland | 569.3 | 0.5 | 0.09 |
21 | Spain | 1,441.0 | 0.7 | 0.05 |
22 | Czech Republic | 182.3 | 0.1 | 0.04 |
23 | Mexico | 1,064.5 | 0.3 | 0.03 |
24 | China | 6,388.2 | 1.9 | 0.03 |
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