Why is Pakistan so poorly ranked on the 2018 just giving index? Charity topic

[313ghazi]

@waz I reckon it all depends on how they collected the data about donations.

Most Pakistani people I know give thier zakat to people they know, rather than organisations. Also Pakistan is a cash only society ... nobody has a Rs100 a month direct debit to sponsor a zebra in Africa.

 

[Valar.]

Oh come on... don't expect a nation to be the most charitable one if only 1 percent of people pay taxes...

 

[Dubious]

Good evening folks, this thread was inspired by @SecularNationalist and the videos on how people are treated in Pakistan and India.
His thread prompted me to do a little research on the concept of charity (in its various forms) within nations, and to my shock I found Pakistan ranked fairly low on the CAF world giving index. I just can't understand this. Pakistan is given a rank of 91, the report itself judges a nation on three giving behaviours;
1. Giving money to charity. N.B. This isn't about how much, it's about the frequency of giving.
2. volunteering time.
3. Helping a stranger.

Here is the full report;

https://www.cafonline.org/docs/defa...s/caf_wgi2018_report_webnopw_2379a_261018.pdf

As for politically motivated ranking, I don't believe this is factor in this case, for example Iran has a ranking of 29 . Also folks no comparisons with India which has a horrible score anyway. So what do you think has happened? Have Pakistanis becomes less charitable? Have Islamic values become eroded over time? Is the report inaccurate?


The top 20 for your information.

Indonesia 1
Australia 2
New Zealand 3
United States of America 4
Ireland 5
United Kingdom 6
Singapore 7
Kenya 8
Myanmar 9
Bahrain 10
Netherlands 11
United Arab Emirates 12
Norway 13
Haiti 14
Canada 15
Nigeria 16
Iceland 17
Malta 18
Liberia 19
Sierra Leone 20

This is strange Pakistan was recently declared ONE of the most charitable country...
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1664949/9-pakistan-one-charitable-nations-world-reveals-stanford-study/ based on https://ssir.org/articles/entry/philanthropy_in_pakistan


In my honest opinion I think the data is baised:

SOME STUDY In 2017 Myanmmar was counted as most generous:

The 20 most generous countries

1. Myanmar - overall rating: 65
2. Indonesia - 60
3. Kenya - 60
4. New Zealand - 57
5. United States - 56
6. Australia - 56
7. Canada - 54
8. Ireland - 53
9. United Arab Emirates - 51
10. Netherlands - 51
11. United Kingdom - 50
12. Sierra Leone - 49
13. Malta - 48
14. Liberia - 46
15. Iceland - 46
16. Thailand - 46
17. Iran - 45
18. Germany - 45
19. Norway - 45
20. Zambia - 45

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/most-generous-countries-in-the-world/


They claim data came from: https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/publications/2017-publications/caf-world-giving-index-2017

The report includes questions about three different types of giving behaviour, with each country ranked according to their answers to:

• Helping a stranger
• Donating money
• Volunteering time

 

[Divergent]

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