The UK is now the 75th most generous country in the world, according to figures from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).<\/p>\n
CAF\u2019s latest World Giving Report research<\/a> ranked the UK 11 places lower<\/a> than last year in terms of the proportion of donors\u2019 income that is given to good causes.<\/p>\n On average, people in the UK gave 0.7% of their income via charities, religious routes and directly to people in need, lower than a global average of 1% and Nigeria\u2019s chart-topping proportion of 2.8%.<\/p>\n A greater proportion of Brits donated (70%) than the global average of 61%, but Nigeria came first in this measure as well at 89% of its population.<\/p>\n The UK ranked 5th globally in terms of charity donations specifically as 62% of Brits did so, while Ireland led this measure on 68%.<\/p>\n UK donors gave a relatively high proportion of donations (18%) to international charities, compared to a 14% average globally.<\/p>\n However, a smaller proportion of donations (24%) from Brits went to local charities than the global average of 45%.<\/p>\n A lower-than-average proportion of Brits gave money via religious routes (15%) and directly to people in need (21%) than the global averages of 23% and 36% respectively.<\/p>\n The global overall average of 61% of people donating in 2025 is a decline from 64% in CAF\u2019s report last year.<\/p>\n According to the research, based on surveys of more than 60,000 people in 105 countries, people in Africa give an average of 1.6% of their income in 2025, compared to 0.6% in Europe. \u00a0<\/p>\n Mark Greer, managing director at CAF, said: \u201cGiving is deeply personal based on different factors including values, circumstances and experiences.<\/p>\n \u201cBy understanding these influences and how they appear around the world, we can learn what drives vibrant cultures of giving to support the resilience of civil society.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all have a role to play in growing giving. Encouraging conversations, and more importantly, action by individuals, charities, businesses, and governments can help build stronger and more thriving civil societies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK is now the 75th most generous country in the world, according to figures from the Charities…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-620750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}