World Giving Index The World Giving Index is a Charities Aid
Foundation report into charitable giving worldwide. The index
uses data from Gallup and looked at three different areas of
charity. Gallup asked people which of the following three
charitable acts they have undertaken in the past month: -
donated money to an organisation? - volunteered time to an
organisation? - helped a stranger, or someone they didn’t know
who needed help? In 2011 New Zealand and Australia came at the
top with 57% score followed by Ireland and Canada second equal
and the United States and Switzerland third. It should be noted
that the index reports on individual charitable giving and not
as a nation so government pledges of aid are not included in the
index.