Western Countries 2023

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Interactive Map Introduction Cultural West by Country Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australia Australian Indian Ocean Territories Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay People's Republic of China Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Macedonia Republic of the Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Barthélemy San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Siachen Glacier Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia Somaliland South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Bahamas The Gambia Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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%

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