# One in three people worldwide lack confidence in charities, says Gallup survey - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/06/25/one-in-three-people-worldwide-lack-confidence-in-charities-says-gallup-survey/ - Published: 2019-06-25T09:00:34+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **A slim majority of the world’s adults (52%) say they have confidence in the charitable organisations and NGOs in their respective countries, while 32% say they have none, according to a Gallup survey.** The [global study](https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/258230/one-three-worldwide-lack-confidence-ngos.aspx) of public attitudes on science and health saw [Gallup](https://www.gallup.com/home.aspx) and [Wellcome](https://wellcome.ac.uk/) ask people worldwide about their confidence in charitable and nongovernmental organisations. The top five countries where people expressed the highest confidence in charities and NGOs spanned a range of geographies and levels of economic development and were Malta (79%), Rwanda (76%), Iceland (75%), Mauritius (75%) and the Philippines (74%). ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) The bottom five countries where people had the least confidence were Russia, Peru( both 29%), Colombia (28%), Greece (25%), and Bulgaria (24%). In the UK, 62% of the adults asked said they had confidence in charitable organisations and NGOS with 30% saying they did not, while 8% didn’t know. Overall, the study found that people living in low-income countries expressed slightly more confidence (57%) in such organisations than both the global average and those living in high-income countries (52%). * **[Community-owned buildings add £220 million a year to economy, analysis shows](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/07/18/community-owned-buildings-add-220m-a-year-to-economy-analysis-shows/)**( 18 July 2019) * **[Study puts Leeds, Edinburgh & Bristol among top cities for community](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/23/study-puts-leeds-edinburgh-bristol-among-top-cities-for-charity/)**( 23 September 2019) * **[13% of charities showed almost no digital activity in 2019](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/11/28/13-of-charities-showed-almost-no-digital-activity-in-2019/)**( 28 November 2019) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)