myPersonality Research

Our final world trait map based on myPersonality data is for aggregate Agreeableness. Agreeableness can broadly be characterised as co-operative (high Agreeableness, high rank and dark orange on the map) vs. competitive (low Agreeableness, low rank and light orange on the map). myPersonality has already shown that high Agreeableness is associated with studying more social majors like massage therapy, sociology, and elementary education, whereas low Agreeableness is associated with studying more combative majors such as law, international relations and political science (see our Personality Matches feature to see which college major is closest to your personality).

Agreeableness shows the most clear geographical distinction out of the five traits, although perhaps not in the direction that one would expect. The most competitive area is Central and Eastern Europe, followed by South America. South East Asia has average to high Agreeableness scores, and the most co-operative countries are in North America and Africa.

That concludes our aggregate trait world mapping series, we hope you found it interesting and surprising.

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Our latest map based on myPersonality data is for aggregate Neuroticism. Dark purple and a high rank denotes a high Neuroticism score, suggesting that the country’s population considers themselves in touch with their emotions but are liable to get stressed our more easily. Lighter purple and a low rank denotes a low Neuroticism score, suggesting that the population are more laid back than other countries’ citizens but at the extremes may be too emotionless. Sometimes a bit of stress is important in order to spur one to get something finished.

Countries clustered around the Mediterranean tend to have high Neuroticism scores, whereas those in Central America seem to have particularly low scores.

Next week will bring our final world map, for the Agreeableness trait. Which countries do you think will be the most competitive or most cooperative?

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