# Happy donors more likely to give than wealthy donors

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/09/09/happy-donors-more-likely-give-wealthy-donors/
- Published: 2010-09-09T15:11:34+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Happier people are more likely to give money to charity than those who are wealthy,
says the World Giving Index, compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

The Index used a Gallup survey on the charitable behaviour of people in 153 countries
representing 95% of the world’s population. It asked if they had given money to 
charity in the last month and to rank how happy they are with life. For all countries
CAF compared the strength of the relationship between giving with both a nation’s
GDP and the happiness of its population. The link between happiness and giving appeared
to be stronger than the link between wealth and giving.

The study also looked at volunteering time and helping a stranger. In the UK, 73%
of people had given money, 29% had given time and 58% had helped a stranger, placing
the country eighth out of the 153.

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Australia and New Zealand topped the World Giving Index with Malta having the largest
percentage of the population giving money. The people of Turkmenistan are the most
generous with their time and Liberia was top for helping a stranger.

The World Giving Index is at

www.cafonline.org/worldgivingindex

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