# Ireland drops out of top 10 countries donating money

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/09/14/ireland-drops-out-of-top-10-countries-donating-money/
- Published: 2017-09-14T10:48:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Ireland ranks 8th in the CAF World Giving Index, according to the latest edition
of the index published recently, but has dropped out of the top 10 countries for
donating money for the first time.**

The CAF World Giving Index looks at how and why people around the world give to 
charity. In the eighth edition of the CAF World Giving Index, data has been collected
from 139 countries.

The report includes questions about three different types of giving behaviour, with
each country ranked according to their answers to helping a stranger, donating money
and volunteering time. The latest data presents giving data from across the globe
over a five year period (2012-2016).

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According to the Index 61% of people in Ireland help a stranger, 60% donate money
and 39% volunteer time to a good cause. Over the five year average of the Index 
Ireland sits in 5th place and shows an average donation level of 67%.

Ireland, however, drops out of the top 10 countries for donating money for the first
time, recording a donation rate of 60%, down from 66% in 2015. Based on the five
year average Ireland’s position in the Index has declined by 3%.

The [CAF World Giving Index](http://www.cafonline.org) shows that there has been
a global decrease in giving since the last report. This follows a high point recorded
by last year’s Index, in particular for helping a stranger. The proportion of people
across the world who reported donating money in 2016 was the lowest seen for three
years.

For the fourth year in a row, Myanmar is ranked first in the CAF World Giving Index.
Its average score over the past five years is also the highest of all countries 
surveyed.

 * **[UK drops two places in CAF World Giving Index](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/10/26/uk-drops-two-places-caf-world-giving-index/)(
   26 October 2016)
 * **[Survey ranks Ireland fourth in world giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/20/survey-ranks-ireland-as-fourth-in-world-giving/)(
   20 November 2014)**
 * **[What the inaugural World Giving report tells us about donors worldwide](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/09/12/what-inaugural-global-trends-giving-report-tells-us-about-donors-worldwide/)(
   12 September 2017)**