Cultural Etiquette Gap

This ranking compares how predictable everyday norms, politeness, communication and unwritten rules are for western-oriented foreigners. Higher raw values mean fewer cultural pitfalls and receive a higher rating.
1 Ireland100 pts 100 pts 100
1 New Zealand100 pts 100 pts 100
3 Australia99 pts 99 pts 99
3 Denmark99 pts 99 pts 99
5 Norway98 pts 98 pts 98
5 United Kingdom98 pts 98 pts 98
7 Canada97 pts 97 pts 97
7 Finland97 pts 97 pts 97
7 Iceland97 pts 97 pts 97
7 Netherlands97 pts 97 pts 97
7 Sweden97 pts 97 pts 97
7 Switzerland97 pts 97 pts 97
13 Liechtenstein95 pts 95 pts 95
13 Luxembourg95 pts 95 pts 95
15 United States94 pts 94 pts 94
16 Austria93 pts 93 pts 93
16 Germany93 pts 93 pts 93
18 Andorra92 pts 92 pts 92
19 Belgium91 pts 91 pts 91
20 Gibraltar88 pts 88 pts 88
20 Portugal88 pts 88 pts 88
22 France87 pts 87 pts 87
23 Bermuda86 pts 86 pts 86
23 Cayman Islands86 pts 86 pts 86
23 Spain86 pts 86 pts 86
26 Faroe Islands85 pts 85 pts 85
27 British Virgin Islands84 pts 84 pts 84
28 Anguilla83 pts 83 pts 83
28 Italy83 pts 83 pts 83
28 Montserrat83 pts 83 pts 83
31 Guam82 pts 82 pts 82
31 Monaco82 pts 82 pts 82
31 San Marino82 pts 82 pts 82
31 Turks and Caicos Islands82 pts 82 pts 82
35 Estonia81 pts 81 pts 81
35 Greenland81 pts 81 pts 81
35 Malta81 pts 81 pts 81
35 U.S. Virgin Islands81 pts 81 pts 81
39 American Samoa78 pts 78 pts 78
39 Barbados78 pts 78 pts 78
39 Northern Mariana Islands78 pts 78 pts 78
42 Aruba77 pts 77 pts 77
42 Singapore77 pts 77 pts 77
44 Bahamas76 pts 76 pts 76
44 Czech Republic76 pts 76 pts 76
44 Sint Maarten76 pts 76 pts 76
44 Slovenia76 pts 76 pts 76
48 Antigua and Barbuda75 pts 75 pts 75
48 Curacao75 pts 75 pts 75
48 Latvia75 pts 75 pts 75
48 Lithuania75 pts 75 pts 75
48 Puerto Rico75 pts 75 pts 75
53 Cyprus74 pts 74 pts 74
53 Grenada74 pts 74 pts 74
53 Saint Pierre and Miquelon74 pts 74 pts 74
53 Saint-Martin74 pts 74 pts 74
57 Croatia73 pts 73 pts 73
57 Saint Kitts and Nevis73 pts 73 pts 73
57 Saint Lucia73 pts 73 pts 73
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines73 pts 73 pts 73
57 Slovakia73 pts 73 pts 73
57 Uruguay73 pts 73 pts 73
63 Chile72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Cook Islands72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Dominica72 pts 72 pts 72
63 New Caledonia72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Poland72 pts 72 pts 72
63 Trinidad and Tobago72 pts 72 pts 72
69 French Guiana71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Guadeloupe71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Martinique71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Niue71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Seychelles71 pts 71 pts 71
69 Tahiti71 pts 71 pts 71
75 Belize70 pts 70 pts 70
75 Costa Rica70 pts 70 pts 70
75 Greece70 pts 70 pts 70
75 Jamaica70 pts 70 pts 70
75 Mauritius70 pts 70 pts 70
75 Réunion70 pts 70 pts 70
81 Guyana68 pts 68 pts 68
81 Hong Kong68 pts 68 pts 68
81 Hungary68 pts 68 pts 68
81 Romania68 pts 68 pts 68
85 Botswana67 pts 67 pts 67
85 Chinese Taipei67 pts 67 pts 67
85 Montenegro67 pts 67 pts 67
85 Namibia67 pts 67 pts 67
85 Palau67 pts 67 pts 67
85 Wallis and Futuna67 pts 67 pts 67
91 Bulgaria66 pts 66 pts 66
92 Albania65 pts 65 pts 65
92 Argentina65 pts 65 pts 65
92 North Macedonia65 pts 65 pts 65
92 Panama65 pts 65 pts 65
92 Serbia65 pts 65 pts 65
92 South Africa65 pts 65 pts 65
98 Fiji64 pts 64 pts 64
98 Georgia64 pts 64 pts 64
98 Israel64 pts 64 pts 64
98 Korea Republic64 pts 64 pts 64
98 Macau64 pts 64 pts 64
98 Malaysia64 pts 64 pts 64
104 Brazil63 pts 63 pts 63
104 Ghana63 pts 63 pts 63
104 Japan63 pts 63 pts 63
104 Kosovo63 pts 63 pts 63
104 Moldova63 pts 63 pts 63
104 Nauru63 pts 63 pts 63
104 Philippines63 pts 63 pts 63
104 Samoa63 pts 63 pts 63
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina62 pts 62 pts 62
112 Cape Verde62 pts 62 pts 62
112 Mayotte62 pts 62 pts 62
112 Micronesia62 pts 62 pts 62
116 Armenia61 pts 61 pts 61
116 Peru61 pts 61 pts 61
116 Tuvalu61 pts 61 pts 61
116 Vanuatu61 pts 61 pts 61
120 Colombia60 pts 60 pts 60
120 Dominican Republic60 pts 60 pts 60
120 Mexico60 pts 60 pts 60
120 Paraguay60 pts 60 pts 60
120 Suriname60 pts 60 pts 60
120 Tonga60 pts 60 pts 60
126 Ecuador59 pts 59 pts 59
126 Sri Lanka59 pts 59 pts 59
128 Brunei58 pts 58 pts 58
128 India58 pts 58 pts 58
128 Kenya58 pts 58 pts 58
128 Marshall Islands58 pts 58 pts 58
132 Bolivia57 pts 57 pts 57
132 Gambia57 pts 57 pts 57
132 Kiribati57 pts 57 pts 57
132 Lesotho57 pts 57 pts 57
132 Solomon Islands57 pts 57 pts 57
132 Ukraine57 pts 57 pts 57
132 Zambia57 pts 57 pts 57
139 Liberia56 pts 56 pts 56
139 Malawi56 pts 56 pts 56
139 Mongolia56 pts 56 pts 56
139 Rwanda56 pts 56 pts 56
139 Thailand56 pts 56 pts 56
139 Tunisia56 pts 56 pts 56
139 United Arab Emirates56 pts 56 pts 56
146 El Salvador55 pts 55 pts 55
146 São Tomé and Príncipe55 pts 55 pts 55
146 Turkey55 pts 55 pts 55
149 Bhutan54 pts 54 pts 54
149 Guatemala54 pts 54 pts 54
149 Senegal54 pts 54 pts 54
149 Sierra Leone54 pts 54 pts 54
149 Tanzania54 pts 54 pts 54
154 Azerbaijan53 pts 53 pts 53
154 Honduras53 pts 53 pts 53
154 Indonesia53 pts 53 pts 53
154 Morocco53 pts 53 pts 53
154 Papua New Guinea53 pts 53 pts 53
154 Swaziland53 pts 53 pts 53
154 Timor-Leste53 pts 53 pts 53
154 Uganda53 pts 53 pts 53
162 Bahrain52 pts 52 pts 52
162 Jordan52 pts 52 pts 52
162 Nigeria52 pts 52 pts 52
165 Belarus51 pts 51 pts 51
165 Benin51 pts 51 pts 51
165 Kuwait51 pts 51 pts 51
165 Maldives51 pts 51 pts 51
165 Nepal51 pts 51 pts 51
165 Oman51 pts 51 pts 51
165 Qatar51 pts 51 pts 51
165 Zimbabwe51 pts 51 pts 51
173 Ivory Coast50 pts 50 pts 50
173 Kazakhstan50 pts 50 pts 50
173 Vietnam50 pts 50 pts 50
176 Cambodia49 pts 49 pts 49
176 Kyrgyzstan49 pts 49 pts 49
178 Lebanon48 pts 48 pts 48
178 Nicaragua48 pts 48 pts 48
180 Gabon47 pts 47 pts 47
180 Madagascar47 pts 47 pts 47
180 Togo47 pts 47 pts 47
180 Zanzibar47 pts 47 pts 47
184 Algeria46 pts 46 pts 46
184 Cameroon46 pts 46 pts 46
184 Cuba46 pts 46 pts 46
184 Egypt46 pts 46 pts 46
184 Laos46 pts 46 pts 46
184 Mozambique46 pts 46 pts 46
190 Pakistan45 pts 45 pts 45
191 Comoros44 pts 44 pts 44
191 Russia44 pts 44 pts 44
193 Angola43 pts 43 pts 43
193 Bangladesh43 pts 43 pts 43
193 Uzbekistan43 pts 43 pts 43
193 Venezuela43 pts 43 pts 43
197 China42 pts 42 pts 42
197 Djibouti42 pts 42 pts 42
197 Ethiopia42 pts 42 pts 42
197 Guinea-Bissau42 pts 42 pts 42
201 Congo41 pts 41 pts 41
201 Equatorial Guinea41 pts 41 pts 41
201 Guinea41 pts 41 pts 41
204 Haiti40 pts 40 pts 40
204 Mauritania40 pts 40 pts 40
204 Tajikistan40 pts 40 pts 40
207 Burkina Faso39 pts 39 pts 39
207 Saudi Arabia39 pts 39 pts 39
209 Burundi38 pts 38 pts 38
210 Mali37 pts 37 pts 37
210 Niger37 pts 37 pts 37
210 Palestine37 pts 37 pts 37
213 Myanmar35 pts 35 pts 35
213 Western Sahara35 pts 35 pts 35
215 Congo DR33 pts 33 pts 33
216 Chad32 pts 32 pts 32
216 Iraq32 pts 32 pts 32
218 Libya17 pts 17 pts 17
219 South Sudan13 pts 13 pts 13
219 Sudan13 pts 13 pts 13
221 Central African Republic11 pts 11 pts 11
221 Eritrea11 pts 11 pts 11
221 Iran11 pts 11 pts 11
221 Turkmenistan11 pts 11 pts 11
225 Somalia5 pts 5 pts 5
225 Syria5 pts 5 pts 5
227 Afghanistan0 pts 0 pts 0
227 Korea DPR0 pts 0 pts 0
227 Yemen0 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 the predictability of everyday norms, politeness, communication and unwritten rules from the perspective of western-oriented newcomers. 100 means fewer practical pitfalls; 0 means very high cultural friction.

The calculation uses international value-survey context, cultural-distance values, language and script context, personal freedom, rule of law, social cohesion, religious and cultural context, and maintained replacements for places without full coverage.

The indicator does not judge whether one culture is better or worse. It only measures how predictable typical everyday rules are for people coming 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.