Cultural dimensions and sustainability as factors of citizen coexistence. A comparative study between countries

The objective of the article is to determine the relationship between citizen coexistence, care for the environment and cultural dimensions, based on a documentary study of secondary sources, among them, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) of 2020 and the dimensions of the Hofstede cul-ture of 2020. The methodology is quantitative with correlational scopes; the sample includes coun-tries with high environmental performance, two with medium and low environmental performance, but with very high GDP, such as the United States and China, respectively, and countries of the Pacific Alliance. The results show the relationship between citizen coexistence, the institutions or cultural dimensions, and EPI. Although the variables are correlated, the changing dynamics of institutional aspects imply a diachronic analysis in specific contexts and the need of further deep research. Never-heless, while the literature on institutional and sustainability theory is prolific, the proposed correla-tion of variables is unedited. In conclusion, the environment is transversal to coexistence, and factors as individualism and long-term orientation promote it, while the power distance and the decrease of uncertainty, condition it.