Which we already know, but how we rank globally is interesting, as this article from the Denver Post reports.
An excerpt.
“NEW YORK — Australia and New Zealand shared first place, and the United States tied for fifth, in a first-of-its- kind survey ranking 153 nations on the willingness of their citizens to donate time and money to charity. China ranked near the bottom, barely higher than last-place Madagascar.
“The report, released Wednesday by the British-based Charities Aid Foundation, showed striking variations in charitable behavior around the world.
“For example, it found that only 4 percent of Lithuanians gave money to charity, compared with 83 percent of people in Malta; 61 percent of people in Turkmenistan did volunteer work, compared with 2 percent of Cambodians.
“The overall rankings were a composite of three categories — the percentage of people who donated money, donated time and helped a stranger in the month before being surveyed.
“Australia and New Zealand topped the index with an average score of 57 percent, trailed by Canada and Ireland at 56 percent, and the United States and Switzerland at 55 percent.”
About
- David H. Lukenbill
- I am a California native, married, we have one daughter and live close to the American River with two cats and all the wild critters we can feed. I am a management consultant to nonprofit organizations and have an Associates of Arts degree in Administration of Justice from Sacramento City College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Public Administration degree, also from the University of San Francisco.