Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Dominican Republic
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 74.2 | 77.6 | 75.9 |
| 2 | Venezuela | 74.8 | 75.7 | 75.2 |
| 3 | Colombia | 73.1 | 76.1 | 74.6 |
| 4 | Panama | 71.4 | 76.7 | 74.1 |
| 5 | Guyana | 72.8 | 73.6 | 73.2 |
| 6 | Brazil | 70.1 | 72.6 | 71.3 |
| 7 | Peru | 69.1 | 71.6 | 70.3 |
| 8 | Haiti | 69.4 | 71.2 | 70.3 |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 67.7 | 72.7 | 70.2 |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 68.9 | 71.2 | 70.0 |
| 11 | El Salvador | 68.5 | 71.3 | 69.9 |
| 12 | Suriname | 67.9 | 71.5 | 69.7 |
| 13 | Philippines | 68.3 | 70.2 | 69.2 |
| 14 | Ecuador | 66.9 | 70.8 | 68.8 |
| 15 | Cape Verde | 66.9 | 69.9 | 68.4 |
| 16 | Fiji | 67.7 | 68.5 | 68.1 |
| 17 | Grenada | 66.5 | 69.3 | 67.9 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 67.2 | 67.9 | 67.6 |
| 19 | Taiwan | 65.9 | 68.0 | 67.0 |
| 20 | Jamaica | 65.2 | 67.9 | 66.5 |
| 21 | Malaysia | 64.9 | 67.5 | 66.2 |
| 22 | St. Lucia | 63.5 | 68.4 | 66.0 |
| 23 | Bolivia | 64.7 | 67.2 | 66.0 |
| 24 | Bahamas | 63.5 | 67.5 | 65.5 |
| 25 | Qatar | 64.1 | 66.6 | 65.3 |
| 26 | Honduras | 63.3 | 67.1 | 65.2 |
| 27 | Trinidad & Tobago | 62.8 | 66.7 | 64.8 |
| 28 | Guatemala | 63.3 | 65.9 | 64.6 |
| 29 | Thailand | 63.8 | 65.4 | 64.6 |
| 30 | Belize | 62.7 | 65.7 | 64.2 |
| 31 | Antigua & Barbuda | 60.6 | 67.1 | 63.8 |
| 32 | Japan | 61.6 | 65.9 | 63.8 |
| 33 | Madagascar | 61.2 | 66.3 | 63.7 |
| 34 | Comoros | 62.9 | 64.5 | 63.7 |
| 35 | Mexico | 62.0 | 65.2 | 63.6 |
| 36 | Barbados | 62.0 | 65.2 | 63.6 |
| 37 | Vietnam | 62.2 | 64.4 | 63.3 |
| 38 | Mauritius | 61.7 | 64.5 | 63.1 |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 61.8 | 63.3 | 62.6 |
| 40 | Paraguay | 61.7 | 62.9 | 62.3 |
| 41 | New Caledonia | 59.8 | 64.6 | 62.2 |
| 42 | Bahrain | 62.0 | 62.2 | 62.1 |
| 43 | South Korea | 60.1 | 63.4 | 61.8 |
| 44 | India | 61.4 | 62.0 | 61.7 |
| 45 | United Arab Emirates | 60.9 | 62.4 | 61.7 |
| 46 | United States | 60.2 | 62.8 | 61.5 |
| 47 | Kenya | 61.9 | 60.6 | 61.2 |
| 48 | French Polynesia | 58.5 | 63.8 | 61.2 |
| 49 | Samoa | 59.3 | 63.1 | 61.2 |
| 50 | Seychelles | 60.1 | 62.1 | 61.1 |
| 51 | Senegal | 60.9 | 61.2 | 61.0 |
| 52 | Kuwait | 60.0 | 61.8 | 60.9 |
| 53 | St. Vincent | 58.7 | 62.6 | 60.7 |
| 54 | South Africa | 58.7 | 62.2 | 60.5 |
| 55 | Sao Tome | 59.1 | 61.4 | 60.3 |
| 56 | Australia | 58.3 | 62.2 | 60.2 |
| 57 | Argentina | 58.3 | 62.1 | 60.2 |
| 58 | Maldives | 59.7 | 60.0 | 59.9 |
| 59 | Liberia | 56.7 | 62.5 | 59.6 |
| 60 | Mozambique | 58.8 | 60.3 | 59.6 |
| 61 | China | 58.7 | 60.3 | 59.5 |
| 62 | Uruguay | 58.1 | 60.8 | 59.4 |
| 63 | East Timor | 57.1 | 61.1 | 59.1 |
| 64 | Rep. of Congo | 56.9 | 60.8 | 58.8 |
| 65 | New Zealand | 56.6 | 60.9 | 58.7 |
| 66 | Oman | 58.7 | 58.6 | 58.6 |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 57.7 | 59.4 | 58.5 |
| 68 | Laos | 58.2 | 58.9 | 58.5 |
| 69 | Tanzania | 59.3 | 57.5 | 58.4 |
| 70 | Eswatini | 57.9 | 58.8 | 58.3 |
| 71 | Israel | 56.8 | 59.1 | 58.0 |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 56.4 | 59.4 | 57.9 |
| 73 | Jordan | 56.8 | 58.3 | 57.5 |
| 74 | Malta | 56.1 | 58.9 | 57.5 |
| 75 | Chile | 55.6 | 59.3 | 57.4 |
| 76 | North Korea | 56.1 | 58.6 | 57.3 |
| 77 | Canada | 56.0 | 58.6 | 57.3 |
| 78 | Angola | 56.8 | 57.6 | 57.2 |
| 79 | Guinea | 56.4 | 57.9 | 57.1 |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 57.0 | 56.9 | 56.9 |
| 81 | Portugal | 55.4 | 58.3 | 56.9 |
| 82 | United Kingdom | 55.2 | 58.6 | 56.9 |
| 83 | Lebanon | 55.2 | 58.4 | 56.8 |
| 84 | Iran | 55.3 | 58.0 | 56.6 |
| 85 | Spain | 55.2 | 57.9 | 56.5 |
| 86 | Myanmar | 53.6 | 59.5 | 56.5 |
| 87 | Yemen | 55.1 | 57.3 | 56.2 |
| 88 | Egypt | 55.7 | 56.6 | 56.1 |
| 89 | Djibouti | 55.5 | 56.7 | 56.1 |
| 90 | Luxembourg | 54.1 | 58.0 | 56.0 |
| 91 | Gabon | 54.3 | 57.6 | 55.9 |
| 92 | Ghana | 55.9 | 55.9 | 55.9 |
| 93 | Iraq | 55.4 | 56.4 | 55.9 |
| 94 | Ivory Coast | 56.2 | 55.5 | 55.8 |
| 95 | Netherlands | 53.7 | 57.3 | 55.5 |
| 96 | Italy | 54.2 | 56.7 | 55.5 |
| 97 | France | 53.5 | 56.7 | 55.1 |
| 98 | Switzerland | 53.0 | 56.6 | 54.8 |
| 99 | Cameroon | 54.4 | 55.0 | 54.7 |
| 100 | Montenegro | 53.2 | 56.3 | 54.7 |
| 101 | Iceland | 53.3 | 56.1 | 54.7 |
| 102 | Mauritania | 54.1 | 54.5 | 54.3 |
| 103 | Greece | 53.1 | 55.2 | 54.2 |
| 104 | Botswana | 54.0 | 54.2 | 54.1 |
| 105 | Sweden | 52.5 | 55.4 | 54.0 |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 53.2 | 54.6 | 53.9 |
| 107 | Cyprus | 53.1 | 54.6 | 53.9 |
| 108 | Bosnia | 51.9 | 55.8 | 53.8 |
| 109 | Bhutan | 51.9 | 55.7 | 53.8 |
| 110 | Russia | 51.3 | 56.1 | 53.7 |
| 111 | Namibia | 51.6 | 55.8 | 53.7 |
| 112 | Malawi | 52.9 | 54.3 | 53.6 |
| 113 | Romania | 52.3 | 54.7 | 53.5 |
| 114 | Ukraine | 50.8 | 56.2 | 53.5 |
| 115 | Moldova | 51.6 | 55.3 | 53.4 |
| 116 | Norway | 51.5 | 55.4 | 53.4 |
| 117 | Estonia | 52.3 | 54.4 | 53.4 |
| 118 | Turkey | 51.0 | 55.6 | 53.3 |
| 119 | Libya | 52.1 | 54.5 | 53.3 |
| 120 | Latvia | 52.0 | 54.5 | 53.2 |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 51.7 | 54.7 | 53.2 |
| 122 | Kiribati | 51.3 | 55.1 | 53.2 |
| 123 | Lithuania | 52.0 | 54.3 | 53.2 |
| 124 | Germany | 52.0 | 54.0 | 53.0 |
| 125 | Austria | 51.8 | 54.2 | 53.0 |
| 126 | Finland | 51.3 | 54.5 | 52.9 |
| 127 | Nepal | 52.0 | 53.6 | 52.8 |
| 128 | Denmark | 51.7 | 53.9 | 52.8 |
| 129 | Ireland | 50.8 | 54.6 | 52.7 |
| 130 | Czechia | 51.6 | 53.7 | 52.6 |
| 131 | Georgia | 50.4 | 54.7 | 52.6 |
| 132 | Slovakia | 51.9 | 53.3 | 52.6 |
| 133 | Croatia | 51.2 | 53.8 | 52.5 |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 52.2 | 52.6 | 52.4 |
| 135 | Serbia | 50.7 | 53.8 | 52.3 |
| 136 | Hungary | 51.7 | 52.8 | 52.3 |
| 137 | Albania | 50.1 | 54.1 | 52.1 |
| 138 | Slovenia | 50.6 | 53.6 | 52.1 |
| 139 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 50.9 | 52.8 | 51.8 |
| 140 | Nigeria | 49.3 | 54.3 | 51.8 |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 49.4 | 54.1 | 51.8 |
| 142 | Morocco | 50.5 | 52.9 | 51.7 |
| 143 | Belgium | 50.3 | 53.0 | 51.7 |
| 144 | Gambia | 49.0 | 54.2 | 51.6 |
| 145 | Rwanda | 50.4 | 51.8 | 51.1 |
| 146 | Cambodia | 49.0 | 53.2 | 51.1 |
| 147 | Armenia | 49.5 | 52.6 | 51.0 |
| 148 | Mali | 50.9 | 50.9 | 50.9 |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 48.7 | 53.1 | 50.9 |
| 150 | Micronesia | 47.9 | 53.7 | 50.8 |
| 151 | Lesotho | 48.8 | 52.5 | 50.6 |
| 152 | Algeria | 48.6 | 52.6 | 50.6 |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 49.9 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 49.5 | 51.1 | 50.3 |
| 155 | Syria | 48.3 | 51.2 | 49.7 |
| 156 | Benin | 49.1 | 49.6 | 49.3 |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 49.2 | 49.3 | 49.3 |
| 158 | Pakistan | 49.0 | 49.2 | 49.1 |
| 159 | Belarus | 47.7 | 50.3 | 49.0 |
| 160 | Poland | 48.0 | 49.4 | 48.7 |
| 161 | Azerbaijan | 47.0 | 49.5 | 48.3 |
| 162 | Tunisia | 47.1 | 49.4 | 48.2 |
| 163 | Uganda | 47.3 | 48.3 | 47.8 |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 47.2 | 48.3 | 47.7 |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 47.2 | 48.2 | 47.7 |
| 166 | Burundi | 45.9 | 48.8 | 47.4 |
| 167 | Zambia | 45.4 | 48.1 | 46.7 |
| 168 | Togo | 44.6 | 48.2 | 46.4 |
| 169 | Sudan | 46.5 | 45.8 | 46.2 |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 43.3 | 47.0 | 45.1 |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 44.2 | 45.9 | 45.1 |
| 172 | Central African Rep. | 42.7 | 44.4 | 43.5 |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 42.8 | 44.2 | 43.5 |
| 174 | Niger | 43.0 | 43.4 | 43.2 |
| 175 | Ethiopia | 42.5 | 42.8 | 42.7 |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | 41.5 | 43.6 | 42.6 |
| 177 | Mongolia | 41.0 | 41.3 | 41.1 |
| 178 | Chad | 37.4 | 36.1 | 36.8 |
| 179 | South Sudan | 36.4 | 36.8 | 36.6 |