Indonesia Among the Most Charitable Countries in the World

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9. Sri Lanka

The WGI said placed Sri Lanka at ninth place, with an overall level of giving at 51 percent, despite its standing as a lower-middle income country.

“Sri Lanka has the highest rate of volunteering in the world of 46 percent. Of those surveyed, 50 percent of respondents reported donating to a charity, and 55 percent reported helping strangers”.

10. Indonesia

Indonesia made the WGI top ten list of most charitable countries, with an overall score of 50 percent.

“69 percent [of Indonesians] reported having donated to charities (the seventh-highest rate globally), 42% reported helping a stranger, and 40% reported volunteering at an organization (seventh-highest in the world),” noted the WGI.

No connection between a country’s economic standing and charity

The CAF’s WGI report noted that helping strangers is the most frequent form of charity among rich and developing countries alike, “with 48.3 percent [of the world’s population] having done so across the 10 years of the World Giving Index. This equates to more than two and a half billion people.”

The CAF has not found any characteristic behind a country’s generosity. “The top charitable countries represent different levels of wealth, cultures, religions, and geographies,” it noted.

“For example, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia are all classified by the United Nations as lower-middle-income countries; however, they are all in the top ten most charitable countries in the world.”

The CAF compiled the WGI report, based on a survey of charity in more than 100 countries,

(Writer: Jawahir Gustav Rizal | Editor : Rendika Ferri Kurniawan)

Sources: 

https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2021/03/09/153000665/indonesia-masuk-10-besar-negara-paling-dermawan-sedunia?page=all#page2.