Posted on 12/25/2013 5:53:01 PM PST by lbryce
World Giving 2013:
This fourth edition of the World Giving Index again presents giving data from across the globe over a five year period (2008-2012). The World Giving Index 2013 includes data from 135 countries across the globe that was collected throughout the calendar year of 2012. .... The Index is based on an average of three measures of giving behaviour - the percentage of people who donate money to charity, volunteer their time, and help a stranger, in a typical month. ...
The United States is ranked first in this year’s World Giving Index (Table 1), reclaiming a position it previously held in 2011. Its score of 61% is the highest on record. The United States’ return to the top of the World Giving Index is due mainly to the fact that helping a stranger is more commonplace here than in any other country in the world – when asked, 77% of Americans said they helped somebody they didn’t know, up from 71% in 2011. The United States ranks third globally in terms of volunteering, and 13th in terms of donating money.
I wish they had factored in the debt incurred to achieve those rankings.
Break it down a little more. American Conservative vs progressive socialist.
I find it interesting and encouraging that while only 15-20% of us spend countless unproductive hours fretting over the political direction of the country, 2 or 3 times as many drop a buck here and there to actually help a fellow American.....
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