Dutch are the most charitable in Europe
12 Jul 2011
The Dutch are the most generous people in Europe, when it comes to charitable donations.
Two-thirds of people in the Netherlands contribute money to charity every year, according to an international survey on the topic of charity and donations, conducted by the GfK Verein in 14 countries. Germans are less generous than the average European or US citizen, according to the findings of the international “Charity” survey. One in five Germans donate money every year, and around the same proportion give their time or goods instead. Almost half have no involvement with charitable causes. Of those who donate money, just under three-quarters of Germans give between EUR 1 and EUR 200 a year. Children’s charities, antipoverty programs and disaster relief projects are the most popular causes supported by Germans.