The Most Charitable Governments

THE MOST GENEROUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD The United States may have donated the most money to humanitarian causes in 2010, but when one takes into account the size and wealth of each country, Sweden is the most generous in the world. All countries that donated more than $25 million in 2010, in order of amount donated and color coded by level of generosity: KEY COUNTRY AMOUNT DONATED IN 2010 GENEROSITY RANK MOST GENEROUS LEAST GENEROUS (Based on the per capita income and population of each country) $0 $200 M $400 M $600 M $800 M $1 B UNITED STATES $4,900 MILLION 14 UNITED KINGDOM $943 M 10 GERMANY $744 M 17 SWEDEN $690 M JAPAN $642 M 21 CANADA $550 M 12 SPAIN $496M 13 NORWAY $470 M NETHERLANDS $459 M FRANCE $435 M 19 AUSTRALIA $390 M 11 ITALY $283 M 22 DENMARK $259 M SAUDI ARABIA $256 M 15 BELGIUM $227 M SWITZERLAND $211 M FINLAND $167 M IRELAND $128 M UNITED ARAB EMIRATES $114 M 16 AUSTRIA $65 M, 20 TURKEY $61 M, 25 LUXEMBOURG $54 M, 4 RUSSIA $40 M, 26 GREECE $39 M, 23 CHINA $38 M, 29 INDIA $37 M, 27 NEW ZEALAND $31 M, 18 BRAZIL $29 M, 28 KAZAKHSTAN $25 M, 24 By Lisa Mahapatra for International Business Times, Source: Global Humanitarian Assistance Report, 2012