The World Giving Index report for 2011 has just been published. This is the second time this analysis has been published and it includes 153 countries. The United States is the most charitable nation in the world followed in 2011 by Ireland and Australia. There has been a 2% increase in the global population ‘helping a stranger’ and a 1% increase in the number volunteering to 32.4% of the world’s population.
The following is a list of the top-12 countries in the World Giving Index in 2011:
| Nation | World Giving Rank 2011 | IMF Ranking of GDP per capita |
| United States of America | 1 | 7 |
| Ireland | 2 | 12 |
| Australia | 3 | 10 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 33 |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 21 |
| The Netherlands | 6 | 9 |
| Canada | 7 | 14 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 111 |
| Thailand | 9 | 86 |
| Laos Peoples Dem Rep | 10 | 140 |
| Hong Kong | 11 | 11 |
| Morocco | 12 | 117 |
The following table compares the world’s top ranking nation ranked by GDP per capita and ranking in the World Giving Index this year:
| GDP per Capita in 2010 – US$ | World Giving Index 2011 Ranking | |
| 1. Qatar | 88,222 | 19 |
| 2. Luxembourg | 81,466 | 21 |
| 3. Singapore | 56.694 | 91 |
| 4. Norway | 51,959 | 32 |
| 5. Brunei | 48,333 | 73 |
| 6. United Arab Emirates | 47,439 | 47 |
| 7. United States | 46,860 | 1 |
| -. Hong Kong | 45,944 | 11 |
| 9. Switzerland | 41,950 | 21 |
| 10. Australia | 39,764 | 3 |
| 11. Austria | 39,761 | 29 |
| 12. Ireland | 39,492 | 2 |
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