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Question: In the last 12 months, how often, if at all, did you do voluntary work, including unpaid work for a charity, political party, trade union or other non-profit organisation?
Choices: "Never" "Less than once a month" "Less than once a week but at least once a month" "At least once a week but not every day" "Every day"
Data: % of "Never"
Period:
Area:
28 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Lithuania89.4%
2 Spain81.9%
3 Czech Republic81.7%
4 Poland80.6%
5 Greece79.9%
6 Turkiye78.6%
7 Italy77.9%
8 Slovakia76.5%
9 France74.4%
10 Republic of Korea73.4%
11 Estonia72.2%
12 United Kingdom68.9%
13 Chile68.0%
14 Israel67.2%
15 Slovenia66.8%
16 Japan66.5%
17 Belgium65.8%
18 Germany65.2%
19 Austria 64.5%
20 Sweden63.7%
21 Ireland61.3%
22 Netherlands59.2%
23 Finland56.0%
24 Denmark55.9%
25 Canada51.4%
26 New Zealand48.0%
27 United States44.1%
28 Norway42.6%

No data for 10 countries.

Source
OECD, Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -2.646182 X +8.480
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.554
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.307

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -150378.941564 X +145291.006
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.760
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.578

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -9.802024 X +87.033
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.396
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.157

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -0.434469 X +1.873
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.145
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.021

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data28
Regression equation
Y = -3.999745 X +12.764
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.110
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.012