According to the results of the 2025 World Giving Report, which seeks to capture the public’s attitudes and behaviors around giving, Filipinos are among the world’s most generous, more willing to share what they have with their friends, family, and community through charitable organizations.
The report, which sought to capture the public’s attitudes and behaviors around giving, was based on a 2024 survey of 55,000 people in 101 countries. It is a global collaboration among Charities Aid Foundation, one of the largest charitable organizations in the United Kingdom, USA, and Canada; Association of Foundations; and leading social purpose organizations.
It classified the Philippines as a “giving nation,” with three out of four, or 75 percent of Filipinos surveyed having donated a part of their income, which exceeds the global average of 64 percent and Asia’s average of 69 percent.
Filipinos also scored higher than the global average in viewing giving as a choice, rather than a duty, the report noted.
Filipinos who said they mostly give money to people or families in need and to religious organizations and causes make up 54 percent, beating the global average of 38 percent.
According to the report, the high incidence of giving to a person or family in need may have been influenced by a series of climate-related disasters experienced in the country last year.
Filipinos give to charity generally because they want to make a difference or believe in a cause – which is also the top global and Asian sentiment. But setting an example and supporting the local community are far more important motivations for them.This spirit of collective action reflects the value of “bayanihan,” the report said.
Filipinos are a remarkable people, and this latest World Giving Report is confirmation of that. Despite not being rich, our nation is blessed with generous people who have time and again, demonstrated a willingness to help their countrymen out, more than the average. While this generosity has allowed us to weather the many challenges and disasters that often come our way, a stronger government would allow us to channel this giving nature into more productive ventures as we continue to strive to achieve our nation’s potential.*
