8% of the population but 11.8% of the charitable donations – ‘punching above our weight?’

In the Flagging Scotsman today:

‘Scotland is punching above its weight in terms of charity donations, a report has revealed.’

‘An analysis from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) found that Scotland accounts for 11.8 per cent of all UK charitable donations, despite representing 8.4 per cent of the UK’s population. Scots gave an estimated £1.2 billion to charity in 2017, significantly up from the estimated £813 million donated in 2016.’

https://www.scotsman.com/business/scots-donations-break-through-1-billion-mark-1-4752994

More evidence that we are just a bit different? See these earlier reports:

Scottish Nationalism is a very different and a better thing than English/British Nationalism and, at last, BBC Scotland seems to have faced up to the fact.

Only in Scotland! ‘A review of small country’s approaches to public policy reform in response to economic, demographic and other pressures found that only in Scotland could this ‘golden thread’ be so clearly discerned’

Scientific evidence that Scots tend to be different from the other groups in rUK?

8% of the UK population and 28% of living wage employers. More evidence that we are different enough to want to run the whole show?

Who said Scots were not more left-wing than those in the rest of the UK?

More 8% stories:

8% of the population, nearly 9% of the exports but only 5.25% of the imports

Return of the meme? Only 8% of the population but Scotland has 21.7% of all independent renewable projects in the UK

Still 8% of the population but now 30% of UK food and drink exports?

8% of the UK population and 28% of living wage employers. More evidence that we are different enough to want to run the whole show?