Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Bhutan
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Unweighted Data | Food Group Based | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepal | 67.8 | 67.5 | 67.7 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 63.9 | 66.1 | 65.0 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 63.6 | 65.9 | 64.8 |
| 4 | Cape Verde | 64.2 | 65.0 | 64.6 |
| 5 | Panama | 62.2 | 64.1 | 63.1 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 62.6 | 63.6 | 63.1 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 61.9 | 63.2 | 62.5 |
| 8 | Qatar | 61.6 | 63.3 | 62.5 |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 61.5 | 63.4 | 62.4 |
| 10 | Mauritius | 62.3 | 62.4 | 62.4 |
| 11 | Uruguay | 61.1 | 62.3 | 61.7 |
| 12 | Thailand | 60.6 | 61.9 | 61.2 |
| 13 | Japan | 60.4 | 61.8 | 61.1 |
| 14 | Colombia | 60.2 | 62.0 | 61.1 |
| 15 | South Korea | 60.5 | 61.6 | 61.0 |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 60.7 | 61.0 | 60.8 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 60.2 | 60.7 | 60.5 |
| 18 | Seychelles | 60.2 | 60.6 | 60.4 |
| 19 | Mexico | 59.3 | 61.1 | 60.2 |
| 20 | Nicaragua | 59.6 | 60.6 | 60.1 |
| 21 | India | 58.1 | 62.0 | 60.0 |
| 22 | Indonesia | 59.4 | 60.4 | 59.9 |
| 23 | Guatemala | 59.0 | 60.7 | 59.8 |
| 24 | Oman | 59.4 | 60.2 | 59.8 |
| 25 | Pakistan | 59.3 | 60.1 | 59.7 |
| 26 | Taiwan | 59.4 | 59.8 | 59.6 |
| 27 | South Africa | 58.8 | 60.2 | 59.5 |
| 28 | Egypt | 58.6 | 60.3 | 59.5 |
| 29 | Eswatini | 58.6 | 60.2 | 59.4 |
| 30 | North Korea | 58.5 | 59.9 | 59.2 |
| 31 | El Salvador | 57.3 | 61.1 | 59.2 |
| 32 | Maldives | 58.9 | 59.5 | 59.2 |
| 33 | Botswana | 58.5 | 59.0 | 58.8 |
| 34 | Israel | 57.5 | 60.0 | 58.7 |
| 35 | Namibia | 56.9 | 59.9 | 58.4 |
| 36 | Honduras | 57.1 | 58.7 | 57.9 |
| 37 | Kuwait | 57.1 | 58.5 | 57.8 |
| 38 | Peru | 57.2 | 58.4 | 57.8 |
| 39 | Bolivia | 56.9 | 58.2 | 57.5 |
| 40 | Philippines | 56.9 | 58.1 | 57.5 |
| 41 | Suriname | 57.2 | 57.8 | 57.5 |
| 42 | Portugal | 56.9 | 58.0 | 57.4 |
| 43 | Chile | 56.5 | 57.8 | 57.2 |
| 44 | Canada | 56.2 | 58.0 | 57.1 |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 56.6 | 57.6 | 57.1 |
| 46 | Vietnam | 56.1 | 57.8 | 56.9 |
| 47 | Trinidad & Tobago | 56.4 | 57.4 | 56.9 |
| 48 | Malta | 56.3 | 57.4 | 56.9 |
| 49 | New Zealand | 56.2 | 57.5 | 56.9 |
| 50 | Brazil | 55.9 | 57.8 | 56.8 |
| 51 | Bosnia | 55.3 | 58.3 | 56.8 |
| 52 | Belize | 56.0 | 57.1 | 56.5 |
| 53 | Lesotho | 54.6 | 58.1 | 56.3 |
| 54 | China | 55.6 | 56.8 | 56.2 |
| 55 | United States | 55.2 | 57.2 | 56.2 |
| 56 | Ukraine | 55.3 | 56.9 | 56.1 |
| 57 | Argentina | 55.6 | 56.6 | 56.1 |
| 58 | Myanmar | 55.1 | 57.1 | 56.1 |
| 59 | Paraguay | 55.4 | 56.7 | 56.1 |
| 60 | Morocco | 55.1 | 57.0 | 56.0 |
| 61 | Turkey | 52.9 | 58.6 | 55.8 |
| 62 | Moldova | 54.4 | 56.9 | 55.7 |
| 63 | Barbados | 54.7 | 56.3 | 55.5 |
| 64 | France | 55.0 | 55.9 | 55.4 |
| 65 | Australia | 54.5 | 56.2 | 55.4 |
| 66 | Bahamas | 54.6 | 56.0 | 55.3 |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 54.7 | 55.8 | 55.3 |
| 68 | Algeria | 53.3 | 57.0 | 55.1 |
| 69 | Senegal | 54.5 | 55.7 | 55.1 |
| 70 | Guyana | 54.0 | 56.2 | 55.1 |
| 71 | Jamaica | 54.5 | 55.5 | 55.0 |
| 72 | Yemen | 53.8 | 56.1 | 55.0 |
| 73 | Jordan | 54.4 | 55.5 | 54.9 |
| 74 | Montenegro | 54.1 | 55.3 | 54.7 |
| 75 | United Kingdom | 53.9 | 55.3 | 54.6 |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 53.6 | 55.5 | 54.5 |
| 77 | Grenada | 53.6 | 55.4 | 54.5 |
| 78 | Ireland | 53.6 | 55.2 | 54.4 |
| 79 | Kenya | 52.8 | 56.0 | 54.4 |
| 80 | Madagascar | 54.3 | 54.4 | 54.4 |
| 81 | Italy | 53.8 | 55.0 | 54.4 |
| 82 | Russia | 53.8 | 54.9 | 54.4 |
| 83 | Romania | 53.7 | 55.0 | 54.3 |
| 84 | Iran | 52.4 | 56.1 | 54.2 |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 53.8 | 54.6 | 54.2 |
| 86 | East Timor | 52.8 | 55.0 | 53.9 |
| 87 | Djibouti | 53.0 | 54.7 | 53.8 |
| 88 | Iraq | 51.9 | 55.8 | 53.8 |
| 89 | Lebanon | 51.8 | 55.8 | 53.8 |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 51.9 | 55.7 | 53.8 |
| 91 | French Polynesia | 52.7 | 54.8 | 53.8 |
| 92 | Slovenia | 53.1 | 54.2 | 53.7 |
| 93 | Mauritania | 53.8 | 53.5 | 53.7 |
| 94 | Germany | 52.9 | 54.2 | 53.5 |
| 95 | Tanzania | 53.1 | 53.7 | 53.4 |
| 96 | Cuba | 52.8 | 54.0 | 53.4 |
| 97 | Serbia | 52.5 | 54.3 | 53.4 |
| 98 | Austria | 53.1 | 53.6 | 53.4 |
| 99 | Denmark | 52.4 | 54.1 | 53.3 |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.4 | 54.1 | 53.2 |
| 101 | Croatia | 53.0 | 53.5 | 53.2 |
| 102 | Georgia | 52.1 | 54.2 | 53.1 |
| 103 | Haiti | 52.6 | 53.6 | 53.1 |
| 104 | Antigua & Barbuda | 52.1 | 53.9 | 53.0 |
| 105 | Fiji | 52.5 | 53.4 | 53.0 |
| 106 | Armenia | 51.6 | 54.3 | 53.0 |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 52.3 | 53.3 | 52.8 |
| 108 | Spain | 52.2 | 53.4 | 52.8 |
| 109 | Syria | 50.6 | 54.6 | 52.6 |
| 110 | Switzerland | 51.2 | 53.6 | 52.4 |
| 111 | Sweden | 52.0 | 52.6 | 52.3 |
| 112 | Norway | 51.3 | 53.2 | 52.3 |
| 113 | Netherlands | 51.3 | 53.1 | 52.2 |
| 114 | Czechia | 51.1 | 52.7 | 51.9 |
| 115 | Greece | 50.8 | 52.7 | 51.7 |
| 116 | Lithuania | 50.6 | 52.9 | 51.7 |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 49.8 | 53.3 | 51.6 |
| 118 | St. Vincent | 50.9 | 52.3 | 51.6 |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 49.3 | 53.8 | 51.5 |
| 120 | Finland | 50.4 | 52.7 | 51.5 |
| 121 | Estonia | 50.8 | 51.7 | 51.2 |
| 122 | Albania | 48.8 | 53.7 | 51.2 |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 50.1 | 51.8 | 50.9 |
| 124 | Belgium | 50.6 | 50.8 | 50.7 |
| 125 | Mozambique | 50.9 | 50.2 | 50.5 |
| 126 | St. Lucia | 49.6 | 51.4 | 50.5 |
| 127 | Cyprus | 50.0 | 50.9 | 50.5 |
| 128 | Gambia | 50.8 | 50.0 | 50.4 |
| 129 | Afghanistan | 48.4 | 52.2 | 50.3 |
| 130 | Libya | 49.6 | 51.0 | 50.3 |
| 131 | Latvia | 49.6 | 50.9 | 50.2 |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 48.4 | 51.9 | 50.2 |
| 133 | Iceland | 48.7 | 51.0 | 49.8 |
| 134 | Zambia | 48.2 | 51.0 | 49.6 |
| 135 | Slovakia | 49.0 | 49.8 | 49.4 |
| 136 | Mali | 48.2 | 50.5 | 49.4 |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.8 | 49.6 | 49.2 |
| 138 | Belarus | 48.8 | 49.4 | 49.1 |
| 139 | Hungary | 48.3 | 49.1 | 48.7 |
| 140 | Guinea | 49.8 | 47.6 | 48.7 |
| 141 | Poland | 47.9 | 48.9 | 48.4 |
| 142 | Malawi | 47.8 | 48.8 | 48.3 |
| 143 | Tunisia | 47.3 | 49.1 | 48.2 |
| 144 | Angola | 48.5 | 47.8 | 48.2 |
| 145 | Cambodia | 46.6 | 49.1 | 47.8 |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 46.6 | 48.5 | 47.6 |
| 147 | Mongolia | 47.2 | 47.8 | 47.5 |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 46.6 | 48.4 | 47.5 |
| 149 | Rwanda | 46.1 | 48.9 | 47.5 |
| 150 | Ivory Coast | 47.6 | 47.2 | 47.4 |
| 151 | Tajikistan | 45.8 | 47.9 | 46.8 |
| 152 | Benin | 47.2 | 46.3 | 46.7 |
| 153 | Laos | 45.7 | 47.7 | 46.7 |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 47.5 | 45.7 | 46.6 |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 45.7 | 47.4 | 46.5 |
| 156 | Comoros | 46.4 | 46.3 | 46.3 |
| 157 | Sao Tome | 45.9 | 46.7 | 46.3 |
| 158 | Uganda | 44.6 | 46.6 | 45.6 |
| 159 | Nigeria | 43.9 | 46.6 | 45.2 |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 44.6 | 45.9 | 45.2 |
| 161 | Niger | 42.8 | 47.4 | 45.1 |
| 162 | Cameroon | 44.1 | 45.8 | 44.9 |
| 163 | Liberia | 44.6 | 44.6 | 44.6 |
| 164 | Ghana | 44.3 | 44.2 | 44.2 |
| 165 | Gabon | 43.0 | 44.1 | 43.6 |
| 166 | Togo | 43.0 | 43.5 | 43.2 |
| 167 | Rep. of Congo | 42.1 | 43.7 | 42.9 |
| 168 | Kiribati | 40.4 | 42.2 | 41.3 |
| 169 | Samoa | 40.5 | 41.9 | 41.2 |
| 170 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 40.0 | 40.7 | 40.3 |
| 171 | Sudan | 38.6 | 41.2 | 39.9 |
| 172 | Burundi | 39.4 | 40.4 | 39.9 |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 38.4 | 40.5 | 39.5 |
| 174 | Central African Rep. | 35.8 | 37.5 | 36.7 |
| 175 | Chad | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | 35.4 | 37.1 | 36.2 |
| 177 | South Sudan | 35.7 | 35.6 | 35.6 |
| 178 | Micronesia | 35.5 | 35.6 | 35.6 |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 34.9 | 35.2 | 35.0 |