While Tajikistan’s ranking has improved to 50 from 84, the CAF World Giving Index 2017 indicates that philanthropy has declined globally—with the exception of Africa.
Tajikistan this year returned to the top ten countries for volunteering time.
Tajikistan together with Liberia and Sierra Leone are also three of the most improved countries on the CAF World Giving Index this year. This overall improvement in the Index score in each case is at least partly driven by an increased score for volunteering time – Tajikistan in particular enjoys a 25 percentage point rise in volunteering time.
Uzbekistan ranks 38th, Turkmenistan – 69th, Kyrgyzstan – 85th, and Kazakhstan – 87th.
Meanwhile, Russia ranks 124th, Afghanistan – 89th, Azerbaijan – 126 th, Armenia 122nd, and Georgia – 135th.
Myanmar tops the CAF World Giving Index for the third year running, followed by Indonesia and Kenya.
New Zealand, the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Arab Emirates, and the Netherlands are also amongst the top ten countries.
Lithuania, China and Yemen are at the bottom of the list
This eighth edition of the World Giving Index again presents giving data from across the globe over a five year period (2012-2016). This year, 139 countries were surveyed, representing 95 percent of the world’s population.
The report includes questions about three different types of giving behavior, with each country ranked according to their answers to: helping a stranger; donating money; and volunteering time.
This year, all developed countries in the top 20 most generous show a fall. But across the continent of Africa, giving is on the rise. It would be wrong to read too much into one year’s findings. But what is clear is that across fast developing countries the potential for giving is on the rise. People across the world are becoming employed, wealth is starting to spread, and millions of people are enjoying rising living standards and disposable income.
Amongst the 13 most improved countries this year are Tajikistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Ghana, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Liberia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tunisia, Ecuador and Honduras.
