You might find you're interested in this article called "Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits" http://www.toddkshackelford.com/downloads/Schmi

You might find you're interested in this article called "Geographic Distribution of Big Five Personality Traits" http://www.toddkshackelford.com/downloads/Schmitt-JCCP-2007.pdf http://www.toddkshackelford.com/downloads/Schmitt-JCCP-2007.... It's a scientific paper so the reading is going to be 'heavy' but if you skip down to page 198 (it's out of a larger journal, actually closer to about 5 or 10 pages in) you'll see that they graph some of the major traits. - East Asians are generally introverted while everyone else is pretty much 'flat' - East Asia is also the least "Agreeable" while Africa is the most. - EA is the least Consientious, while Africa is the most. - South America is the most open to new experiences while East Asia is the most conservative and resistant to change. - EA is the most Neurotic, while Africa is the least. It's possible that the outstanding nature of the results indicate that something might have been lost in translation when adapting the test to the East Asian market - but who knows? These things are usually quite heavily tested. I'm sure there's a lot more in there that's neat in there, but I only did a quick glance. For a more 'high level' explanation of what the aspects of the big five are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits is a fine overview, and you can actually do your very own personality inventory online http://www.personalitytest.org.uk/ http://www.personalitytest.org.uk/ seems good with a 41 item test, but you can also try some larger ones out there - I've done some 100 item tests online.