hi,

how much sense does it make to compare donations and spending against the population and the economic power of a country? we already have such numbers? i tried to put some together exemplary for 2011 fundraiser, with 2012 budgets, comparing germany, india, united states. but i am quite unsure if such a table makes sense ...

for the spending, it seems that twice as much money is spent in the united states, than in germany. india is far, far, away. but, i _think_ this might be true for most of the countries. just to make it clear, if somebody living in the u.s. travels to india, it would be counted as an expense in the united states, not india.

for fundraising, in countries like germany and switzerland 50% - 100% more is donated than in the united states, depending if one counts GDP or population. people in india, despite having a much bigger GDP than germany, do not donate a lot of money to the movement.

de	in	us
80	1210	310	population, mio
5400	190	14400	donations, thousand
3089	4469	15065	gdp, billion
3640	50	28000	spending, thousand (local people, living in the country)
38	4	48	gdp/capita, thousand
68	0.16	46	donation/capita
1.75	0.04	0.96	donation/gdp
45	0.04	90	spending/capita
1.18	0.01	1.86	spending/gdp

references:
* 2011 donations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah1QkDyemcHbdHNFZEs0ZEgxWHF2cVNabHZGb0xlaEE&hl=en_US#gid=0
* budget wmde 2012: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Wirtschaftsplan_2012_WMDE_MV.pdf

* the above table in google docs: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amy296SGLxdvdHVSNkZoSGFFV2dmOXBlRDMtcEdxb1E 

rupert.

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