# Survey ranks Ireland as fourth in world giving

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/20/survey-ranks-ireland-as-fourth-in-world-giving/
- Published: 2014-11-20T08:41:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Ireland is listed fourth on the World Giving Index just published by the Charities
Aid Foundation (CAF).**

The [World Giving Index](http://www.cafonline.org) 2014 score, which is based on
2013 figures, is calculated on an average of three measures of giving behaviour,
the percentage of people who, in a typical month:

 * donate money to charity
 * volunteer their time
 * and help a stranger.

Joint first place on the index is held by the United States and Myanmar, with the
latter scoring 91% against 68% in the United States donating money. Myanmar’s top
position is accounted for by the religious influence of Buddhists.

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Ireland scores 74% on the index for donating money which is joint third along with
the UK. The UK ranks joint 7th on the overall index. Ireland scores higher than 
the UK in ‘helping strangers’ and volunteering time.

When the index provides average figures for the 5 year period between 2009-2013 
Ireland is ranked second.

This year, the United States is the only country to be ranked in the Top 10 for 
all three of the charitable giving behaviours covered by the World Giving Index.

Youth unemployment worldwide may be having an impact on an ability to donate money
while women are more generous than men in high income countries, according to the
index.