The provided pie charts illustrate the percentage of people who volunteered in 6 different types of organizations in 2008 and 2014. Overall, there were notable changes in volunteer participation across the various sectors over the 6-year period.
It is evident that there was an increase in the proportion of individuals engaging in voluntary work for sports, environmental causes, and healthcare, while the opposite trend was observed for the other categories. Interestingly, healthcare had the lowest participation rate in both years.
In 2008, the highest percentage of volunteers was observed in the education sector, accounting for 24%. Additionally, the percentage of volunteers in environmental causes and arts was relatively close to that of education, at 21% and 18% respectively. Sports had a volunteer rate of 15%, equal to the ‘other’ category. Conversely, healthcare had the lowest volunteer rate at 7%.
Over the following 6 years, there was a significant increase in volunteer participation in environmental causes, rising from 21% to 29%. This made environmental organizations the most popular choice for volunteering in comparison to the 8% and 25% of individuals who volunteered in healthcare and sports, respectively. On the other hand, volunteer rates in the ‘other’ category decreased by more than half, from 15% to 9%. Similarly, there was a decline in volunteer rates for education and arts, which stood at 17% and 12% respectively.