In 2021, Serbia ranked 48th on the list of the World Benefit Index, organized by the Charitable Aid Foundation (CAF).
“In terms of charity, Serbia has made a big shift on the list, jumping to 48th place in 2021 from 129th, where it was in 2018,” USAID said.
Since the introduction of the World Benefit Index in 2010, Serbia has consistently been among the countries with the lowest score on this list.
According to a report published by Catalyst Balkans in May this year, in 2020, citizens and companies in Serbia donated more than 90 million euros for the common good, which is 2.7 times more than in 2019. This shows that benefits in Serbia were significantly higher despite the difficult circumstances caused by the pandemic.
Among the top five nations that have donated the most according to the 2021 list are Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Myanmar and Australia.
The World Benefit Index 2021 includes the results of individual interviews with citizens, and since 2009 it has included 1.6 million individuals worldwide, thanks to field work carried out by the Gallup market research agency.
The project to improve the framework for giving is being implemented by the Charity Coalition, led by the Ana and VladA Divac Foundation, and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Other members of the Coalition are the Trag Foundation, Catalyst Balkans, SMART Kolektiv, the Serbian Philanthropic Forum, the Forum for Responsible Business and the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Nova Ekonomija reports.
