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The 10 Countries That Give Away the Most of Their Income |
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The Charities Aid Foundation asked 60,443 people in 105 countries what they earned last year and what they gave away. Nigerians gave 2.8% of their income. Americans gave 0.9%, and finished 47th. |
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Source: CAF World Giving Report 2026, released 3 June 2026. Donations as a share of personal income, 2025. |
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Most people missed it. But if you go back and listen carefully, there's a pattern
Most people missed it. But if you go back and listen carefully, there's a pattern.
Trump didn't just mention gold once. He's dropped a series of sly hints that, when you line them up, paint a very clear picture.
He promised a "new American Golden Age." Most people took that as a slogan. What if it wasn't?
He warned that to fix the economy "there would be some pain." Most people assumed he meant tariffs. What if he meant something bigger?
His Treasury Secretary went on national television and said the administration plans to "monetize the assets on the balance sheet." The government's single biggest asset? 261 million ounces of gold valued at $42 an ounce on the books. Worth over $1.2 trillion at market prices.
There's legislation in his own party right now to revalue that gold. A Federal Reserve economist published a paper on how to do it. And central banks around the world are hoarding gold like they already know the ending.
One hint is a comment. Two is a coincidence. This many is a plan.
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| What's Surprising |
Nigeria gives away 2.8% of its income, the highest of the 105 countries surveyed. Ghana gives 2.4%, Egypt 2.3%. Eight of the ten are African. The other two are India and Pakistan. Every one of them is a low- or lower-middle-income economy.
Most of this money never reaches a charity. Worldwide, people give directly to a person in need about as often as they give through an organisation — 36% against 34%. Religion is the most-supported cause, at 31%. Zakat, a tithe and cash handed to a neighbour all count here.
China gives 1.4%, more than the United States at 0.9%. Japan gives 0.2%, the lowest figure in the report. Nigeria gives fourteen times that share.
| What's Not Surprising |
Africa averages 1.6% of income. Europe averages 0.6%. Where the state takes a third of a paycheck and runs the hospitals, private giving is small. Where it does not, giving is the safety net.
Rich countries still give in numbers. About three in four American adults gave money, time or goods last year, and 41% gave to a charity. It is the share of income that is small.
Giving is slipping. 61% of people worldwide gave money in 2025, down from 64% a year earlier. The young out-give the old: donors aged 25 to 44 give 1.2% of their income, against 0.6% for those over 55.
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61% Share of people worldwide who gave money to a good cause in 2025. A year earlier it was 64%. |
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47th Where the United States lands among 105 countries, giving 0.9% of income — below the world average of 1%. |
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14x Nigeria's 2.8% against Japan's 0.2%, the lowest share in the report. Same survey, same question. |
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8 of 10 Of the ten most generous countries, eight are in Africa. India and Pakistan take the other two places. |
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0.6% Europe's average share of income given away. Africa's is 1.6%, nearly three times as much. |
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CAF publishes the other half of this report, the charity side, in September. Two things to track. Whether participation keeps sliding from 61%. And whether the community effect holds — CAF found that countries where more than 80% of people feel they belong locally give nearly three times as much as countries where they do not. We'll be watching. |
