Introduction
Western countries are defined as counties that make up the western world and are a part of Western Civilization. Western civilization can trace its origins as far back as the Ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire, despite these famous groups originating from southern Europe, as they were the progenitors of many western ideals such as democracy. The idea of Western civilization gains further credibility from the fact that every western nation and empire since the fall of Rome has claimed to be their successor state. Napoleonic France, Hitler’s Germany, and now the U.S. all use an Eagle as their symbol, in an attempt to culturally link them to the Romans. Even now modern laws and institutions are designed to emulate their Roman forebears.
However, Western Civilisation has evolved beyond its ties to the ancient world, as its ideas were spread around the world by European colonization and foreign conquest. As a result, you have western countries that are not located in the west, like Australia and New Zealand. An argument can also be made that Japan is a western state, as, during the Meiji Restoration of the 1860s, it adopted many western practices, laws, and technologies so it could stand on equal footing with the Empires of the West. Furthermore, following the end of World War Two, Japan was largely nullified by the U.S. and had their constitution written by U.S. officials, leading many to believe Japan sits in the bloc of Western nations politically. However, because they still retain their original culture and ethos, it cannot be fully considered a Western country.
If you would like to know more about Western countries, please refer to the data in the charts.
Country | Cultural West | Racial Diversity |
---|---|---|
Afghanistan | No | 76.3% |
Albania | No | 13.9% |
Algeria | No | 37.2% |
Angola | No | 77.9% |
Anguilla | No | |
Armenia | No | 4.5% |
Aruba | No | |
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | No | |
Australian Indian Ocean Territories | No | |
Azerbaijan | No | 12.2% |
Bahrain | No | 58.2% |
Bangladesh | No | 2.5% |
Belarus | No | 30.9% |
Benin | No | 76.4% |
Bermuda | No | |
Bhutan | No | 65.1% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | No | 63.7% |
Botswana | No | 39.5% |
British Virgin Islands | No | |
Brunei | No | |
Bulgaria | No | 28.9% |
Burkina Faso | No | 76.7% |
Burundi | No | 30.8% |
Cambodia | No | 15.8% |
Cameroon | No | |
Cayman Islands | No | |
Central African Republic | No | 79% |
Chad | No | 85.5% |
Comoros | No | 5.4% |
Curaçao | No | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | No | 70% |
Djibouti | No | 64.9% |
East Timor | No | 80.2% |
Egypt | No | 4.1% |
Equatorial Guinea | No | |
Eritrea | No | 65.9% |
Ethiopia | No | 78.3% |
Faroe Islands | No | |
Federated States of Micronesia | No | |
Fiji | No | 52.8% |
Gabon | No | 78.9% |
Georgia | No | 36.7% |
Ghana | No | 73.6% |
Guam | No | |
Guernsey | No | |
Guinea | No | 72.7% |
Guinea-Bissau | No | 80.8% |
Guyana | No | 69.5% |
Hong Kong | No | |
India | No | |
Indonesia | No | 80.3% |
Iran | No | 74.3% |
Iraq | No | 44.6% |
Isle of Man | No | |
Israel | No | 37.6% |
Ivory Coast | No | 73.1% |
Japan | No | 1.9% |
Jersey | No | |
Jordan | No | 4.4% |
Kazakhstan | No | 53.8% |
Kenya | No | 85.5% |
Kosovo | No | |
Kuwait | No | 76.5% |
Kyrgyzstan | No | 48.7% |
Laos | No | 63.4% |
Lebanon | No | 13.3% |
Lesotho | No | 31.3% |
Liberia | No | 88.9% |
Libya | No | 25.9% |
Macau | No | |
Madagascar | No | 19.4% |
Malawi | No | 79.1% |
Malaysia | No | 57% |
Maldives | No | |
Mali | No | 85.2% |
Marshall Islands | No | |
Mauritania | No | 71.3% |
Mauritius | No | 46.6% |
Moldova | No | 42.7% |
Mongolia | No | 31.5% |
Montenegro | No | |
Montserrat | No | |
Morocco | No | 56.6% |
Mozambique | No | |
Myanmar | No | 59% |
Namibia | No | 76% |
Nauru | No | |
Nepal | No | 86% |
New Caledonia | No | |
Niger | No | 66.6% |
Nigeria | No | 85% |
Norfolk Island | No | |
North Korea | No | 2% |
Northern Mariana Islands | No | |
Oman | No | 59.7% |
Pakistan | No | 74.8% |
Palau | No | |
Palestine | No | |
Papua New Guinea | No | |
People's Republic of China | No | 19% |
Philippines | No | 80.7% |
Puerto Rico | No | |
Qatar | No | 70.8% |
Republic of Macedonia | No | 56.2% |
Republic of the Congo | No | 70.4% |
Romania | No | 20.7% |
Russia | No | 37.6% |
Rwanda | No | 28% |
Saint Helena | No | |
Saint Martin | No | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | No | |
Saint-Barthélemy | No | |
Saudi Arabia | No | 22.4% |
Senegal | No | 74.7% |
Serbia | No | 39.6% |
Seychelles | No | |
Siachen Glacier | No | |
Sierra Leone | No | 80.1% |
Singapore | No | 39.5% |
Sint Maarten | No | |
Solomon Islands | No | 9.7% |
Somalia | No | 22.2% |
Somaliland | No | |
South Africa | No | 85.6% |
South Korea | No | 9.5% |
South Sudan | No | |
Sri Lanka | No | 32.3% |
Sudan | No | 74.6% |
Syria | No | 21.3% |
São Tomé and Príncipe | No | |
Taiwan | No | 37.3% |
Tajikistan | No | 36.7% |
Tanzania | No | 59.1% |
Thailand | No | 35.2% |
The Gambia | No | 76.2% |
Togo | No | 88% |
Tunisia | No | 3.4% |
Turkey | No | 52.1% |
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | No | |
Turkmenistan | No | 25.5% |
Turks and Caicos Islands | No | |
Uganda | No | 88.3% |
Ukraine | No | 37% |
United Arab Emirates | No | 68.4% |
United States Virgin Islands | No | |
Uzbekistan | No | 31.3% |
Vanuatu | No | |
Vietnam | No | 26.3% |
Western Sahara | No | |
Yemen | No | 12.6% |
Zambia | No | 70.6% |
Zimbabwe | No | 41.5% |
Eswatini | No | |
Åland Islands | No | |
Andorra | Yes | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Yes | |
Argentina | Yes | 15.8% |
Australia | Yes | 27.6% |
Austria | Yes | 24.8% |
Barbados | Yes | |
Belgium | Yes | 59.2% |
Belize | Yes | |
Bolivia | Yes | 57.2% |
Brazil | Yes | 55.9% |
Canada | Yes | 73% |
Chile | Yes | 43.9% |
Colombia | Yes | 63.9% |
Costa Rica | Yes | 39.8% |
Croatia | Yes | 17.1% |
Cuba | Yes | 51.7% |
Cyprus | Yes | 34.7% |
Czech Republic | Yes | 26.2% |
Denmark | Yes | 17.7% |
Dominica | Yes | |
Dominican Republic | Yes | 45.3% |
Ecuador | Yes | 52.8% |
El Salvador | Yes | 16.5% |
Estonia | Yes | 45.8% |
Finland | Yes | 13.8% |
France | Yes | |
Germany | Yes | 18.9% |
Greece | Yes | 16.7% |
Grenada | Yes | |
Guatemala | Yes | 51.1% |
Haiti | Yes | 10.5% |
Honduras | Yes | 22.9% |
Hungary | Yes | 23.2% |
Iceland | Yes | |
Ireland | Yes | 17.4% |
Italy | Yes | 11% |
Jamaica | Yes | 21% |
Latvia | Yes | 54.7% |
Liechtenstein | Yes | |
Lithuania | Yes | 28.4% |
Luxembourg | Yes | |
Malta | Yes | |
Mexico | Yes | 58.7% |
Monaco | Yes | |
Netherlands | Yes | 35.4% |
New Zealand | Yes | 48.5% |
Nicaragua | Yes | 54.4% |
Norway | Yes | 15.1% |
Panama | Yes | 61.2% |
Paraguay | Yes | 17.9% |
Peru | Yes | 61.8% |
Poland | Yes | 6.9% |
Portugal | Yes | 22% |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Yes | |
Saint Lucia | Yes | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Yes | |
San Marino | Yes | |
Slovakia | Yes | 24.1% |
Slovenia | Yes | 25.8% |
Spain | Yes | 66.9% |
Suriname | Yes | |
Sweden | Yes | 21.9% |
Switzerland | Yes | 36.7% |
The Bahamas | Yes | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Yes | 65.5% |
United Kingdom | Yes | 39.9% |
United States of America | Yes | 52.7% |
Uruguay | Yes | 17.6% |
Vatican City | Yes | |
Venezuela | Yes | 52% |
Cultural West by Country
Afghanistan
Cultural West
No
76.3%
Ranked in the World
#23
Åland Islands
Cultural West
No
Albania
Cultural West
No
13.9%
Ranked in the World
#137
Algeria
Cultural West
No
37.2%
Ranked in the World
#90
Andorra
Cultural West
Yes
Angola
Cultural West
No
77.9%
Ranked in the World
#19
Anguilla
Cultural West
No
Antigua and Barbuda
Cultural West
Yes
Argentina
Cultural West
Yes
15.8%
Ranked in the World
#134
Armenia
Cultural West
No
4.5%
Ranked in the World
#148
Aruba
Cultural West
No
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Cultural West
No
Australia
Cultural West
Yes
27.6%
Ranked in the World
#107
Australian Indian Ocean Territories
Cultural West
No
Austria
Cultural West
Yes
24.8%
Ranked in the World
#113
Azerbaijan
Cultural West
No
12.2%
Ranked in the World
#141
Bahrain
Cultural West
No
58.2%
Ranked in the World
#57
Bangladesh
Cultural West
No
2.5%
Ranked in the World
#152
Barbados
Cultural West
Yes
Belarus
Cultural West
No
30.9%
Ranked in the World
#102
Belgium
Cultural West
Yes
59.2%
Ranked in the World
#53
Belize
Cultural West
Yes
Benin
Cultural West
No
76.4%
Ranked in the World
#22
Bermuda
Cultural West
No
Bhutan
Cultural West
No
65.1%
Ranked in the World
#45
Bolivia
Cultural West
Yes
57.2%
Ranked in the World
#58
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cultural West
No
63.7%
Ranked in the World
#48
Botswana
Cultural West
No
39.5%
Ranked in the World
#85
Brazil
Cultural West
Yes
55.9%
Ranked in the World
#62
British Virgin Islands
Cultural West
No
Brunei
Cultural West
No
Bulgaria
Cultural West
No
28.9%
Ranked in the World
#104
Burkina Faso
Cultural West
No
76.7%
Ranked in the World
#20
Burundi
Cultural West
No
30.8%
Ranked in the World
#103
Cambodia
Cultural West
No
15.8%
Ranked in the World
#135
Cameroon
Cultural West
No
Canada
Cultural West
Yes
Ranked in the World
#32
Cayman Islands
Cultural West
No
Central African Republic
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#16
Chad
Cultural West
No
85.5%
Ranked in the World
#6
Chile
Cultural West
Yes
43.9%
Ranked in the World
#79
Colombia
Cultural West
Yes
63.9%
Ranked in the World
#47
Comoros
Cultural West
No
5.4%
Ranked in the World
#147
Costa Rica
Cultural West
Yes
39.8%
Ranked in the World
#83
Croatia
Cultural West
Yes
17.1%
Ranked in the World
#131
Cuba
Cultural West
Yes
51.7%
Ranked in the World
#71
Curaçao
Cultural West
No
Cyprus
Cultural West
Yes
34.7%
Ranked in the World
#97
Czech Republic
Cultural West
Yes
26.2%
Ranked in the World
#109
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#38
Denmark
Cultural West
Yes
17.7%
Ranked in the World
#128
Djibouti
Cultural West
No
64.9%
Ranked in the World
#46
Dominica
Cultural West
Yes
Dominican Republic
Cultural West
Yes
45.3%
Ranked in the World
#77
East Timor
Cultural West
No
80.2%
Ranked in the World
#13
Ecuador
Cultural West
Yes
52.8%
Ranked in the World
#66
Egypt
Cultural West
No
4.1%
Ranked in the World
#150
El Salvador
Cultural West
Yes
16.5%
Ranked in the World
#133
Equatorial Guinea
Cultural West
No
Eritrea
Cultural West
No
65.9%
Ranked in the World
#43
Estonia
Cultural West
Yes
45.8%
Ranked in the World
#76
Eswatini
Cultural West
No
Ethiopia
Cultural West
No
78.3%
Ranked in the World
#18
Faroe Islands
Cultural West
No
Federated States of Micronesia
Cultural West
No
Fiji
Cultural West
No
52.8%
Ranked in the World
#67
Finland
Cultural West
Yes
13.8%
Ranked in the World
#138
France
Cultural West
Yes
Gabon
Cultural West
No
78.9%
Ranked in the World
#17
Georgia
Cultural West
No
36.7%
Ranked in the World
#92
Germany
Cultural West
Yes
18.9%
Ranked in the World
#126
Ghana
Cultural West
No
73.6%
Ranked in the World
#30
Greece
Cultural West
Yes
16.7%
Ranked in the World
#132
Grenada
Cultural West
Yes
Guam
Cultural West
No
Guatemala
Cultural West
Yes
51.1%
Ranked in the World
#72
Guernsey
Cultural West
No
Guinea
Cultural West
No
72.7%
Ranked in the World
#33
Guinea-Bissau
Cultural West
No
80.8%
Ranked in the World
#10
Guyana
Cultural West
No
69.5%
Ranked in the World
#39
Haiti
Cultural West
Yes
10.5%
Ranked in the World
#143
Honduras
Cultural West
Yes
22.9%
Ranked in the World
#116
Hong Kong
Cultural West
No
Hungary
Cultural West
Yes
23.2%
Ranked in the World
#115
Iceland
Cultural West
Yes
India
Cultural West
No
Indonesia
Cultural West
No
80.3%
Ranked in the World
#12
Iran
Cultural West
No
74.3%
Ranked in the World
#29
Iraq
Cultural West
No
44.6%
Ranked in the World
#78
Ireland
Cultural West
Yes
17.4%
Ranked in the World
#130
Isle of Man
Cultural West
No
Israel
Cultural West
No
37.6%
Ranked in the World
#87
Italy
Cultural West
Yes
Ranked in the World
#142
Ivory Coast
Cultural West
No
73.1%
Ranked in the World
#31
Jamaica
Cultural West
Yes
Ranked in the World
#122
Japan
Cultural West
No
1.9%
Ranked in the World
#154
Jersey
Cultural West
No
Jordan
Cultural West
No
4.4%
Ranked in the World
#149
Kazakhstan
Cultural West
No
53.8%
Ranked in the World
#65
Kenya
Cultural West
No
85.5%
Ranked in the World
#7
Kosovo
Cultural West
No
Kuwait
Cultural West
No
76.5%
Ranked in the World
#21
Kyrgyzstan
Cultural West
No
48.7%
Ranked in the World
#73
Laos
Cultural West
No
63.4%
Ranked in the World
#49
Latvia
Cultural West
Yes
54.7%
Ranked in the World
#63
Lebanon
Cultural West
No
13.3%
Ranked in the World
#139
Lesotho
Cultural West
No
31.3%
Ranked in the World
#100
Liberia
Cultural West
No
88.9%
Ranked in the World
#1
Libya
Cultural West
No
25.9%
Ranked in the World
#110
Liechtenstein
Cultural West
Yes
Lithuania
Cultural West
Yes
28.4%
Ranked in the World
#105
Luxembourg
Cultural West
Yes
Macau
Cultural West
No
Madagascar
Cultural West
No
19.4%
Ranked in the World
#124
Malawi
Cultural West
No
79.1%
Ranked in the World
#15
Malaysia
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#59
Maldives
Cultural West
No
Mali
Cultural West
No
85.2%
Ranked in the World
#8
Malta
Cultural West
Yes
Marshall Islands
Cultural West
No
Mauritania
Cultural West
No
71.3%
Ranked in the World
#34
Mauritius
Cultural West
No
46.6%
Ranked in the World
#75
Mexico
Cultural West
Yes
58.7%
Ranked in the World
#56
Moldova
Cultural West
No
42.7%
Ranked in the World
#80
Monaco
Cultural West
Yes
Mongolia
Cultural West
No
31.5%
Ranked in the World
#99
Montenegro
Cultural West
No
Montserrat
Cultural West
No
Morocco
Cultural West
No
56.6%
Ranked in the World
#60
Mozambique
Cultural West
No
Myanmar
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#55
Namibia
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#25
Nauru
Cultural West
No
Nepal
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#4
Netherlands
Cultural West
Yes
35.4%
Ranked in the World
#95
New Caledonia
Cultural West
No
New Zealand
Cultural West
Yes
48.5%
Ranked in the World
#74
Nicaragua
Cultural West
Yes
54.4%
Ranked in the World
#64
Niger
Cultural West
No
66.6%
Ranked in the World
#42
Nigeria
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#9
Norfolk Island
Cultural West
No
North Korea
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#153
Northern Mariana Islands
Cultural West
No
Norway
Cultural West
Yes
15.1%
Ranked in the World
#136
Oman
Cultural West
No
59.7%
Ranked in the World
#52
Pakistan
Cultural West
No
74.8%
Ranked in the World
#26
Palau
Cultural West
No
Palestine
Cultural West
No
Panama
Cultural West
Yes
61.2%
Ranked in the World
#51
Papua New Guinea
Cultural West
No
Paraguay
Cultural West
Yes
17.9%
Ranked in the World
#127
People's Republic of China
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#125
Peru
Cultural West
Yes
61.8%
Ranked in the World
#50
Philippines
Cultural West
No
80.7%
Ranked in the World
#11
Poland
Cultural West
Yes
6.9%
Ranked in the World
#146
Portugal
Cultural West
Yes
Ranked in the World
#119
Puerto Rico
Cultural West
No
Qatar
Cultural West
No
70.8%
Ranked in the World
#35
Republic of Macedonia
Cultural West
No
56.2%
Ranked in the World
#61
Republic of the Congo
Cultural West
No
70.4%
Ranked in the World
#37
Romania
Cultural West
No
20.7%
Ranked in the World
#123
Russia
Cultural West
No
37.6%
Ranked in the World
#88
Rwanda
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#106
Saint Helena
Cultural West
No
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cultural West
Yes
Saint Lucia
Cultural West
Yes
Saint Martin
Cultural West
No
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Cultural West
No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cultural West
Yes
Saint-Barthélemy
Cultural West
No
San Marino
Cultural West
Yes
São Tomé and Príncipe
Cultural West
No
Saudi Arabia
Cultural West
No
22.4%
Ranked in the World
#117
Senegal
Cultural West
No
74.7%
Ranked in the World
#27
Serbia
Cultural West
No
39.6%
Ranked in the World
#84
Seychelles
Cultural West
No
Siachen Glacier
Cultural West
No
Sierra Leone
Cultural West
No
80.1%
Ranked in the World
#14
Singapore
Cultural West
No
39.5%
Ranked in the World
#86
Sint Maarten
Cultural West
No
Slovakia
Cultural West
Yes
24.1%
Ranked in the World
#114
Slovenia
Cultural West
Yes
25.8%
Ranked in the World
#111
Solomon Islands
Cultural West
No
9.7%
Ranked in the World
#144
Somalia
Cultural West
No
22.2%
Ranked in the World
#118
Somaliland
Cultural West
No
South Africa
Cultural West
No
85.6%
Ranked in the World
#5
South Korea
Cultural West
No
9.5%
Ranked in the World
#145
South Sudan
Cultural West
No
Spain
Cultural West
Yes
66.9%
Ranked in the World
#41
Sri Lanka
Cultural West
No
32.3%
Ranked in the World
#98
Sudan
Cultural West
No
74.6%
Ranked in the World
#28
Suriname
Cultural West
Yes
Sweden
Cultural West
Yes
21.9%
Ranked in the World
#120
Switzerland
Cultural West
Yes
36.7%
Ranked in the World
#93
Syria
Cultural West
No
21.3%
Ranked in the World
#121
Taiwan
Cultural West
No
37.3%
Ranked in the World
#89
Tajikistan
Cultural West
No
36.7%
Ranked in the World
#94
Tanzania
Cultural West
No
59.1%
Ranked in the World
#54
Thailand
Cultural West
No
35.2%
Ranked in the World
#96
The Bahamas
Cultural West
Yes
The Gambia
Cultural West
No
76.2%
Ranked in the World
#24
Togo
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#3
Trinidad and Tobago
Cultural West
Yes
65.5%
Ranked in the World
#44
Tunisia
Cultural West
No
3.4%
Ranked in the World
#151
Turkey
Cultural West
No
52.1%
Ranked in the World
#69
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Cultural West
No
Turkmenistan
Cultural West
No
25.5%
Ranked in the World
#112
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cultural West
No
Uganda
Cultural West
No
88.3%
Ranked in the World
#2
Ukraine
Cultural West
No
Ranked in the World
#91
United Arab Emirates
Cultural West
No
68.4%
Ranked in the World
#40
United Kingdom
Cultural West
Yes
39.9%
Ranked in the World
#82
United States of America
Cultural West
Yes
52.7%
Ranked in the World
#68
United States Virgin Islands
Cultural West
No
Uruguay
Cultural West
Yes
17.6%
Ranked in the World
#129
Uzbekistan
Cultural West
No
31.3%
Ranked in the World
#101
Vanuatu
Cultural West
No
Vatican City
Cultural West
Yes
Venezuela
Cultural West
Yes
Ranked in the World
#70
Vietnam
Cultural West
No
26.3%
Ranked in the World
#108
Western Sahara
Cultural West
No
Yemen
Cultural West
No
12.6%
Ranked in the World
#140
Zambia
Cultural West
No
70.6%
Ranked in the World
#36
Zimbabwe
Cultural West
No
41.5%
Ranked in the World
#81