Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2025. 12:59 pm CST.
By Zoila Palma: Jamaica has been ranked the number one country in the world where people are most likely to help a stranger, according to the World Happiness Gallup Report 2025.
The Caribbean nation leads ahead of Liberia and Sierra Leone, both of which also demonstrated high levels of generosity and community spirit, the Jamaican Observer notes.
Despite this strong sense of interpersonal kindness, all three countries ranked much lower—over 80 places down—when it came to charitable donations to organizations.
The report found similar trends in Nigeria and Kenya, which also placed among the top 10 nations for helping strangers but scored poorly in formal charitable giving.
Researchers noted that these societies often struggle with low institutional trust, including skepticism toward systems like law enforcement or organized charities. As a result, acts of kindness tend to occur more directly, through personal interactions rather than institutional channels.
According to the study, this pattern reflects a deeper cultural reliance on community and human connection in places where formal structures may not always meet people’s needs.
In Jamaica, generosity is seen not only as a moral value but as a practical way of fostering social cohesion—where helping a stranger is both an act of compassion and a statement of trust in one another.
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