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The index of gerosity is the residual of regressing national average of response to the question gHave you donated money to a charity in the past month?h on GDP per capita.
Period:
Area:
148 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Indonesia54.2%
2 Myanmar (Burma)50.9%
3 Gambia42.4%
4 Haiti42.2%
5 Uzbekistan31.1%
6 Kenya28.7%
6 Thailand28.7%
8 Turkmenistan27.3%
9 Kosovo25.7%
10 United Kingdom23.3%
11 Iran21.8%
12 Tanzania18.3%
13 Netherlands17.5%
14 Iceland16.0%
15 Australia15.9%
16 Nepal15.2%
17 New Zealand13.4%
18 Malta13.3%
19 Malaysia12.5%
20 Ghana12.3%
20 Laos12.3%
22 Uganda12.2%
23 Kyrgyzstan11.9%
24 Mongolia11.6%
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina11.3%
26 Pakistan9.8%
26 United States9.8%
28 Guinea9.5%
29 Norway9.3%
30 Bahrain8.9%
30 Canada8.9%
30 India8.9%
33 Sweden8.6%
34 Sierra Leone8.4%
35 Comoros8.2%
35 Ethiopia8.2%
37 Honduras8.1%
38 Sri Lanka7.9%
39 Ireland7.7%
40 United Arab Emirates7.4%
41 Hong Kong, China6.7%
42 Mozambique6.1%
42 Rwanda6.1%
42 Zambia6.1%
45 Liberia5.0%
46 Austria4.2%
47 Chad4.1%
48 Malawi3.8%
48 North Macedonia3.8%
50 Nigeria3.7%
51 Cambodia3.4%
52 Togo3.2%
53 Israel3.1%
54 Denmark3.0%
55 Paraguay2.8%
56 Cameroon2.6%
57 Switzerland2.5%
58 Maldives2.4%
59 Nicaragua2.0%
60 Niger1.8%
61 Germany1.1%
62 Serbia0.2%
63 Madagascar-0.5%
64 Burkina Faso-0.9%
65 Ukraine-1.1%
66 Cyprus-1.5%
67 Cote dIvoire-1.6%
68 Singapore-1.8%
69 Burundi-2.4%
70 Albania-3.0%
71 Benin-3.4%
71 Luxembourg-3.4%
71 Montenegro-3.4%
74 Mali-3.6%
75 Guatemala-3.8%
76 Bangladesh-4.1%
77 Chile-4.4%
78 Senegal-4.6%
79 Zimbabwe-4.7%
80 Iraq-5.3%
81 Mauritius-5.4%
82 Tajikistan-5.6%
83 Algeria-6.7%
83 South Africa-6.7%
85 Republic of Congo-6.8%
86 Kazakhstan -6.9%
87 Taiwan-7.0%
88 Brazil-7.1%
89 Lebanon-7.3%
90 Bolivia-7.7%
91 Moldova-7.9%
92 Spain-8.1%
93 Republic of Korea-8.3%
94 Italy-8.4%
95 Libya-8.7%
96 Uruguay-9.2%
97 Bulgaria-9.6%
98 Philippines-9.7%
99 Finland-9.8%
99 Viet Nam-9.8%
101 Slovenia-10.1%
102 Afghanistan-10.2%
103 Kuwait-10.4%
104 Estonia-10.6%
104 Mauritania-10.6%
106 El Salvador-11.0%
107 Russian Federation-11.1%
108 Croatia-11.8%
109 Ecuador-12.4%
109 Slovakia-12.4%
111 Costa Rica-12.6%
112 Lesotho-13.1%
113 Dominican Republic-13.3%
114 Colombia-13.5%
115 Jamaica-13.7%
116 Turkiye-13.9%
117 China-14.6%
118 France-14.7%
118 Mexico-14.7%
118 Yemen-14.7%
121 Namibia-14.9%
121 Saudi Arabia-14.9%
123 Belgium-15.3%
124 Peru-15.4%
125 Latvia-16.2%
126 Palestinian Territory-16.3%
127 Poland-16.5%
128 Panama-16.6%
129 Jordan-16.7%
130 Armenia-16.8%
131 Venezuela-16.9%
132 Belarus-18.0%
133 Argentina-18.2%
133 Egypt-18.2%
135 Eswatini-18.5%
136 Hungary-18.6%
137 Gabon-20.0%
138 Tunisia-20.1%
139 Lithuania-20.3%
140 Czech Republic-20.8%
141 Romania-21.9%
142 Azerbaijan-22.3%
143 Morocco-23.6%
144 Georgia-23.8%
145 Portugal-24.4%
146 Botswana-24.6%
147 Japan-25.8%
148 Greece-28.8%

No data for 90 countries.
Source
Helliwell, John F., Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, eds. 2021. World Happiness Report 2021. New York: Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data145
Regression equation
Y = 0.080891 X +5.556
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data146
Regression equation
Y = 6414.365484 X +17141.102
Correlation coefficient (r)0.041
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data147
Regression equation
Y = -7.842461 X +73.038
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.163
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data147
Regression equation
Y = 1.323690 X +2.540
Correlation coefficient (r)0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data144
Regression equation
Y = -8.624773 X +9.379
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.166
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.028