BIS central bankers’ speeches  19  Figure 5: The global volunteer workforce relative to the adult population of the world’s largest countries  Source: Salamon, Sokolowski and Haddock (2011). 20  BIS central bankers’ speeches  Figure 6: Proportion of people in a selection of countries who volunteer at least once per month Country  Rank  Turkmenistan  1  Proportion of respondents who volunteered in the month prior to interview 57  Sri Lanka  2  46  3  45  4  43  Philippines  4  43  Canada  6  42  Tajikistan  7  41  New Zealand  8  40  Guatemala  8  40  Uzbekistan  10  38  Ireland  11=  37  Netherlands  11=  37  State of Libya  11=  37  Nigeria  14  36  26  29  34  27  France  41  25  India  68  18  Spain  75  17  Sweden  90  13  Iraq  102  11  China  131=  4  Greece  131=  4  United States of America Myanmar  United Kingdom Germany  Source: Charities Aid Foundation World Giving Index (adapted), based on poll carried out by Gallup. The sample includes 135 countries representing 94% of the world’s population.

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