List of countries by charitable donation
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The following list of countries by charitable donation shows the total charitable donations from individuals within the nation, as a percentage of the nation's GDP. The figures were published in February 2016 by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in its report titled Gross Domestic Philanthropy.[1] The report only considers the 24 countries about which CAF was able to collect comprehensive data.
| Country | Inflated GDP (US$2005, billions) |
Amount given (USD, billions) |
Charitable giving (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
17,936.0 | 258.5 | 1.44 |
 New Zealand |
142.7 | 1.1 | 0.79 |
 Canada |
1,609.0 | 12.4 | 0.77 |
 United Kingdom |
3,203.6 | 17.4 | 0.54 |
 South Korea |
1,369.9 | 6.9 | 0.50 |
 Singapore |
252.5 | 1.0 | 0.39 |
 India |
1,062.5 | 4.0 | 0.37 |
 Russia |
1,211.0 | 4.2 | 0.34 |
 Italy |
2,114.4 | 6.4 | 0.30 |
 Netherlands |
859.8 | 2.6 | 0.30 |
 Australia |
994.4 | 2.3 | 0.23 |
 Ireland |
273.3 | 0.6 | 0.22 |
 Germany |
3,894.4 | 6.6 | 0.17 |
 Sweden |
520.5 | 0.9 | 0.16 |
 Austria |
424.2 | 0.6 | 0.14 |
 Finland |
253.4 | 0.3 | 0.13 |
 Japan |
5,793.6 | 7.0 | 0.12 |
 France |
2,692.2 | 3.0 | 0.11 |
 Norway |
418.6 | 0.5 | 0.11 |
 Switzerland |
569.3 | 0.5 | 0.09 |
 Spain |
1,441.0 | 0.7 | 0.05 |
 Czech Republic |
182.3 | 0.1 | 0.04 |
 Mexico |
1,064.5 | 0.3 | 0.03 |
 China |
6,388.2 | 1.9 | 0.03 |