Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to China
| Rank | Country | Unweighted Data | Food Group Based | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 74.0 | 75.6 | 74.8 |
| 2 | Taiwan | 73.3 | 75.2 | 74.3 |
| 3 | South Korea | 72.5 | 73.8 | 73.1 |
| 4 | North Korea | 71.9 | 72.3 | 72.1 |
| 5 | Qatar | 70.5 | 69.8 | 70.2 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 69.1 | 70.5 | 69.8 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 68.9 | 68.3 | 68.6 |
| 8 | Australia | 67.9 | 68.1 | 68.0 |
| 9 | Kuwait | 68.7 | 67.0 | 67.8 |
| 10 | Mauritius | 67.4 | 67.7 | 67.6 |
| 11 | Thailand | 66.2 | 68.8 | 67.5 |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 67.1 | 67.9 | 67.5 |
| 13 | United States | 66.9 | 66.8 | 66.9 |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 65.9 | 66.7 | 66.3 |
| 15 | France | 66.0 | 66.4 | 66.2 |
| 16 | Cyprus | 65.1 | 66.4 | 65.7 |
| 17 | Malta | 65.7 | 65.7 | 65.7 |
| 18 | Ecuador | 64.9 | 66.6 | 65.7 |
| 19 | India | 64.6 | 66.8 | 65.7 |
| 20 | Canada | 65.9 | 65.5 | 65.7 |
| 21 | Italy | 65.4 | 65.4 | 65.4 |
| 22 | Iran | 65.8 | 65.0 | 65.4 |
| 23 | Peru | 64.8 | 65.9 | 65.4 |
| 24 | Seychelles | 64.9 | 65.7 | 65.3 |
| 25 | Portugal | 65.1 | 65.0 | 65.0 |
| 26 | Egypt | 65.3 | 64.5 | 64.9 |
| 27 | New Zealand | 64.6 | 65.0 | 64.8 |
| 28 | Albania | 65.1 | 64.2 | 64.7 |
| 29 | Grenada | 64.4 | 64.8 | 64.6 |
| 30 | Oman | 65.0 | 64.1 | 64.6 |
| 31 | Iraq | 64.8 | 64.3 | 64.5 |
| 32 | Germany | 64.4 | 64.5 | 64.5 |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 64.5 | 64.2 | 64.4 |
| 34 | Barbados | 64.1 | 64.1 | 64.1 |
| 35 | Russia | 63.4 | 64.6 | 64.0 |
| 36 | Ukraine | 63.8 | 64.2 | 64.0 |
| 37 | Netherlands | 64.0 | 63.9 | 64.0 |
| 38 | Jordan | 65.0 | 62.8 | 63.9 |
| 39 | Israel | 64.3 | 63.5 | 63.9 |
| 40 | Switzerland | 63.7 | 64.0 | 63.9 |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 63.5 | 64.1 | 63.8 |
| 42 | Romania | 63.3 | 63.8 | 63.6 |
| 43 | Philippines | 61.7 | 65.3 | 63.5 |
| 44 | Sweden | 63.0 | 63.9 | 63.4 |
| 45 | Spain | 63.0 | 63.9 | 63.4 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 63.4 | 63.2 | 63.3 |
| 47 | Austria | 63.2 | 63.1 | 63.2 |
| 48 | Maldives | 62.8 | 63.5 | 63.2 |
| 49 | Argentina | 63.0 | 63.4 | 63.2 |
| 50 | Chile | 63.3 | 63.0 | 63.2 |
| 51 | Norway | 62.9 | 63.4 | 63.1 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 63.0 | 63.2 | 63.1 |
| 53 | Colombia | 62.7 | 63.5 | 63.1 |
| 54 | Lebanon | 63.5 | 62.5 | 63.0 |
| 55 | Vietnam | 61.1 | 64.5 | 62.8 |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 62.4 | 63.1 | 62.8 |
| 57 | Uruguay | 62.4 | 63.1 | 62.8 |
| 58 | Mexico | 61.8 | 63.4 | 62.6 |
| 59 | Greece | 62.5 | 62.6 | 62.6 |
| 60 | Moldova | 62.1 | 63.0 | 62.5 |
| 61 | Hungary | 62.0 | 62.6 | 62.3 |
| 62 | Montenegro | 61.9 | 62.7 | 62.3 |
| 63 | French Polynesia | 60.6 | 63.8 | 62.2 |
| 64 | Turkey | 62.7 | 61.7 | 62.2 |
| 65 | Czechia | 61.9 | 62.4 | 62.2 |
| 66 | New Caledonia | 61.2 | 63.0 | 62.1 |
| 67 | Bolivia | 61.8 | 62.2 | 62.0 |
| 68 | Bahamas | 61.1 | 62.7 | 61.9 |
| 69 | Botswana | 62.4 | 61.3 | 61.9 |
| 70 | Estonia | 61.6 | 62.1 | 61.9 |
| 71 | Indonesia | 60.7 | 62.5 | 61.6 |
| 72 | Croatia | 61.1 | 62.1 | 61.6 |
| 73 | Fiji | 61.4 | 61.7 | 61.6 |
| 74 | Iceland | 60.6 | 62.5 | 61.6 |
| 75 | Trinidad & Tobago | 61.1 | 61.9 | 61.5 |
| 76 | Finland | 60.8 | 62.0 | 61.4 |
| 77 | Lithuania | 61.0 | 61.6 | 61.3 |
| 78 | Slovenia | 61.3 | 61.2 | 61.3 |
| 79 | Georgia | 60.8 | 61.7 | 61.2 |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 60.2 | 62.2 | 61.2 |
| 81 | Ireland | 60.9 | 61.5 | 61.2 |
| 82 | Cuba | 60.2 | 62.1 | 61.2 |
| 83 | Belgium | 61.2 | 60.9 | 61.0 |
| 84 | Suriname | 60.3 | 61.6 | 61.0 |
| 85 | South Africa | 60.6 | 61.1 | 60.9 |
| 86 | Guyana | 60.2 | 61.5 | 60.9 |
| 87 | Brazil | 60.2 | 61.4 | 60.8 |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 61.2 | 60.2 | 60.7 |
| 89 | Latvia | 60.3 | 61.0 | 60.7 |
| 90 | Denmark | 60.3 | 60.7 | 60.5 |
| 91 | Slovakia | 60.5 | 60.5 | 60.5 |
| 92 | Bosnia | 60.5 | 59.7 | 60.1 |
| 93 | Venezuela | 59.7 | 60.5 | 60.1 |
| 94 | Jamaica | 59.7 | 60.1 | 59.9 |
| 95 | Armenia | 59.9 | 59.8 | 59.8 |
| 96 | El Salvador | 60.0 | 59.7 | 59.8 |
| 97 | Belize | 58.8 | 60.7 | 59.7 |
| 98 | Belarus | 59.5 | 59.9 | 59.7 |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 58.7 | 60.5 | 59.6 |
| 100 | Serbia | 58.9 | 60.1 | 59.5 |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 58.7 | 60.3 | 59.5 |
| 102 | Syria | 60.2 | 58.6 | 59.4 |
| 103 | Lesotho | 58.0 | 60.4 | 59.2 |
| 104 | Nepal | 58.2 | 60.2 | 59.2 |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 59.7 | 57.3 | 58.5 |
| 106 | Namibia | 57.4 | 59.2 | 58.3 |
| 107 | Tunisia | 59.0 | 57.6 | 58.3 |
| 108 | Algeria | 58.9 | 57.5 | 58.2 |
| 109 | Poland | 58.4 | 58.0 | 58.2 |
| 110 | Senegal | 58.1 | 58.1 | 58.1 |
| 111 | Kenya | 57.8 | 58.4 | 58.1 |
| 112 | Eswatini | 57.8 | 58.2 | 58.0 |
| 113 | Pakistan | 57.9 | 57.9 | 57.9 |
| 114 | Panama | 57.1 | 58.8 | 57.9 |
| 115 | Yemen | 58.1 | 57.4 | 57.8 |
| 116 | Madagascar | 55.1 | 60.4 | 57.8 |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 58.0 | 57.4 | 57.7 |
| 118 | Morocco | 58.1 | 57.1 | 57.6 |
| 119 | Antigua & Barbuda | 56.1 | 59.0 | 57.6 |
| 120 | Guatemala | 57.0 | 57.8 | 57.4 |
| 121 | Afghanistan | 58.1 | 56.6 | 57.4 |
| 122 | Paraguay | 56.9 | 57.8 | 57.3 |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 57.2 | 57.4 | 57.3 |
| 124 | Libya | 57.7 | 56.8 | 57.2 |
| 125 | Honduras | 57.0 | 57.5 | 57.2 |
| 126 | Mauritania | 56.0 | 57.8 | 56.9 |
| 127 | St. Lucia | 55.6 | 57.8 | 56.7 |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 56.5 | 56.9 | 56.7 |
| 129 | Bhutan | 55.6 | 56.8 | 56.2 |
| 130 | Laos | 54.6 | 57.3 | 55.9 |
| 131 | Djibouti | 55.3 | 55.4 | 55.4 |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 55.2 | 54.9 | 55.1 |
| 133 | Haiti | 53.8 | 55.5 | 54.6 |
| 134 | Mali | 54.8 | 54.0 | 54.4 |
| 135 | East Timor | 52.3 | 55.7 | 54.0 |
| 136 | Mozambique | 53.7 | 54.1 | 53.9 |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 53.4 | 53.5 | 53.4 |
| 138 | Myanmar | 51.1 | 55.8 | 53.4 |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 53.1 | 52.5 | 52.8 |
| 140 | Mongolia | 51.3 | 53.0 | 52.2 |
| 141 | Cameroon | 50.9 | 52.2 | 51.6 |
| 142 | St. Vincent | 51.1 | 51.5 | 51.3 |
| 143 | Ivory Coast | 50.5 | 51.7 | 51.1 |
| 144 | Tanzania | 50.7 | 51.2 | 50.9 |
| 145 | Rwanda | 49.6 | 51.5 | 50.5 |
| 146 | Sao Tome | 49.4 | 50.7 | 50.0 |
| 147 | Rep. of Congo | 49.0 | 50.7 | 49.8 |
| 148 | Cambodia | 47.7 | 51.7 | 49.7 |
| 149 | Malawi | 48.6 | 50.7 | 49.6 |
| 150 | Liberia | 47.7 | 50.1 | 48.9 |
| 151 | Gabon | 48.1 | 49.5 | 48.8 |
| 152 | Guinea | 48.1 | 49.5 | 48.8 |
| 153 | Comoros | 48.0 | 49.4 | 48.7 |
| 154 | Sierra Leone | 47.6 | 49.4 | 48.5 |
| 155 | Angola | 47.5 | 48.8 | 48.2 |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.4 | 49.9 | 48.1 |
| 157 | Gambia | 47.1 | 48.8 | 47.9 |
| 158 | Nigeria | 46.4 | 48.7 | 47.5 |
| 159 | Zimbabwe | 46.6 | 48.0 | 47.3 |
| 160 | Samoa | 45.1 | 47.7 | 46.4 |
| 161 | Vanuatu | 44.1 | 48.2 | 46.2 |
| 162 | Sudan | 45.8 | 46.0 | 45.9 |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 46.3 | 45.2 | 45.7 |
| 164 | Uganda | 44.4 | 47.1 | 45.7 |
| 165 | Niger | 45.2 | 45.8 | 45.5 |
| 166 | Benin | 45.6 | 44.7 | 45.1 |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 44.2 | 46.1 | 45.1 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 43.9 | 45.4 | 44.7 |
| 169 | Kiribati | 43.2 | 46.0 | 44.6 |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 43.5 | 45.1 | 44.3 |
| 171 | Zambia | 43.1 | 45.3 | 44.2 |
| 172 | Ghana | 43.3 | 44.3 | 43.8 |
| 173 | Burundi | 41.4 | 43.9 | 42.7 |
| 174 | Togo | 40.6 | 42.9 | 41.7 |
| 175 | Micronesia | 40.0 | 43.3 | 41.7 |
| 176 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 40.7 | 42.2 | 41.5 |
| 177 | Chad | 40.6 | 40.9 | 40.8 |
| 178 | South Sudan | 39.2 | 40.3 | 39.8 |
| 179 | Central African Rep. | 35.3 | 38.0 | 36.7 |