Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Benin
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 73.6 | 71.8 | 72.7 |
| 2 | Togo | 73.5 | 71.9 | 72.7 |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 73.8 | 71.1 | 72.5 |
| 4 | Ghana | 72.3 | 70.9 | 71.6 |
| 5 | Cameroon | 66.5 | 68.0 | 67.3 |
| 6 | Mozambique | 64.0 | 64.7 | 64.4 |
| 7 | Guinea | 63.9 | 64.3 | 64.1 |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 63.1 | 62.6 | 62.9 |
| 9 | Tanzania | 61.1 | 60.8 | 61.0 |
| 10 | Angola | 59.7 | 61.8 | 60.7 |
| 11 | Indonesia | 59.2 | 61.2 | 60.2 |
| 12 | Senegal | 58.7 | 60.8 | 59.8 |
| 13 | Gabon | 59.0 | 59.7 | 59.4 |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 57.1 | 59.7 | 58.4 |
| 15 | Central African Rep. | 58.6 | 56.4 | 57.5 |
| 16 | Liberia | 57.9 | 56.8 | 57.4 |
| 17 | Rep. of Congo | 56.0 | 58.2 | 57.1 |
| 18 | Zambia | 54.7 | 58.9 | 56.8 |
| 19 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 55.0 | 58.0 | 56.5 |
| 20 | Haiti | 56.2 | 56.6 | 56.4 |
| 21 | Cambodia | 55.8 | 56.7 | 56.2 |
| 22 | Mali | 53.2 | 58.7 | 56.0 |
| 23 | Madagascar | 55.2 | 55.9 | 55.6 |
| 24 | Nicaragua | 56.2 | 54.8 | 55.5 |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 55.1 | 55.3 | 55.2 |
| 26 | Comoros | 55.3 | 55.0 | 55.1 |
| 27 | Gambia | 53.3 | 56.8 | 55.1 |
| 28 | Jamaica | 52.6 | 57.2 | 54.9 |
| 29 | Rwanda | 53.9 | 55.5 | 54.7 |
| 30 | Uganda | 53.7 | 54.9 | 54.3 |
| 31 | Malawi | 52.9 | 54.3 | 53.6 |
| 32 | Brazil | 51.9 | 55.0 | 53.4 |
| 33 | Malaysia | 52.6 | 54.0 | 53.3 |
| 34 | East Timor | 53.6 | 52.6 | 53.1 |
| 35 | Colombia | 51.7 | 53.5 | 52.6 |
| 36 | Philippines | 52.6 | 52.4 | 52.5 |
| 37 | Vietnam | 52.5 | 52.4 | 52.4 |
| 38 | Kenya | 51.9 | 52.8 | 52.4 |
| 39 | Cuba | 51.5 | 52.9 | 52.2 |
| 40 | Burundi | 50.5 | 53.8 | 52.1 |
| 41 | Paraguay | 53.0 | 51.1 | 52.0 |
| 42 | India | 50.5 | 53.6 | 52.0 |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 51.3 | 52.6 | 52.0 |
| 44 | Myanmar | 49.5 | 53.8 | 51.7 |
| 45 | Cape Verde | 51.9 | 51.3 | 51.6 |
| 46 | Venezuela | 51.2 | 52.0 | 51.6 |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 51.6 | 51.3 | 51.4 |
| 48 | Peru | 49.3 | 52.3 | 50.8 |
| 49 | Panama | 50.8 | 50.6 | 50.7 |
| 50 | Eswatini | 49.7 | 51.7 | 50.7 |
| 51 | South Sudan | 51.4 | 49.8 | 50.6 |
| 52 | Fiji | 48.5 | 52.6 | 50.6 |
| 53 | Thailand | 50.1 | 50.4 | 50.2 |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 49.4 | 50.4 | 49.9 |
| 55 | Laos | 49.2 | 50.5 | 49.8 |
| 56 | Guyana | 48.7 | 50.1 | 49.4 |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 47.9 | 50.8 | 49.4 |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 49.1 | 49.6 | 49.3 |
| 59 | Egypt | 47.8 | 50.6 | 49.2 |
| 60 | Chad | 49.7 | 48.6 | 49.2 |
| 61 | El Salvador | 48.3 | 49.8 | 49.1 |
| 62 | Yemen | 47.9 | 49.6 | 48.7 |
| 63 | Sao Tome | 47.6 | 49.8 | 48.7 |
| 64 | Niger | 47.7 | 49.7 | 48.7 |
| 65 | Japan | 48.1 | 48.6 | 48.3 |
| 66 | Seychelles | 46.5 | 50.2 | 48.3 |
| 67 | Oman | 48.2 | 48.2 | 48.2 |
| 68 | Mauritius | 47.4 | 48.9 | 48.1 |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 48.2 | 48.1 | 48.1 |
| 70 | Bahamas | 47.0 | 49.2 | 48.1 |
| 71 | Taiwan | 48.3 | 47.7 | 48.0 |
| 72 | South Africa | 46.2 | 49.6 | 47.9 |
| 73 | South Korea | 48.1 | 47.5 | 47.8 |
| 74 | North Korea | 48.8 | 46.5 | 47.7 |
| 75 | Trinidad & Tobago | 45.6 | 49.7 | 47.6 |
| 76 | Mauritania | 47.8 | 47.4 | 47.6 |
| 77 | Suriname | 46.7 | 48.4 | 47.5 |
| 78 | Ecuador | 47.2 | 47.7 | 47.4 |
| 79 | Barbados | 45.3 | 49.4 | 47.4 |
| 80 | Qatar | 46.5 | 48.1 | 47.3 |
| 81 | Belize | 47.0 | 47.6 | 47.3 |
| 82 | Honduras | 45.8 | 48.8 | 47.3 |
| 83 | Guatemala | 46.4 | 48.0 | 47.2 |
| 84 | Djibouti | 45.9 | 48.2 | 47.1 |
| 85 | Micronesia | 46.8 | 47.1 | 47.0 |
| 86 | Bhutan | 47.2 | 46.3 | 46.7 |
| 87 | Bolivia | 45.1 | 48.2 | 46.6 |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 45.4 | 47.8 | 46.6 |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 46.6 | 46.6 | 46.6 |
| 90 | Bahrain | 45.9 | 46.3 | 46.1 |
| 91 | Mexico | 44.6 | 47.4 | 46.0 |
| 92 | Israel | 43.6 | 47.4 | 45.5 |
| 93 | Grenada | 43.2 | 47.8 | 45.5 |
| 94 | Kuwait | 44.7 | 46.0 | 45.3 |
| 95 | Botswana | 44.7 | 45.9 | 45.3 |
| 96 | China | 45.6 | 44.7 | 45.1 |
| 97 | French Polynesia | 42.1 | 47.6 | 44.8 |
| 98 | St. Vincent | 42.7 | 46.9 | 44.8 |
| 99 | Samoa | 42.4 | 46.9 | 44.7 |
| 100 | United States | 42.8 | 46.5 | 44.7 |
| 101 | St. Lucia | 42.9 | 46.4 | 44.6 |
| 102 | Namibia | 42.9 | 46.4 | 44.6 |
| 103 | Australia | 42.3 | 46.9 | 44.6 |
| 104 | Antigua & Barbuda | 41.6 | 47.4 | 44.5 |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 43.4 | 45.5 | 44.4 |
| 106 | Pakistan | 43.5 | 45.3 | 44.4 |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 41.6 | 46.8 | 44.2 |
| 108 | Nepal | 44.0 | 43.6 | 43.8 |
| 109 | Vanuatu | 41.6 | 45.4 | 43.5 |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 42.4 | 44.1 | 43.2 |
| 111 | Lesotho | 42.4 | 43.7 | 43.0 |
| 112 | Uruguay | 41.8 | 44.0 | 42.9 |
| 113 | Jordan | 41.6 | 43.8 | 42.7 |
| 114 | New Zealand | 40.9 | 44.4 | 42.6 |
| 115 | Argentina | 40.4 | 44.4 | 42.4 |
| 116 | Canada | 40.5 | 44.2 | 42.4 |
| 117 | Maldives | 41.2 | 42.9 | 42.1 |
| 118 | Turkey | 39.4 | 43.6 | 41.5 |
| 119 | Sudan | 40.8 | 42.1 | 41.5 |
| 120 | Portugal | 40.0 | 42.3 | 41.2 |
| 121 | Iraq | 40.3 | 41.6 | 40.9 |
| 122 | Bosnia | 39.5 | 42.1 | 40.8 |
| 123 | Iran | 39.0 | 42.5 | 40.8 |
| 124 | Chile | 38.4 | 43.0 | 40.7 |
| 125 | Lebanon | 37.5 | 43.0 | 40.3 |
| 126 | United Kingdom | 37.9 | 42.3 | 40.1 |
| 127 | Morocco | 37.9 | 42.1 | 40.0 |
| 128 | Cyprus | 38.2 | 41.4 | 39.8 |
| 129 | Malta | 37.4 | 41.7 | 39.5 |
| 130 | Libya | 37.3 | 41.8 | 39.5 |
| 131 | Tunisia | 36.4 | 42.2 | 39.3 |
| 132 | France | 38.1 | 40.2 | 39.2 |
| 133 | Spain | 37.9 | 40.4 | 39.1 |
| 134 | Georgia | 37.6 | 40.6 | 39.1 |
| 135 | Bulgaria | 38.5 | 39.2 | 38.9 |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 36.9 | 40.9 | 38.9 |
| 137 | Ireland | 37.2 | 40.4 | 38.8 |
| 138 | Kiribati | 37.8 | 39.8 | 38.8 |
| 139 | Ukraine | 37.1 | 40.3 | 38.7 |
| 140 | Algeria | 35.3 | 41.3 | 38.3 |
| 141 | Albania | 35.1 | 40.4 | 37.8 |
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.7 | 38.9 | 37.8 |
| 143 | Slovenia | 36.9 | 38.6 | 37.7 |
| 144 | Romania | 37.1 | 38.3 | 37.7 |
| 145 | Greece | 35.8 | 39.1 | 37.4 |
| 146 | Moldova | 36.2 | 38.4 | 37.3 |
| 147 | Italy | 35.9 | 38.6 | 37.3 |
| 148 | Iceland | 35.0 | 39.3 | 37.2 |
| 149 | Netherlands | 35.9 | 38.5 | 37.2 |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 35.5 | 38.9 | 37.2 |
| 151 | Austria | 36.2 | 38.0 | 37.1 |
| 152 | Serbia | 36.3 | 37.9 | 37.1 |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 35.4 | 38.5 | 36.9 |
| 154 | Norway | 34.6 | 38.9 | 36.8 |
| 155 | Russia | 35.0 | 38.5 | 36.7 |
| 156 | Croatia | 35.8 | 37.6 | 36.7 |
| 157 | Armenia | 34.7 | 38.4 | 36.5 |
| 158 | Kazakhstan | 34.6 | 38.3 | 36.4 |
| 159 | Germany | 35.4 | 37.3 | 36.3 |
| 160 | Switzerland | 34.5 | 37.9 | 36.2 |
| 161 | Azerbaijan | 33.9 | 38.1 | 36.0 |
| 162 | Syria | 33.8 | 37.7 | 35.8 |
| 163 | Sweden | 34.4 | 37.1 | 35.7 |
| 164 | Montenegro | 34.1 | 37.3 | 35.7 |
| 165 | Finland | 33.8 | 36.8 | 35.3 |
| 166 | Tajikistan | 33.4 | 37.1 | 35.3 |
| 167 | Turkmenistan | 32.8 | 37.1 | 34.9 |
| 168 | Denmark | 33.2 | 36.7 | 34.9 |
| 169 | Uzbekistan | 32.7 | 36.5 | 34.6 |
| 170 | Lithuania | 33.3 | 35.8 | 34.5 |
| 171 | Belgium | 33.7 | 35.0 | 34.4 |
| 172 | Estonia | 33.3 | 35.1 | 34.2 |
| 173 | Czechia | 32.2 | 34.7 | 33.5 |
| 174 | Belarus | 31.5 | 35.3 | 33.4 |
| 175 | Hungary | 31.7 | 33.9 | 32.8 |
| 176 | Mongolia | 30.0 | 34.7 | 32.3 |
| 177 | Slovakia | 31.1 | 33.0 | 32.1 |
| 178 | Latvia | 31.0 | 32.9 | 32.0 |
| 179 | Poland | 30.3 | 32.4 | 31.4 |