The Charities Aid Foundation surveyed 150,000 people in 145 countries to compile its ‘generosity league’
- Those in Burma gave more money and time while citizens in Iraq were the most likely to help a stranger
- Burma was followed by far wealthier nations with the US in second place followed by New Zealand, Canada, Australia, the UK, the Netherlands and Sri Lanka
They may be the wealthiest countries in the world, but when it comes to generosity, the G20 nations could learn a thing or two from lowly Burma.
The tiny Asian state has been ranked the most generous place in the world in a global survey of charitable donations and works.
More people living there give money to charity than anywhere else in the world while they also donate more of their time.
Burma, also known as Myanmar, came top of the 2015 World Giving Index as its citizens donated money more often and gave more of their time than any other nation. Only five of the G20 nations appear in the top 20 listing for generosity
Despite having spent more than 50 years under the rule of a military Junta, the emerging democratic state of Burma, also called Myanmar, came top of the World Giving Index.
It was followed by far wealthier nations with the US in second place followed by New Zealand, Canada, Australia, the UK, the Netherlands and Sri Lanka.
Compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation, the World Giving Index estimates that more than 1.4 billion people around the world donated money to charity in 2015.
