Phl drops in World Giving, Digital Competitiveness indexes

Fewer Filipinos said they have helped a stranger, donated money to charity or volunteered for an organization last year.

- JANVIC MATEO

The World Giving Index 2023 showed that the Philippines dropped from 20th to 98th worldwide.

The latest index by the United Kingdom-based Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is based on the 2022 data from Gallup's World View World Poll, which surveyed almost 150,000 people from 142 countries.

The country score is based on three key items: helping a stranger, donating money to a charity and volunteering to an organization.

The Philippines obtained an average score of 34, down from 47 in the 2022 index, which was based on 2021 data.

Based on the Gallup data, fewer Filipinos said they participated in charitable acts.

Only 57 percent of Filipino respondents said they helped a stranger in 2022, down from 75 percent in the previous year.

Donating money to charity significantly dropped from 26 to 12 percent, while volunteering dropped from 39 to 34 percent.

The Philippines ranked 65th in the index released in 2021 and 33rd in 2019.

The report did not provide an analysis of the Philippines' decline in the latest poll. But globally, CAF said the average score of 39 is just one point lower than last year's 40, "indicating that the increase in global giving seen during the