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PERSONAL SPACE IN DIFFERENT CULTURES

It is not a secret, that personal space is treated differently in different countries. If you are an avid traveller, you must have noticed it.

First of all, let's tell apart two terms:

SOCIAL DISTANCE refers to the distance between two (or more) unknown people, aka strangers

PERSONAL SPACE refers to the distance between acquaintances

No point describing why it exists (especially during pandemic 😅), let me just give you the list of social distance and personal space in some countries.

TURKEY🇹🇷

SD ~ 120 cm

PS ~ 90 cm

CHINA🇨🇳

SD ~ 110 cm

PS ~ 80 cm

INDIA🇮🇳

SD ~ 115 cm

PS ~ 90 cm

PORTUGAL🇵🇹

SD ~ 100 cm

PS ~ 70 cm

CANADA🇨🇦

SD ~ 100 cm

PS ~ 85 cm

NORWAY🇳🇴

SD ~ 105 cm

PS ~ 70 cm

ENGLAND🇬🇧

SD ~ 100 cm

PS ~ 80 cm

POLAND🇵🇱

SD ~ 95 cm

PS ~ 65 cm

USA🇺🇸

SD ~ 95 cm

PS ~ 70 cm

ITALY🇮🇹

SD ~ 90 cm

PS ~ 65 cm

GREECE🇬🇷

SD ~ 90 cm

PS ~ 70 cm

SPAIN🇪🇸

SD ~ 90 cm

PS ~ 75 cm

RUSSIA🇷🇺

SD ~ 90 cm

PS ~ 75 cm

Don't forget to take it into account while traveling 😜 so that you don't fell uncomfortable while talking. And make sure you don't create uncomfortable situations yourself!

📜P.S. source📜: Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison, A. Sorokowska et al, Journal of Cross-Cultural Phycology, March 2017

PERSONAL SPACE IN DIFFERENT CULTURES It is not a secret, that personal space is treated differently in different countries. If you are an avid traveller, you must have noticed it.

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5 октября 2021