Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Jamaica
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahamas | 74.4 | 74.6 | 74.5 |
| 2 | Grenada | 72.9 | 74.1 | 73.5 |
| 3 | Trinidad & Tobago | 70.2 | 73.3 | 71.7 |
| 4 | Barbados | 70.5 | 72.5 | 71.5 |
| 5 | St. Lucia | 70.0 | 72.5 | 71.3 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 70.4 | 70.6 | 70.5 |
| 7 | Cape Verde | 69.5 | 70.9 | 70.2 |
| 8 | Peru | 69.0 | 71.0 | 70.0 |
| 9 | Belize | 69.8 | 69.6 | 69.7 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 68.7 | 70.5 | 69.6 |
| 11 | Antigua & Barbuda | 67.3 | 71.8 | 69.5 |
| 12 | Cuba | 69.2 | 69.8 | 69.5 |
| 13 | Colombia | 69.3 | 69.6 | 69.4 |
| 14 | Fiji | 68.7 | 70.0 | 69.4 |
| 15 | St. Vincent | 67.6 | 70.5 | 69.0 |
| 16 | Guyana | 67.3 | 70.1 | 68.7 |
| 17 | Brazil | 68.2 | 68.9 | 68.5 |
| 18 | Suriname | 67.9 | 69.0 | 68.4 |
| 19 | Panama | 66.9 | 68.4 | 67.6 |
| 20 | Mauritius | 66.2 | 67.9 | 67.1 |
| 21 | Mexico | 66.3 | 66.9 | 66.6 |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 65.2 | 67.9 | 66.5 |
| 23 | Ecuador | 65.9 | 66.5 | 66.2 |
| 24 | El Salvador | 65.8 | 66.7 | 66.2 |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 65.7 | 66.6 | 66.2 |
| 26 | Bolivia | 65.9 | 66.1 | 66.0 |
| 27 | Honduras | 65.7 | 66.2 | 66.0 |
| 28 | Taiwan | 65.4 | 66.5 | 66.0 |
| 29 | United States | 65.5 | 66.4 | 65.9 |
| 30 | Japan | 64.9 | 66.8 | 65.8 |
| 31 | Indonesia | 65.2 | 65.3 | 65.3 |
| 32 | Thailand | 65.2 | 65.2 | 65.2 |
| 33 | Uruguay | 64.6 | 65.5 | 65.1 |
| 34 | South Africa | 64.0 | 65.6 | 64.8 |
| 35 | Guatemala | 64.1 | 65.3 | 64.7 |
| 36 | Philippines | 63.2 | 65.2 | 64.2 |
| 37 | Qatar | 63.2 | 64.7 | 64.0 |
| 38 | Portugal | 63.0 | 64.8 | 63.9 |
| 39 | Haiti | 62.9 | 64.7 | 63.8 |
| 40 | Argentina | 63.1 | 64.1 | 63.6 |
| 41 | Seychelles | 62.2 | 64.8 | 63.5 |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 62.8 | 63.9 | 63.3 |
| 43 | New Caledonia | 62.3 | 64.3 | 63.3 |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 62.6 | 63.5 | 63.0 |
| 45 | South Korea | 62.2 | 63.7 | 62.9 |
| 46 | Australia | 61.7 | 64.0 | 62.8 |
| 47 | French Polynesia | 61.4 | 64.0 | 62.7 |
| 48 | New Zealand | 62.1 | 63.3 | 62.7 |
| 49 | Malta | 61.4 | 62.4 | 61.9 |
| 50 | Eswatini | 61.7 | 61.9 | 61.8 |
| 51 | Vietnam | 61.8 | 61.8 | 61.8 |
| 52 | Sao Tome | 60.6 | 62.9 | 61.8 |
| 53 | Bahrain | 61.5 | 62.0 | 61.7 |
| 54 | Chile | 60.6 | 62.0 | 61.3 |
| 55 | Israel | 60.4 | 62.2 | 61.3 |
| 56 | United Arab Emirates | 60.5 | 62.0 | 61.2 |
| 57 | Gabon | 60.6 | 61.8 | 61.2 |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 60.5 | 61.7 | 61.1 |
| 59 | Oman | 60.8 | 61.3 | 61.1 |
| 60 | Canada | 60.1 | 61.5 | 60.8 |
| 61 | Maldives | 59.9 | 61.2 | 60.6 |
| 62 | Kuwait | 60.0 | 61.0 | 60.5 |
| 63 | Kenya | 61.0 | 59.3 | 60.1 |
| 64 | Egypt | 59.6 | 60.5 | 60.1 |
| 65 | Iceland | 58.2 | 61.9 | 60.0 |
| 66 | Rep. of Congo | 59.5 | 60.5 | 60.0 |
| 67 | China | 59.7 | 60.1 | 59.9 |
| 68 | Samoa | 58.0 | 61.6 | 59.8 |
| 69 | Namibia | 58.2 | 61.4 | 59.8 |
| 70 | Ghana | 57.9 | 60.6 | 59.3 |
| 71 | Madagascar | 56.9 | 60.8 | 58.9 |
| 72 | Senegal | 57.7 | 60.1 | 58.9 |
| 73 | France | 57.9 | 59.8 | 58.8 |
| 74 | Comoros | 58.0 | 59.5 | 58.8 |
| 75 | Paraguay | 58.8 | 58.5 | 58.6 |
| 76 | Jordan | 58.2 | 59.0 | 58.6 |
| 77 | Norway | 58.0 | 59.1 | 58.5 |
| 78 | Mozambique | 56.9 | 60.1 | 58.5 |
| 79 | Ivory Coast | 57.0 | 60.0 | 58.5 |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 57.5 | 59.4 | 58.5 |
| 81 | North Korea | 57.7 | 59.1 | 58.4 |
| 82 | Botswana | 58.4 | 58.4 | 58.4 |
| 83 | Croatia | 57.7 | 58.9 | 58.3 |
| 84 | Denmark | 57.9 | 58.6 | 58.3 |
| 85 | Cyprus | 57.5 | 59.1 | 58.3 |
| 86 | Ireland | 57.5 | 58.9 | 58.2 |
| 87 | India | 57.8 | 58.5 | 58.2 |
| 88 | Netherlands | 57.9 | 58.1 | 58.0 |
| 89 | Spain | 57.2 | 58.7 | 58.0 |
| 90 | Austria | 57.6 | 58.4 | 58.0 |
| 91 | Cameroon | 57.8 | 58.0 | 57.9 |
| 92 | Lithuania | 58.0 | 57.7 | 57.8 |
| 93 | Slovenia | 57.3 | 58.3 | 57.8 |
| 94 | Lebanon | 56.2 | 59.3 | 57.7 |
| 95 | Montenegro | 57.3 | 58.1 | 57.7 |
| 96 | Ukraine | 56.9 | 58.4 | 57.7 |
| 97 | Switzerland | 57.0 | 58.3 | 57.6 |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 56.8 | 58.4 | 57.6 |
| 99 | Germany | 57.1 | 57.9 | 57.5 |
| 100 | Turkey | 55.8 | 59.1 | 57.4 |
| 101 | Bosnia | 56.4 | 58.5 | 57.4 |
| 102 | Sweden | 56.7 | 58.1 | 57.4 |
| 103 | Italy | 56.4 | 57.9 | 57.2 |
| 104 | Yemen | 56.5 | 57.7 | 57.1 |
| 105 | Greece | 56.2 | 57.5 | 56.9 |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 56.3 | 57.1 | 56.7 |
| 107 | Czechia | 56.2 | 57.0 | 56.6 |
| 108 | Angola | 55.7 | 57.4 | 56.5 |
| 109 | Mali | 55.5 | 57.0 | 56.2 |
| 110 | Estonia | 56.1 | 56.4 | 56.2 |
| 111 | Russia | 55.4 | 57.0 | 56.2 |
| 112 | Finland | 55.8 | 56.2 | 56.0 |
| 113 | Georgia | 55.0 | 56.9 | 56.0 |
| 114 | Latvia | 55.8 | 56.0 | 55.9 |
| 115 | East Timor | 54.5 | 57.1 | 55.8 |
| 116 | Moldova | 54.9 | 56.7 | 55.8 |
| 117 | Nigeria | 54.8 | 56.8 | 55.8 |
| 118 | Romania | 55.2 | 56.4 | 55.8 |
| 119 | Slovakia | 54.8 | 55.4 | 55.1 |
| 120 | Mauritania | 54.2 | 55.8 | 55.0 |
| 121 | Bhutan | 54.5 | 55.5 | 55.0 |
| 122 | Benin | 52.6 | 57.2 | 54.9 |
| 123 | Iran | 54.0 | 55.8 | 54.9 |
| 124 | Djibouti | 54.1 | 55.5 | 54.8 |
| 125 | Serbia | 54.2 | 55.3 | 54.7 |
| 126 | Belgium | 54.3 | 55.1 | 54.7 |
| 127 | Tanzania | 53.9 | 55.4 | 54.7 |
| 128 | Albania | 53.3 | 55.3 | 54.3 |
| 129 | Libya | 52.7 | 55.4 | 54.0 |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 52.6 | 55.3 | 53.9 |
| 131 | Guinea | 53.9 | 53.8 | 53.9 |
| 132 | Morocco | 52.2 | 55.5 | 53.8 |
| 133 | Syria | 53.4 | 54.2 | 53.8 |
| 134 | Pakistan | 53.6 | 53.0 | 53.3 |
| 135 | Poland | 53.3 | 53.3 | 53.3 |
| 136 | Iraq | 52.7 | 53.7 | 53.2 |
| 137 | Hungary | 53.0 | 53.4 | 53.2 |
| 138 | Liberia | 52.3 | 54.0 | 53.2 |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 52.0 | 54.3 | 53.1 |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 53.3 | 52.9 | 53.1 |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 52.2 | 53.9 | 53.0 |
| 142 | Laos | 52.6 | 53.1 | 52.8 |
| 143 | Lesotho | 52.1 | 53.4 | 52.8 |
| 144 | Tunisia | 51.6 | 53.9 | 52.7 |
| 145 | Algeria | 50.7 | 53.5 | 52.1 |
| 146 | Gambia | 51.0 | 52.8 | 51.9 |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.1 | 52.6 | 51.8 |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 50.0 | 52.8 | 51.4 |
| 149 | Rwanda | 49.7 | 52.4 | 51.1 |
| 150 | Kazakhstan | 50.3 | 51.7 | 51.0 |
| 151 | Belarus | 50.5 | 51.3 | 50.9 |
| 152 | Armenia | 49.9 | 51.5 | 50.7 |
| 153 | Malawi | 49.7 | 51.0 | 50.3 |
| 154 | Togo | 48.6 | 51.9 | 50.3 |
| 155 | Azerbaijan | 49.4 | 50.9 | 50.1 |
| 156 | Nepal | 49.7 | 50.4 | 50.0 |
| 157 | Kiribati | 47.8 | 50.9 | 49.3 |
| 158 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.8 | 49.7 | 49.3 |
| 159 | Myanmar | 48.5 | 49.9 | 49.2 |
| 160 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 47.1 | 50.7 | 48.9 |
| 161 | Sudan | 49.4 | 48.3 | 48.9 |
| 162 | Zimbabwe | 49.1 | 48.6 | 48.8 |
| 163 | Cambodia | 46.3 | 50.2 | 48.2 |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 46.9 | 49.3 | 48.1 |
| 165 | Mongolia | 47.0 | 48.1 | 47.5 |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 46.9 | 48.1 | 47.5 |
| 167 | Central African Rep. | 46.4 | 47.8 | 47.1 |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 46.3 | 47.5 | 46.9 |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 46.4 | 44.9 | 45.6 |
| 170 | Niger | 45.5 | 45.6 | 45.6 |
| 171 | Micronesia | 43.6 | 47.6 | 45.6 |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 44.7 | 45.3 | 45.0 |
| 173 | Uganda | 44.5 | 45.1 | 44.8 |
| 174 | Uzbekistan | 44.1 | 44.8 | 44.5 |
| 175 | Burundi | 41.8 | 46.5 | 44.2 |
| 176 | Zambia | 42.6 | 44.8 | 43.7 |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 43.3 | 44.0 | 43.6 |
| 178 | Chad | 42.4 | 40.4 | 41.4 |
| 179 | South Sudan | 40.1 | 39.3 | 39.7 |