Cultural Distance to West

This ranking compares how close everyday values, institutional expectations and social orientation are to western comparison countries. Higher raw values mean lower practical distance and easier cultural orientation.
1 Australia100 pts 100 pts 100
1 Ireland100 pts 100 pts 100
1 New Zealand100 pts 100 pts 100
1 United Kingdom100 pts 100 pts 100
5 Canada97 pts 97 pts 97
5 Denmark97 pts 97 pts 97
5 United States97 pts 97 pts 97
8 Iceland96 pts 96 pts 96
8 Norway96 pts 96 pts 96
10 Finland95 pts 95 pts 95
10 Netherlands95 pts 95 pts 95
10 Sweden95 pts 95 pts 95
10 Switzerland95 pts 95 pts 95
14 Liechtenstein93 pts 93 pts 93
14 Luxembourg93 pts 93 pts 93
16 Austria92 pts 92 pts 92
17 Andorra91 pts 91 pts 91
17 Germany91 pts 91 pts 91
19 Belgium90 pts 90 pts 90
20 Gibraltar89 pts 89 pts 89
21 Portugal88 pts 88 pts 88
22 Bermuda87 pts 87 pts 87
22 Cayman Islands87 pts 87 pts 87
24 France86 pts 86 pts 86
25 Anguilla85 pts 85 pts 85
25 British Virgin Islands85 pts 85 pts 85
25 Montserrat85 pts 85 pts 85
25 Spain85 pts 85 pts 85
29 Guam84 pts 84 pts 84
29 Turks and Caicos Islands84 pts 84 pts 84
31 Italy83 pts 83 pts 83
31 U.S. Virgin Islands83 pts 83 pts 83
33 Faroe Islands82 pts 82 pts 82
34 Barbados81 pts 81 pts 81
35 Malta80 pts 80 pts 80
35 San Marino80 pts 80 pts 80
37 Bahamas79 pts 79 pts 79
37 Estonia79 pts 79 pts 79
39 American Samoa78 pts 78 pts 78
39 Antigua and Barbuda78 pts 78 pts 78
39 Monaco78 pts 78 pts 78
39 Northern Mariana Islands78 pts 78 pts 78
43 Grenada77 pts 77 pts 77
43 Saint Kitts and Nevis77 pts 77 pts 77
43 Saint Lucia77 pts 77 pts 77
43 Singapore77 pts 77 pts 77
47 Dominica76 pts 76 pts 76
47 Greenland76 pts 76 pts 76
47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines76 pts 76 pts 76
50 Czech Republic75 pts 75 pts 75
50 Slovenia75 pts 75 pts 75
50 Trinidad and Tobago75 pts 75 pts 75
53 Belize74 pts 74 pts 74
53 Jamaica74 pts 74 pts 74
53 Latvia74 pts 74 pts 74
53 Lithuania74 pts 74 pts 74
57 Guyana73 pts 73 pts 73
58 Aruba72 pts 72 pts 72
58 Croatia72 pts 72 pts 72
58 Mauritius72 pts 72 pts 72
58 Seychelles72 pts 72 pts 72
58 Slovakia72 pts 72 pts 72
58 Uruguay72 pts 72 pts 72
64 Chile71 pts 71 pts 71
64 Curacao71 pts 71 pts 71
64 Cyprus71 pts 71 pts 71
64 Poland71 pts 71 pts 71
64 Puerto Rico71 pts 71 pts 71
64 Sint Maarten71 pts 71 pts 71
70 Cook Islands70 pts 70 pts 70
70 Niue70 pts 70 pts 70
70 Palau70 pts 70 pts 70
70 Saint-Martin70 pts 70 pts 70
74 Botswana69 pts 69 pts 69
74 Costa Rica69 pts 69 pts 69
74 Namibia69 pts 69 pts 69
74 Saint Pierre and Miquelon69 pts 69 pts 69
78 Hong Kong68 pts 68 pts 68
78 New Caledonia68 pts 68 pts 68
78 Romania68 pts 68 pts 68
81 Fiji67 pts 67 pts 67
81 French Guiana67 pts 67 pts 67
81 Greece67 pts 67 pts 67
81 Guadeloupe67 pts 67 pts 67
81 Hungary67 pts 67 pts 67
81 Martinique67 pts 67 pts 67
81 Montenegro67 pts 67 pts 67
81 Samoa67 pts 67 pts 67
81 South Africa67 pts 67 pts 67
81 Tahiti67 pts 67 pts 67
91 Albania66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Ghana66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Malaysia66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Micronesia66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Nauru66 pts 66 pts 66
91 Serbia66 pts 66 pts 66
97 Argentina65 pts 65 pts 65
97 Bulgaria65 pts 65 pts 65
97 North Macedonia65 pts 65 pts 65
97 Panama65 pts 65 pts 65
97 Philippines65 pts 65 pts 65
97 Réunion65 pts 65 pts 65
97 Tuvalu65 pts 65 pts 65
97 Vanuatu65 pts 65 pts 65
105 Bosnia and Herzegovina64 pts 64 pts 64
105 Brazil64 pts 64 pts 64
105 Moldova64 pts 64 pts 64
105 Tonga64 pts 64 pts 64
105 Wallis and Futuna64 pts 64 pts 64
110 Georgia63 pts 63 pts 63
111 Brunei62 pts 62 pts 62
111 Chinese Taipei62 pts 62 pts 62
111 Kosovo62 pts 62 pts 62
111 Peru62 pts 62 pts 62
111 Solomon Islands62 pts 62 pts 62
111 Sri Lanka62 pts 62 pts 62
117 Armenia61 pts 61 pts 61
117 Colombia61 pts 61 pts 61
117 India61 pts 61 pts 61
117 Kenya61 pts 61 pts 61
117 Kiribati61 pts 61 pts 61
117 Lesotho61 pts 61 pts 61
117 Paraguay61 pts 61 pts 61
117 Zambia61 pts 61 pts 61
125 Cape Verde60 pts 60 pts 60
125 Gambia60 pts 60 pts 60
125 Korea Republic60 pts 60 pts 60
125 Liberia60 pts 60 pts 60
125 Macau60 pts 60 pts 60
125 Malawi60 pts 60 pts 60
125 Mexico60 pts 60 pts 60
125 Rwanda60 pts 60 pts 60
133 Israel59 pts 59 pts 59
133 Marshall Islands59 pts 59 pts 59
133 Mayotte59 pts 59 pts 59
133 Sierra Leone59 pts 59 pts 59
133 Suriname59 pts 59 pts 59
133 Tanzania59 pts 59 pts 59
139 Bolivia58 pts 58 pts 58
139 Dominican Republic58 pts 58 pts 58
139 Ecuador58 pts 58 pts 58
139 Papua New Guinea58 pts 58 pts 58
143 Japan57 pts 57 pts 57
143 Swaziland57 pts 57 pts 57
143 Uganda57 pts 57 pts 57
146 Nigeria56 pts 56 pts 56
146 Ukraine56 pts 56 pts 56
146 Zimbabwe56 pts 56 pts 56
149 Turkey55 pts 55 pts 55
150 Azerbaijan54 pts 54 pts 54
150 El Salvador54 pts 54 pts 54
150 Tunisia54 pts 54 pts 54
153 Guatemala53 pts 53 pts 53
153 Mongolia53 pts 53 pts 53
153 São Tomé and Príncipe53 pts 53 pts 53
156 Bhutan52 pts 52 pts 52
156 Honduras52 pts 52 pts 52
156 Senegal52 pts 52 pts 52
156 Thailand52 pts 52 pts 52
160 Belarus51 pts 51 pts 51
160 Indonesia51 pts 51 pts 51
160 Morocco51 pts 51 pts 51
160 United Arab Emirates51 pts 51 pts 51
164 Benin50 pts 50 pts 50
164 Pakistan50 pts 50 pts 50
164 Timor-Leste50 pts 50 pts 50
167 Ivory Coast49 pts 49 pts 49
167 Jordan49 pts 49 pts 49
167 Maldives49 pts 49 pts 49
167 Nepal49 pts 49 pts 49
171 Bahrain48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Kazakhstan48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Kuwait48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Nicaragua48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Oman48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Qatar48 pts 48 pts 48
171 Vietnam48 pts 48 pts 48
178 Cambodia47 pts 47 pts 47
178 Madagascar47 pts 47 pts 47
178 Zanzibar47 pts 47 pts 47
181 Algeria46 pts 46 pts 46
181 Cuba46 pts 46 pts 46
181 Gabon46 pts 46 pts 46
181 Kyrgyzstan46 pts 46 pts 46
181 Lebanon46 pts 46 pts 46
181 Togo46 pts 46 pts 46
187 Cameroon45 pts 45 pts 45
187 Egypt45 pts 45 pts 45
187 Mozambique45 pts 45 pts 45
190 Comoros44 pts 44 pts 44
190 Laos44 pts 44 pts 44
190 Venezuela44 pts 44 pts 44
193 Angola43 pts 43 pts 43
194 Bangladesh42 pts 42 pts 42
194 Congo42 pts 42 pts 42
194 Djibouti42 pts 42 pts 42
194 Equatorial Guinea42 pts 42 pts 42
194 Ethiopia42 pts 42 pts 42
194 Guinea-Bissau42 pts 42 pts 42
194 Uzbekistan42 pts 42 pts 42
201 Guinea41 pts 41 pts 41
201 Haiti41 pts 41 pts 41
203 Mauritania40 pts 40 pts 40
204 Burkina Faso39 pts 39 pts 39
204 Russia39 pts 39 pts 39
204 Tajikistan39 pts 39 pts 39
207 Burundi38 pts 38 pts 38
207 Mali38 pts 38 pts 38
207 Niger38 pts 38 pts 38
210 Palestine37 pts 37 pts 37
211 China36 pts 36 pts 36
211 Western Sahara36 pts 36 pts 36
213 Myanmar35 pts 35 pts 35
214 Congo DR34 pts 34 pts 34
214 Saudi Arabia34 pts 34 pts 34
216 Chad33 pts 33 pts 33
217 Iraq30 pts 30 pts 30
218 South Sudan23 pts 23 pts 23
219 Libya20 pts 20 pts 20
220 Eritrea16 pts 16 pts 16
220 Sudan16 pts 16 pts 16
222 Central African Republic15 pts 15 pts 15
223 Iran11 pts 11 pts 11
223 Turkmenistan11 pts 11 pts 11
225 Somalia10 pts 10 pts 10
226 Syria6 pts 6 pts 6
227 Yemen3 pts 3 pts 3
228 Afghanistan0 pts 0 pts 0
228 Korea DPR0 pts 0 pts 0

Last rating: June 22nd, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a 0-100 point value for practical proximity to western-oriented everyday and institutional expectations. 100 means low distance; 0 means very large practical distance.

The calculation considers international value-survey context, language and script context, personal freedom, rule of law, social openness, religious and cultural context, political stability and maintained replacements for countries without full data coverage.

The indicator does not rate cultural quality. It only shows how strongly habits, communication, institutions and everyday expectations may differ from western comparison countries.

Values are stretched to the current Nomadino country comparison. The rating equals the rounded raw value; higher values improve the ranking.