Cultures Ranking in the Top 10 on the Cultural Dimensions Reported by Hofstede (1991)

Individualism

 

1. United States

2. Australia

3. Great Britain

4. Canada, Netherlands

6. New Zealand

7. Italy

8. Belgium

9. Denmark

10. France, Sweden

 

Power Distance

 

1. Malaysia

2. Guatemala, Panama

4. Philippines

5. Mexico, Venezuela

7. Arab countries

8. Ecuador, Indonesia

10. India, West Africa

 

Quality of Life

 

1. Sweden

2. Norway

3. Netherlands

4. Denmark

5. Costa Rica, Yugoslavia

7. Finland

8. Chile

9. Portugal

10. Thailand

 

Uncertainty Avoidance

 

1. Greece

2. Portugal

3. Guatemala

4. Uruguay

5. Belgium, EI Salvador

7. Japan

8. Former Yugoslavia

9. Peru

10. Argentina, Chile, Panama, Spain