Power Distance

How much less powerful members accept that power is distributed unequally. Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.

Source: Hofstede cultural dimensions (G. Hofstede) Licence: Public — Hofstede model Unit: index 0–100 Parsed: 2026-06-28 Open source ↗

Period: Dimension matrix (2010). Method: Published national scores (0–100); a fixed model, not a time series.

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Avg (2010)
58.6
single period
Improving
0
of 65 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
65
±0.5pp band

Power Distance

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Power Distance — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

65 entities, 2010. Highest first.
#EntityPower Distance
1🇲🇾 Malaysia104
2🇸🇰 Slovakia104
3🇬🇹 Guatemala95
4🇵🇦 Panama95
5🇵🇭 Philippines94
6🇷🇺 Russia93
7🇷🇴 Romania90
8🇸🇷 Surinam85
9🇲🇽 Mexico81
10🇻🇪 Venezuela81
11🇧🇩 Bangladesh80
12🇨🇳 China80
13🇪🇨 Ecuador78
14🇮🇩 Indonesia78
15🇮🇳 India77
16🇸🇬 Singapore74
17🇧🇬 Bulgaria70
18🇲🇦 Morocco70
19🇻🇳 Vietnam70
20🇧🇷 Brazil69
21🇫🇷 France68
22🇭🇰 Hong Kong68
23🇵🇱 Poland68
24🇨🇴 Colombia67
25🇸🇻 El Salvador66
26🇹🇷 Turkey66
27🇧🇪 Belgium65
28🇵🇪 Peru64
29🇹🇭 Thailand64
30🇨🇱 Chile63
31🇵🇹 Portugal63
32🇺🇾 Uruguay61
33🇬🇷 Greece60
34🇰🇷 South Korea60
35🇮🇷 Iran58
36🇹🇼 Taiwan58
37🇨🇿 Czech Republic57
38🇪🇸 Spain57
39🇲🇹 Malta56
40🇵🇰 Pakistan55
41🇯🇵 Japan54
42🇮🇹 Italy50
43🇦🇷 Argentina49
44🇿🇦 South Africa49
45🇹🇹 Trinidad47
46🇭🇺 Hungary46
47🇯🇲 Jamaica45
48🇪🇪 Estonia40
49🇱🇺 Luxembourg40
50🇺🇸 United States40
51🇨🇦 Canada39
52🇳🇱 Netherlands38
53🇦🇺 Australia36
54🇨🇷 Costa Rica35
55🇩🇪 Germany35
56🇬🇧 United Kingdom35
57🇨🇭 Switzerland34
58🇫🇮 Finland33
59🇳🇴 Norway31
60🇸🇪 Sweden31
61🇮🇪 Ireland28
62🇳🇿 New Zealand22
63🇩🇰 Denmark18
64🇮🇱 Israel13
65🇦🇹 Austria11