Food in India

Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)

Similarity compared to India

• Method 1: Unweighted
• Method 2: Weighted

Rank	Country	Unweighted Data	Food Group Based	Average
1	Sri Lanka	69.4	71.7	70.6
2	Bangladesh	70.0	69.8	69.9
3	Qatar	68.6	70.8	69.7
4	Nepal	69.3	69.9	69.6
5	Malaysia	68.1	70.4	69.3
6	Bahrain	66.7	67.9	67.3
7	Pakistan	66.0	68.2	67.1
8	Yemen	64.7	68.8	66.7
9	Cape Verde	65.2	67.1	66.1
10	Mauritius	64.6	66.8	65.7
11	Egypt	65.4	65.9	65.6
12	Indonesia	64.8	66.0	65.4
13	China	65.7	64.9	65.3
14	Seychelles	63.9	66.3	65.1
15	Oman	64.4	65.3	64.9
16	Suriname	64.3	65.2	64.7
17	Maldives	64.0	65.3	64.6
18	Costa Rica	64.0	64.8	64.4
19	United Arab Emirates	63.1	65.6	64.3
20	Kuwait	63.3	65.0	64.1
21	Guyana	62.9	65.3	64.1
22	Senegal	63.7	64.6	64.1
23	Saudi Arabia	63.7	64.4	64.0
24	Ecuador	62.9	64.7	63.8
25	Taiwan	63.2	63.8	63.5
26	Trinidad & Tobago	63.3	63.5	63.4
27	Thailand	61.2	65.0	63.1
28	Kenya	62.5	63.5	63.0
29	Brazil	62.2	63.7	63.0
30	Fiji	62.4	63.4	62.9
31	Colombia	63.3	62.3	62.8
32	Djibouti	61.0	64.3	62.7
33	Peru	62.7	62.5	62.6
34	El Salvador	61.4	63.6	62.5
35	Iraq	62.9	62.0	62.5
36	Dominican Republic	61.3	63.1	62.2
37	Bahamas	62.4	61.8	62.1
38	Belize	61.6	62.5	62.1
39	Grenada	61.4	62.0	61.7
40	Jordan	60.4	62.9	61.6
41	Philippines	60.9	62.2	61.5
42	Japan	62.0	60.9	61.4
43	Panama	61.3	61.4	61.3
44	Tanzania	59.0	63.3	61.2
45	Vietnam	60.4	61.4	60.9
46	Mali	59.9	61.8	60.9
47	Venezuela	61.3	60.4	60.8
48	South Korea	60.3	60.7	60.5
49	Iran	59.3	61.5	60.4
50	Mexico	59.4	61.2	60.3
51	Barbados	59.0	61.6	60.3
52	Haiti	59.3	61.2	60.2
53	Israel	60.0	60.2	60.1
54	Myanmar	58.1	62.0	60.0
55	Australia	57.1	61.8	59.5
56	Guatemala	58.3	60.6	59.5
57	South Africa	59.0	59.9	59.4
58	Lebanon	57.5	60.8	59.1
59	Mozambique	56.9	60.9	58.9
60	Nicaragua	58.9	58.8	58.9
61	Bhutan	59.1	58.6	58.9
62	Mauritania	58.0	59.7	58.8
63	United States	57.8	59.7	58.7
64	Bolivia	58.3	58.9	58.6
65	Jamaica	56.6	60.5	58.6
66	Canada	57.9	58.8	58.4
67	Cuba	57.7	58.7	58.2
68	Antigua & Barbuda	57.9	58.5	58.2
69	Botswana	57.8	58.5	58.2
70	Malta	56.9	59.1	58.0
71	New Zealand	58.3	57.7	58.0
72	New Caledonia	58.2	57.4	57.8
73	Madagascar	57.2	58.2	57.7
74	North Korea	56.4	58.8	57.6
75	Namibia	57.2	57.9	57.5
76	Eswatini	55.1	59.9	57.5
77	Argentina	56.4	58.3	57.4
78	Turkey	56.5	58.2	57.3
79	Syria	56.9	57.8	57.3
80	Honduras	55.8	58.3	57.1
81	Gambia	56.4	57.7	57.1
82	Chile	55.6	58.4	57.0
83	United Kingdom	55.8	58.0	56.9
84	Guinea-Bissau	55.2	57.1	56.1
85	Algeria	55.9	56.2	56.1
86	French Polynesia	54.4	57.8	56.1
87	Italy	53.8	57.8	55.8
88	Portugal	54.8	56.3	55.5
89	Lesotho	55.2	55.8	55.5
90	Ivory Coast	54.9	55.3	55.1
91	Sudan	54.3	55.6	55.0
92	Spain	53.3	56.6	54.9
93	Afghanistan	53.5	56.3	54.9
94	Uruguay	53.9	55.4	54.6
95	Libya	52.9	56.1	54.5
96	Greece	53.9	54.9	54.4
97	Morocco	53.2	55.4	54.3
98	Cyprus	53.6	54.9	54.2
99	Germany	53.7	54.8	54.2
100	France	52.9	55.4	54.2
101	Bosnia	52.3	55.9	54.1
102	Albania	53.0	55.2	54.1
103	Switzerland	53.7	54.5	54.1
104	Netherlands	52.6	55.1	53.8
105	St. Lucia	52.0	55.4	53.7
106	Ghana	52.3	55.1	53.7
107	Zimbabwe	51.8	55.6	53.7
108	Austria	53.3	54.0	53.7
109	Rep. of Congo	52.1	55.1	53.6
110	East Timor	52.2	55.0	53.6
111	Guinea	52.5	54.6	53.5
112	Malawi	53.2	53.5	53.4
113	Nigeria	52.6	54.0	53.3
114	Montenegro	52.8	53.7	53.3
115	Luxembourg	52.8	53.5	53.2
116	Sweden	51.5	54.8	53.2
117	Paraguay	51.9	54.4	53.1
118	Ethiopia	52.4	53.8	53.1
119	Ukraine	52.3	53.7	53.0
120	Bulgaria	52.4	53.4	52.9
121	Norway	52.8	52.9	52.9
122	Armenia	52.3	53.3	52.8
123	Croatia	51.9	53.6	52.8
124	Georgia	52.1	53.4	52.7
125	Romania	54.1	51.4	52.7
126	Ireland	52.1	53.3	52.7
127	Russia	50.8	54.4	52.6
128	Czechia	52.2	52.8	52.5
129	Kyrgyzstan	50.9	54.1	52.5
130	Finland	50.3	54.5	52.4
131	Tunisia	51.1	53.7	52.4
132	Sao Tome	51.6	53.0	52.3
133	North Macedonia	50.5	53.6	52.0
134	Cameroon	51.5	52.2	51.9
135	Lithuania	51.3	52.4	51.8
136	Slovenia	51.0	52.6	51.8
137	Moldova	50.3	53.2	51.8
138	Kazakhstan	52.3	51.1	51.7
139	Denmark	51.5	51.6	51.6
140	Slovakia	51.2	51.9	51.5
141	Benin	49.8	53.3	51.5
142	Azerbaijan	50.3	52.5	51.4
143	Estonia	50.7	52.0	51.3
144	Belgium	51.4	51.1	51.2
145	Laos	50.8	51.5	51.2
146	Hungary	50.1	52.1	51.1
147	Comoros	50.3	51.9	51.1
148	Serbia	50.4	51.6	51.0
149	Iceland	50.3	51.0	50.7
150	St. Vincent	49.4	51.7	50.6
151	Tajikistan	49.3	51.6	50.5
152	Samoa	49.4	51.2	50.3
153	Gabon	48.6	51.6	50.1
154	Latvia	47.6	52.6	50.1
155	Niger	49.7	50.4	50.1
156	Belarus	45.6	54.1	49.9
157	Uzbekistan	47.7	51.6	49.7
158	Turkmenistan	47.8	51.3	49.5
159	Angola	48.4	50.3	49.4
160	Rwanda	49.5	49.2	49.4
161	Sierra Leone	48.6	50.1	49.3
162	Togo	45.8	52.5	49.2
163	Uganda	48.8	48.9	48.8
164	Poland	47.6	49.7	48.6
165	Burkina Faso	46.1	50.1	48.1
166	Liberia	47.5	48.7	48.1
167	Zambia	48.0	47.9	48.0
168	Cambodia	46.3	49.5	47.9
169	Mongolia	45.1	47.6	46.3
170	Dem. Rep. of Congo	45.5	46.6	46.0
171	Vanuatu	44.6	46.5	45.6
172	Kiribati	43.3	46.2	44.8
173	Papua New Guinea	41.8	45.4	43.6
174	Burundi	42.9	42.4	42.6
175	Chad	41.4	42.7	42.1
176	Solomon Islands	39.0	41.7	40.3
177	Central African Rep.	39.1	40.0	39.5
178	South Sudan	37.9	40.9	39.4
179	Micronesia	36.3	39.7	38.0