The chart belor gives information on the percentage of British people giving money to charity by age range for the yerat 1990 and 2010.

The chart examines levels of donations by different age groups in Great Britain.

Overall

, a greater percentage of Britons gave money to charity in 1990 than in 2010.

However

, between the two years, the trend varies among those that are younger or older than 50 years old. In 1990, 42% of people aged between 35, and 50 donated to charity, which is the highest in the graph.

On the contrary

, the 18-25 year-olds were the least generous, at just 17% in the same year. By 2010, these numbers had dropped considerably, with 35% for the age of 35 and more and 7% for the under-25 donors respectively. The level of donations from 26-35-year-olds

also

fell in 2010, from 31% to 24%.

While

donations by people under 50 dropped in both years but they rose among those aged between 51 and 65, from 35% to almost 40%. They made

this

age group the highest one. The figure for the over-65s is lower, at 35%, but still higher than the 1990 statistic of 32%.