Hofstede's 6 culture dimensions - Streamlit

August 14, 2022

Freakonomics had a recent episode, The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism, which described an interesting framework of 6 culture dimensions defined by Hofstede. The 6 culture dimensions are:

• Power Distance Index
• Individualism v. Collectivism
• Masculinity v. Femininity
• Uncertainty Avoidance Index
• Long- v. Short-Term Orientation
• Indulgence v. Restraint

I wanted to explore this more, so I downloaded the data of dimension ratings by country and made this Streamlit app. I was interested in seeing how similar my preferences would be to different countries to get a sense of which countries may have the most compatible culture to me.

Personally, it looks like I’m closely aligned with Northern Europe, as I prefer:

• Lower power distance
• More individualism
• Less masculinity
• Lower uncertainty avoidance
• Long-term orientation
• More indulgence

I hope you enjoy playing around with the Streamlit app here (screenshots below).