Volunteering through organisations

Indonesia's volunteering rate is 20 points higher than any Western nation.

OECDUpdated Dec '25

Summary

Top 5 Volunteer Communities

1Indonesia
57.0%
2New Zealand
37.0%
3United States
36.0%
4Australia
35.0%
5Ireland
34.7%
Dataset Median
16.0%

Bottom 5 Volunteer Communities

41Hungary
7.7%
42Greece
6.7%
42Latvia
6.7%
44Romania
6.3%
45Bulgaria
5.0%

Gap

20 pts

Indonesia outpaces top Western nation by 20%

Gap

30+ pts

Massive gap between top and bottom performers

+2

Leader

4 of 5

English-speaking countries lead volunteering

Data

45 results

1Indonesia57.0%
2New Zealand37.0%
3United States36.0%
4Australia35.0%
5Ireland34.7%
6United Kingdom32.3%
7Switzerland32.0%
8Canada31.3%
8Luxembourg31.3%
10Norway29.7%

Map

Volunteering through organisations

5.0%
57.0%

Insights

Generated automatically using AI

Gap

20 pts

Indonesia leads at 57% while highest Western nation reaches only 37%

Gap

30+ pts

Top 5 nations all score above 34% while bottom 10 stay under 15%

+2

Leader

4 of 5

English-speaking nations dominate top 5 with US, NZ, Australia, Ireland

Comparison

12% vs 2

Nordic average of 21.8% trails Western European average of 28.8%

Outlier

#37

Sweden ranks surprisingly low at 37th with only 12% volunteering rate

Methodology

This dataset is sourced from the OECD through its official SDMX data service.
Rankdat does not alter or model the underlying values — we only clean formats, standardize country names, and reshape the data for visualization.

OECD compiles these indicators from a mix of sources including national statistical offices, international household surveys (such as Gallup World Poll, EU-SILC, ISSP), and harmonised administrative datasets.
Each indicator follows the definitions and structure specified in the OECD’s Data Structure Definition (DSD) for this dataflow.

Because indicators originate from different countries and surveys, collection years, sampling methods, and questionnaire wording may vary. OECD applies harmonisation rules to improve comparability, but differences in national methodology may still affect cross-country comparisons.

Full definitions, data collection notes, and quality documentation are available through the OECD metadata portal linked in the Sources section.

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