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Altruism and donation willingness Ranking Map for 76 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries surveyed by the 2012 Global Preferences Survey. 76 countries and territories included; reference period: 2012.
In the available data, Bangladesh has the highest recorded value at 0.9 (rank #1); Japan ranks #58 at -0.2. Coverage: 76 countries and territories. Reference years: Bangladesh 2012; Japan 2012. This standardized index combines a hypothetical donation amount with willingness to give to good causes; zero is the global average and the result does not rank cultures' moral worth.
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95 THEMES / 9 CATEGORIES Current theme Altruism and donation willingness Browse by category ＋ 01 Essentials02 People & society03 Health04 Economy & work05 Education & science06 Food & agriculture07 Environment & digital08 Safety & politics09 Travel & culture
01 Population growth Compare population growth by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 02 Total fertility rate Compare total fertility rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 03 Birth rate Compare birth rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 04 Death rate Compare death rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 05 Median age Compare median age by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 06 Population aged 65+ Compare population aged 65+ by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 07 Population aged 0–14 Compare population aged 0–14 by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 08 Urban population Compare urban population by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 09 Net migration Compare net migration by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 10 Net migration rate Compare net migration rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 11 International migrant share Compare international migrant share by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 12 Altruism and donation willingness Compare altruism and donation willingness by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. Selected 01 / RANKING MAP
Compare altruism and donation willingness within the covered dataset. Countries surveyed by the 2012 Global Preferences Survey.
Japan -0.2
Japan, world rank 58 for Altruism and donation willingness, -0.2
Fiji: Not included in this limited dataset Tanzania: -0.5 Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 0.2 United States: 0.4 Kazakhstan: 0.2 Uzbekistan: Not included in this limited dataset Papua New Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Indonesia: 0.1 Argentina: 0 Chile: -0.1 Democratic Republic of the Congo: Not included in this limited dataset Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: -0.3 Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Chad: Not included in this limited dataset Haiti: -0.5 Dominican Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Russia: -0.1 Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: Not included in this limited dataset Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: -0.3 Lesotho: Not included in this limited dataset Mexico: -0.8 Uruguay: Not included in this limited dataset Brazil: 0.5 Bolivia: -0 Peru: -0.1 Colombia: 0.1 Panama: Not included in this limited dataset Costa Rica: 0.4 Nicaragua: -0.2 Honduras: Not included in this limited dataset El Salvador: Not included in this limited dataset Guatemala: -0.1 Belize: Not included in this limited dataset Venezuela: 0.1 Guyana: Not included in this limited dataset Suriname: 0.1 France: -0.2 Ecuador: Not included in this limited dataset Puerto Rico: Not included in this limited dataset Jamaica: Not included in this limited dataset Cuba: Not included in this limited dataset Zimbabwe: -0 Botswana: -0.1 Namibia: Not included in this limited dataset Senegal: Not included in this limited dataset Mali: Not included in this limited dataset Mauritania: Not included in this limited dataset Benin: Not included in this limited dataset Niger: Not included in this limited dataset Nigeria: -0.1 Cameroon: 0.1 Togo: Not included in this limited dataset Ghana: 0.1 Côte d’Ivoire: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea-Bissau: Not included in this limited dataset Liberia: Not included in this limited dataset Sierra Leone: Not included in this limited dataset Burkina Faso: Not included in this limited dataset Central African Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Republic of the Congo: Not included in this limited dataset Gabon: Not included in this limited dataset Equatorial Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Zambia: Not included in this limited dataset Malawi: -0.1 Mozambique: Not included in this limited dataset Eswatini: Not included in this limited dataset Angola: Not included in this limited dataset Burundi: Not included in this limited dataset Israel: -0.3 Lebanon: Not included in this limited dataset Madagascar: Not included in this limited dataset Palestine: Not included in this limited dataset Gambia: Not included in this limited dataset Tunisia: Not included in this limited dataset Algeria: -0 Jordan: 0.2 United Arab Emirates: 0.2 Qatar: Not included in this limited dataset Kuwait: Not included in this limited dataset Iraq: -0.2 Oman: Not included in this limited dataset Vanuatu: Not included in this limited dataset Cambodia: -0.2 Thailand: -0.1 Laos: Not included in this limited dataset Myanmar: Not included in this limited dataset Vietnam: -0.2 North Korea: Not included in this limited dataset South Korea: 0.4 Mongolia: Not included in this limited dataset India: -0.3 Bangladesh: 0.9 Bhutan: Not included in this limited dataset Nepal: Not included in this limited dataset Pakistan: -0.3 Afghanistan: 0.2 Tajikistan: Not included in this limited dataset Kyrgyzstan: Not included in this limited dataset Turkmenistan: Not included in this limited dataset Iran: 0.6 Syria: Not included in this limited dataset Armenia: Not included in this limited dataset Sweden: -0.2 Belarus: Not included in this limited dataset Ukraine: -0.1 Poland: -0.4 Austria: -0 Hungary: -0.6 Moldova: 0.2 Romania: -0.2 Lithuania: -0.7 Latvia: Not included in this limited dataset Estonia: -0.6 Germany: -0.1 Bulgaria: Not included in this limited dataset Greece: -0.2 Türkiye: -0.3 Albania: Not included in this limited dataset Croatia: -0.1 Switzerland: 0.1 Luxembourg: Not included in this limited dataset Belgium: Not included in this limited dataset Netherlands: -0.2 Portugal: 0 Spain: -0.1 Ireland: Not included in this limited dataset New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: Not included in this limited dataset Australia: 0.2 Sri Lanka: 0.5 China: 0.5 Taiwan: Not included in this limited dataset Italy: 0.3 Denmark: Not included in this limited dataset United Kingdom: 0 Iceland: Not included in this limited dataset Azerbaijan: Not included in this limited dataset Georgia: 0.6 Philippines: 0.4 Malaysia: Not included in this limited dataset Brunei: Not included in this limited dataset Slovenia: Not included in this limited dataset Finland: -0.3 Slovakia: Not included in this limited dataset Czechia: -0.9 Eritrea: Not included in this limited dataset Japan: -0.2 Paraguay: Not included in this limited dataset Yemen: Not included in this limited dataset Saudi Arabia: -0.4 Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: Not included in this limited dataset Morocco: 0.6 Egypt: 0.6 Libya: Not included in this limited dataset Ethiopia: Not included in this limited dataset Djibouti: Not included in this limited dataset Somaliland: No data Uganda: -0.3 Rwanda: -0.1 Bosnia and Herzegovina: -0.1 North Macedonia: Not included in this limited dataset Serbia: -0.3 Montenegro: Not included in this limited dataset Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: Not included in this limited dataset South Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Japan Bangladesh 1 Egypt 2 Georgia 3 Iran 4 Morocco 5 Estonia 72 Hungary 73 Lithuania 74 Mexico 75 Czechia 76 China Brazil United States Canada Philippines Sri Lanka Costa Rica Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Bottom 30% / 2012
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Altruism and donation willingnessRankings 58/76 -0.2
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #58 for altruism and donation willingness. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Bangladesh 0.9 2 Egypt 0.6 3 Georgia 0.6 4 Iran 0.6 5 Morocco 0.6
76 Czechia -0.9 75 Mexico -0.8 74 Lithuania -0.7 73 Hungary -0.6 72 Estonia -0.6 2012 / 76 countries and territories / Altruism (Falk et al. (2018) GPS), country mean in standard deviations from the global distribution / ten-level ranking colors / gray means no data / Data sources and terms
02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Altruism and donation willingness ranking map Countries surveyed by the 2012 Global Preferences Survey. This page orders 76 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Bangladesh (0.9), #2 Egypt (0.6), #3 Georgia (0.6)
Japan’s position World #58 (-0.2)
Data period 2012 All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
03 / FULL RANKING
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Altruism and donation willingness Full ranking76 countries #40 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.1 Profile