Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to El Salvador
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 78.4 | 79.7 | 79.1 |
| 2 | Guatemala | 77.9 | 79.4 | 78.7 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 77.1 | 78.1 | 77.6 |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 75.5 | 75.6 | 75.5 |
| 5 | Colombia | 74.9 | 76.0 | 75.4 |
| 6 | Ecuador | 74.2 | 75.4 | 74.8 |
| 7 | Mexico | 74.1 | 75.2 | 74.6 |
| 8 | Cape Verde | 73.5 | 73.3 | 73.4 |
| 9 | Panama | 70.9 | 74.7 | 72.8 |
| 10 | Brazil | 72.0 | 73.3 | 72.6 |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 71.0 | 74.1 | 72.6 |
| 12 | South Africa | 70.9 | 73.8 | 72.3 |
| 13 | Belize | 71.3 | 72.4 | 71.8 |
| 14 | Cuba | 70.5 | 72.0 | 71.2 |
| 15 | Bahamas | 69.5 | 70.5 | 70.0 |
| 16 | Grenada | 69.5 | 70.3 | 69.9 |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 68.5 | 71.3 | 69.9 |
| 18 | Peru | 69.1 | 69.9 | 69.5 |
| 19 | Botswana | 69.6 | 68.0 | 68.8 |
| 20 | Bolivia | 67.7 | 69.1 | 68.4 |
| 21 | Barbados | 67.6 | 68.4 | 68.0 |
| 22 | Kenya | 68.8 | 66.7 | 67.8 |
| 23 | United States | 67.0 | 68.4 | 67.7 |
| 24 | Malaysia | 66.5 | 67.8 | 67.1 |
| 25 | Trinidad & Tobago | 65.7 | 68.3 | 67.0 |
| 26 | Israel | 66.4 | 67.5 | 66.9 |
| 27 | Jamaica | 65.8 | 66.7 | 66.2 |
| 28 | Qatar | 66.0 | 66.5 | 66.2 |
| 29 | Paraguay | 65.8 | 66.2 | 66.0 |
| 30 | Malta | 65.7 | 66.2 | 65.9 |
| 31 | Canada | 65.0 | 66.6 | 65.8 |
| 32 | Egypt | 65.7 | 65.6 | 65.7 |
| 33 | Eswatini | 65.1 | 65.9 | 65.5 |
| 34 | Uruguay | 65.0 | 65.9 | 65.5 |
| 35 | Australia | 64.4 | 66.3 | 65.4 |
| 36 | Namibia | 64.1 | 66.6 | 65.4 |
| 37 | Seychelles | 65.1 | 65.3 | 65.2 |
| 38 | Chile | 64.1 | 65.5 | 64.8 |
| 39 | Japan | 64.0 | 65.4 | 64.7 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 64.1 | 64.7 | 64.4 |
| 41 | Bosnia | 63.1 | 65.4 | 64.2 |
| 42 | Thailand | 63.8 | 64.6 | 64.2 |
| 43 | Lesotho | 62.8 | 65.2 | 64.0 |
| 44 | Suriname | 62.9 | 65.0 | 63.9 |
| 45 | Argentina | 62.9 | 64.9 | 63.9 |
| 46 | Bahrain | 64.6 | 63.1 | 63.8 |
| 47 | Yemen | 63.1 | 63.8 | 63.4 |
| 48 | Indonesia | 63.9 | 62.8 | 63.3 |
| 49 | Portugal | 63.1 | 63.5 | 63.3 |
| 50 | Romania | 63.2 | 62.9 | 63.0 |
| 51 | Kuwait | 62.9 | 63.2 | 63.0 |
| 52 | St. Lucia | 61.5 | 64.2 | 62.9 |
| 53 | United Kingdom | 62.4 | 63.2 | 62.8 |
| 54 | New Zealand | 62.5 | 63.2 | 62.8 |
| 55 | South Korea | 62.4 | 63.1 | 62.7 |
| 56 | Taiwan | 62.2 | 63.2 | 62.7 |
| 57 | New Caledonia | 61.3 | 64.0 | 62.7 |
| 58 | Haiti | 61.9 | 63.3 | 62.6 |
| 59 | Moldova | 61.4 | 63.3 | 62.3 |
| 60 | Turkey | 60.5 | 64.1 | 62.3 |
| 61 | Bulgaria | 62.2 | 62.0 | 62.1 |
| 62 | Guyana | 60.6 | 63.5 | 62.1 |
| 63 | Slovenia | 62.1 | 62.0 | 62.1 |
| 64 | Philippines | 61.8 | 62.3 | 62.0 |
| 65 | France | 61.2 | 62.8 | 62.0 |
| 66 | Oman | 62.4 | 61.3 | 61.9 |
| 67 | Mauritius | 61.3 | 62.5 | 61.9 |
| 68 | Antigua & Barbuda | 60.4 | 63.2 | 61.8 |
| 69 | North Korea | 61.6 | 61.8 | 61.7 |
| 70 | Montenegro | 61.5 | 61.7 | 61.6 |
| 71 | India | 62.0 | 60.9 | 61.4 |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 61.4 | 61.3 | 61.3 |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 60.4 | 62.0 | 61.2 |
| 74 | East Timor | 61.4 | 61.0 | 61.2 |
| 75 | Serbia | 60.7 | 61.6 | 61.1 |
| 76 | Denmark | 60.6 | 61.7 | 61.1 |
| 77 | Lebanon | 59.2 | 62.7 | 61.0 |
| 78 | Mozambique | 61.7 | 60.2 | 60.9 |
| 79 | Ireland | 60.3 | 61.3 | 60.8 |
| 80 | Fiji | 60.5 | 61.0 | 60.8 |
| 81 | Ukraine | 59.6 | 61.8 | 60.7 |
| 82 | Tanzania | 61.4 | 60.0 | 60.7 |
| 83 | Croatia | 60.5 | 60.7 | 60.6 |
| 84 | Jordan | 60.1 | 60.5 | 60.3 |
| 85 | St. Vincent | 59.2 | 61.3 | 60.3 |
| 86 | Switzerland | 59.2 | 61.3 | 60.3 |
| 87 | Austria | 60.2 | 60.2 | 60.2 |
| 88 | Senegal | 60.0 | 60.4 | 60.2 |
| 89 | Netherlands | 59.6 | 60.7 | 60.1 |
| 90 | French Polynesia | 58.6 | 61.5 | 60.1 |
| 91 | Germany | 59.6 | 60.5 | 60.0 |
| 92 | Estonia | 59.6 | 60.4 | 60.0 |
| 93 | Georgia | 59.0 | 61.0 | 60.0 |
| 94 | Norway | 59.3 | 60.5 | 59.9 |
| 95 | China | 60.0 | 59.7 | 59.8 |
| 96 | Italy | 59.6 | 60.0 | 59.8 |
| 97 | Cyprus | 59.5 | 59.9 | 59.7 |
| 98 | Sweden | 59.0 | 60.3 | 59.7 |
| 99 | Iceland | 58.6 | 60.6 | 59.6 |
| 100 | Spain | 59.2 | 59.8 | 59.5 |
| 101 | Morocco | 58.8 | 60.1 | 59.5 |
| 102 | Greece | 59.2 | 59.7 | 59.4 |
| 103 | Vietnam | 59.6 | 59.2 | 59.4 |
| 104 | Pakistan | 59.8 | 59.0 | 59.4 |
| 105 | Bhutan | 57.3 | 61.1 | 59.2 |
| 106 | Finland | 58.3 | 60.1 | 59.2 |
| 107 | Lithuania | 58.3 | 59.8 | 59.1 |
| 108 | Iran | 58.0 | 60.0 | 59.0 |
| 109 | Russia | 58.2 | 59.7 | 58.9 |
| 110 | Czechia | 58.5 | 59.1 | 58.8 |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 58.3 | 59.3 | 58.8 |
| 112 | Albania | 57.5 | 60.0 | 58.7 |
| 113 | Armenia | 57.4 | 59.5 | 58.4 |
| 114 | Latvia | 57.6 | 58.6 | 58.1 |
| 115 | Slovakia | 58.0 | 57.3 | 57.6 |
| 116 | Maldives | 57.7 | 57.3 | 57.5 |
| 117 | Malawi | 56.8 | 57.7 | 57.3 |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 56.7 | 57.6 | 57.2 |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 55.9 | 58.4 | 57.2 |
| 120 | Djibouti | 56.9 | 57.0 | 57.0 |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 55.8 | 58.1 | 56.9 |
| 122 | Mali | 56.6 | 57.2 | 56.9 |
| 123 | Libya | 56.2 | 57.5 | 56.9 |
| 124 | Algeria | 55.0 | 58.5 | 56.8 |
| 125 | Iraq | 56.2 | 57.0 | 56.6 |
| 126 | Syria | 55.1 | 57.6 | 56.4 |
| 127 | Hungary | 56.3 | 56.4 | 56.3 |
| 128 | Belgium | 56.1 | 56.1 | 56.1 |
| 129 | Angola | 56.4 | 55.5 | 56.0 |
| 130 | Rep. of Congo | 54.7 | 57.2 | 56.0 |
| 131 | Cameroon | 55.8 | 56.1 | 55.9 |
| 132 | Madagascar | 54.6 | 56.4 | 55.5 |
| 133 | Mauritania | 54.8 | 56.2 | 55.5 |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.4 | 55.5 | 55.4 |
| 135 | Sao Tome | 54.0 | 56.1 | 55.0 |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | 54.8 | 55.2 | 55.0 |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 55.2 | 54.1 | 54.6 |
| 138 | Poland | 54.5 | 54.6 | 54.6 |
| 139 | Tunisia | 54.2 | 54.5 | 54.4 |
| 140 | Gambia | 52.4 | 55.9 | 54.1 |
| 141 | Togo | 52.3 | 55.4 | 53.9 |
| 142 | Belarus | 53.6 | 53.8 | 53.7 |
| 143 | Samoa | 52.0 | 55.0 | 53.5 |
| 144 | Nepal | 53.1 | 53.4 | 53.2 |
| 145 | Burkina Faso | 52.0 | 54.4 | 53.2 |
| 146 | Zambia | 50.8 | 55.1 | 53.0 |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.5 | 52.9 | 52.7 |
| 148 | Nigeria | 51.3 | 53.1 | 52.2 |
| 149 | Rwanda | 51.9 | 52.4 | 52.2 |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 53.2 | 50.9 | 52.0 |
| 151 | Uganda | 52.1 | 51.7 | 51.9 |
| 152 | Myanmar | 50.4 | 52.9 | 51.6 |
| 153 | Gabon | 49.1 | 54.0 | 51.5 |
| 154 | Ghana | 50.5 | 52.5 | 51.5 |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 50.6 | 51.1 | 50.9 |
| 156 | Comoros | 49.4 | 51.5 | 50.4 |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 49.3 | 50.8 | 50.1 |
| 158 | Ivory Coast | 48.9 | 50.7 | 49.8 |
| 159 | Benin | 48.3 | 49.8 | 49.1 |
| 160 | Laos | 48.7 | 48.0 | 48.3 |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 47.9 | 48.4 | 48.1 |
| 162 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 47.6 | 48.4 | 48.0 |
| 163 | Niger | 46.7 | 49.2 | 47.9 |
| 164 | Guinea | 47.1 | 48.6 | 47.9 |
| 165 | Sudan | 47.5 | 47.8 | 47.7 |
| 166 | Mongolia | 47.7 | 46.6 | 47.2 |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 45.4 | 48.6 | 47.0 |
| 168 | Turkmenistan | 46.8 | 47.1 | 47.0 |
| 169 | Liberia | 45.2 | 48.4 | 46.8 |
| 170 | Kiribati | 44.5 | 47.7 | 46.1 |
| 171 | Burundi | 45.6 | 46.4 | 46.0 |
| 172 | Cambodia | 43.5 | 47.8 | 45.6 |
| 173 | Sierra Leone | 43.5 | 45.1 | 44.3 |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 42.8 | 45.2 | 44.0 |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 40.4 | 44.0 | 42.2 |
| 176 | Central African Rep. | 41.1 | 41.9 | 41.5 |
| 177 | Micronesia | 39.7 | 42.9 | 41.3 |
| 178 | South Sudan | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 |
| 179 | Chad | 41.6 | 40.7 | 41.1 |