(My impression is German, especially in Switzerland, and following that Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish. It’s interesting that north European and historically protestant countries are particularly strong; I believe these have especially strong ethoses of private charity, in particular the UK—think the Victorian culture of charity.)
These countries also have better education systems than the average European countries, see for instance here (I’m surprised Sweden is not in that global top20 but it’s probably close). Edit: Norway is 21, Sweden 24. My guess is that this is more relevant. In fact, I’d be hesitant to even bet on a correlation between a country’s tradition of charity and proneness to EA once you control for things like GDP. EAs tend to not be very influenced by tradition, plus quite a few EAs I know recount that they weren’t involved in traditional do-good-activities at all before they encountered EA. Maybe things change once EA becomes more mainstream, but especially in the early phase where EA is something novel, I would not expect there to be much of a correlation.
Good point. And North European countries are relatively rich, have a happy population, and a language related to English (English is relatively easy to learn).
(warning: correlation, not necessarily causation).
These countries also have better education systems than the average European countries, see for instance here (I’m surprised Sweden is not in that global top20 but it’s probably close). Edit: Norway is 21, Sweden 24. My guess is that this is more relevant. In fact, I’d be hesitant to even bet on a correlation between a country’s tradition of charity and proneness to EA once you control for things like GDP. EAs tend to not be very influenced by tradition, plus quite a few EAs I know recount that they weren’t involved in traditional do-good-activities at all before they encountered EA. Maybe things change once EA becomes more mainstream, but especially in the early phase where EA is something novel, I would not expect there to be much of a correlation.
Good point. And North European countries are relatively rich, have a happy population, and a language related to English (English is relatively easy to learn). (warning: correlation, not necessarily causation).