Cultural Ranking of Countries Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process Methodology

Abstract

Different countries have different cultures, but it is difficult to say which culture is best directly. This paper mainly established a hierarchy for the ranking of cultures to prioritize and quantify thinking about and comparing different cultures. It does not only pay attention to the different features of cultures but also focuses on manifestations of cultures. There are 9 criteria and 27 subcriteria in our ranking of cultures. To find some leading cultures in the world, we rank the cultures of different counties by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). After we get the priorities of the subcriteria according to judgment matrix obtained by questionnaires, we create different intensity categories for each subcriterion. In the end, we obtain the top 5 countries: the United States, Denmark, Australia, Norway and Canada. The result may be significant for advocating the spread of the better cultures throughout the world. What do they have to offer that others need to emulate? That is what is considered in this paper.