The US population is generally considered one of the most generous in the world whether you consider the amounts given to charity as a percentage of GDP or time

The US population is generally considered one of the most generous in the world whether you consider the amounts given to charity as a percentage of GDP or time spent volunteering to help others: >...The United States is often considered the most generous country in the world. Why? Because Americans donate a lot of money. Its people, its foundations and its companies donated roughly $410 billion in 2017 -- or about 2.1% of its own GDP. In fact, the amount Americans donated was more than the entire GDP of all but about 40 countries in the world. >You could argue that Americans can simply afford to be more generous. And that if people in other countries could give more, they would. >But what if instead of looking at how much people give, we looked at how many people in a country are giving? And what if we looked at more than money -- and also counted people who volunteer their time and help strangers? >Gallup does just that -- every year -- in more than 140 countries. >In our latest survey, the United States isn't at the very top of this list. We find that the most generous countries by these metrics are Indonesia and Australia -- followed closely by the United States and New Zealand. https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/245192/generous-countries-world.aspx https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/245192/generous-count... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_charitable_donation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_charitabl...