Table 1.

Average preferred interpersonal distance (in meters) for different types of social relations: strangers, acquaintances, and partners/close relations across all nations. The figure estimations were conducted by Sorokowska et al. [33].

Countries	Social Distance	Personal Distance	Intimate Distance
Romania, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Uganda	1.20–1.40 m	0.90–1.20 m	0.45–0.90 m
Pakistan, Estonia, Colombia, Hong Kong, China, Iran, Malaysia, Czech Republic, Portugal, Kenya, Switzerland, India, Indonesia, Croatia, Ghana, South Korea	1.05–1.20 m	0.75–1.05 m	0.40–0.75 m
Norway, Canada, Nigeria, Brazil, England, Mexico, Poland, Germany, USA, Kazakhstan, Italy, Serbia, Greece, Spain	0.90–1.05 m	0.60–0.75 m	0.40–0.60 m
Russia, Slovakia, Austria, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Peru, Argentina	0.70–0.90 m	0.60–0.70 m	0.30–0.50 m