Americas Personality Map

How personality varies across 23 countries in the Americas, based on 18.3M test results from October 2025 to September 2026.

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Assertive vs. Turbulent by country in the Americas

Colors compare each country with the average country in the Americas, which is 57.8% Turbulent.

Assertive vs. Turbulent by country in the Americas
CountryLeaning
Costa Rica55.0% Turbulent (2.8 pts more Assertive)
Colombia55.1% Turbulent (2.7 pts more Assertive)
Dominican Republic55.5% Turbulent (2.3 pts more Assertive)
Guatemala55.7% Turbulent (2.1 pts more Assertive)
Jamaica56.0% Turbulent (1.8 pts more Assertive)
Honduras56.9% Turbulent (0.9 pts more Assertive)
Ecuador56.9% Turbulent (0.9 pts more Assertive)
Nicaragua57.0% Turbulent (0.8 pts more Assertive)
El Salvador57.4% Turbulent (about the same)
Mexico57.4% Turbulent (about the same)
Panama57.6% Turbulent (about the same)
Venezuela57.7% Turbulent (about the same)
Canada57.9% Turbulent (about the same)
Peru58.1% Turbulent (about the same)
Puerto Rico58.2% Turbulent (about the same)
United States58.3% Turbulent (0.5 pts more Turbulent)
Bolivia58.3% Turbulent (0.5 pts more Turbulent)
Paraguay58.6% Turbulent (0.8 pts more Turbulent)
Argentina59.7% Turbulent (1.9 pts more Turbulent)
Chile60.0% Turbulent (2.2 pts more Turbulent)
Trinidad and Tobago60.2% Turbulent (2.4 pts more Turbulent)
Uruguay60.4% Turbulent (2.6 pts more Turbulent)
Brazil62.6% Turbulent (4.8 pts more Turbulent)

Most Assertive countries in the Americas

  1. Costa Rica +2.8 pts
  2. Colombia +2.7 pts
  3. Dominican Republic +2.3 pts
  4. Guatemala +2.1 pts
  5. Jamaica +1.8 pts
  6. Honduras +0.9 pts
  7. Ecuador +0.9 pts
  8. Nicaragua +0.8 pts
  9. El Salvador (about the same)
  10. Mexico (about the same)

Most Turbulent countries in the Americas

  1. Brazil −4.8 pts
  2. Uruguay −2.6 pts
  3. Trinidad and Tobago −2.4 pts
  4. Chile −2.2 pts
  5. Argentina −1.9 pts
  6. Paraguay −0.8 pts
  7. Bolivia −0.5 pts
  8. United States −0.5 pts
  9. Puerto Rico (about the same)
  10. Peru (about the same)

Figures show how many percentage points more (↑) or less (↓) Assertive each place is than the average country in the Americas.

Personality rankings

Which places lean furthest toward each end of our five personality scales? See how 108 countries and all 50 U.S. states and D.C. rank.

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Where each personality type stands out

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