NZ ranked in top five most generous countries
Kiwis are still some of the most generous people in the world according to the Economist magazine's Pocket World in Figures 2013.
The book of world facts and figures ranks everything from the biggest boozers and smokers, to the countries with the highest divorce rates and Nobel Peace Prize winners.
New Zealand was ranked fourth for charitable behaviour with 57 per cent of the population giving money or time to charity or helping a stranger in the month before the survey.
The charitable rankings are based on the most recent World Giving Index, the largest study into charitable behaviour involving more than 150 countries.
New Zealanders had previously held the top spot but were outdone by the United States, who topped the list of charity champs with 60 per cent.
Among the least generous countries in the rankings were Greece on 13 per cent, Croatia on 15 per cent and Madagascar, bottom on 12 per cent.
Volunteering New Zealand chief executive Vanisa Dhiru said the organisation was not surprised with New Zealand's ranking as it was a generous country with 1.2 million volunteers.
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