Food in Japan

Country Food Similarity Index
2020

Similarity compared to Japan

Rank	Country	Unweighted Data	Food Group Based	Average
1	South Korea	75	80	77.5
2	Malaysia	74	72	73
3	Taiwan	70	69	69.5
4	Qatar	66	70	68
5	China	60	72	66
6	Cape Verde	65	66	65.5
7	Costa Rica	65	66	65.5
8	Ecuador	65	63	64
9	Bahrain	60	64	62
10	Seychelles	61	62	61.5
11	Suriname	63	57	60
12	India	56	63	59.5
13	Mauritius	59	60	59.5
14	Canada	58	59	58.5
15	Maldives	58	59	58.5
16	Panama	59	57	58
17	Thailand	57	59	58
18	Australia	55	59	57
19	Belize	56	58	57
20	New Zealand	58	55	56.5
21	Nicaragua	56	57	56.5
22	Russia	57	56	56.5
23	United Kingdom	56	57	56.5
24	Uruguay	54	59	56.5
25	Oman	54	58	56
26	Peru	57	55	56
27	United Arab Emirates	55	57	56
28	Austria	54	57	55.5
29	Barbados	55	56	55.5
30	Cuba	53	58	55.5
31	Portugal	53	58	55.5
32	United States	54	57	55.5
33	France	53	57	55
34	Ireland	55	55	55
35	Philippines	55	55	55
36	Brazil	55	54	54.5
37	Chile	52	57	54.5
38	Colombia	54	55	54.5
39	Georgia	53	56	54.5
40	South Africa	53	56	54.5
41	Ukraine	50	59	54.5
42	Bahamas	49	59	54
43	French Polynesia	54	54	54
44	Indonesia	54	54	54
45	Luxembourg	54	54	54
46	Malta	52	56	54
47	North Korea	50	58	54
48	Saudi Arabia	52	56	54
49	Slovenia	52	56	54
50	Venezuela	54	54	54
51	Iceland	55	52	53.5
52	Sri Lanka	52	55	53.5
53	Sweden	55	52	53.5
54	Cyprus	52	54	53
55	Norway	54	52	53
56	Senegal	50	56	53
57	Slovakia	52	54	53
58	Trinidad & Tobago	51	55	53
59	Denmark	54	51	52.5
60	Grenada	49	56	52.5
61	Israel	49	56	52.5
62	Czechia	50	54	52
63	East Timor	51	53	52
64	Egypt	48	56	52
65	Germany	51	53	52
66	Haiti	50	54	52
67	Lithuania	51	53	52
68	Mauritania	49	55	52
69	Nepal	55	49	52
70	Romania	47	57	52
71	Vietnam	52	52	52
72	Bosnia	48	55	51.5
73	Spain	52	51	51.5
74	Finland	51	51	51
75	Morocco	48	54	51
76	Namibia	50	52	51
77	Netherlands	50	52	51
78	Croatia	51	50	50.5
79	Italy	49	52	50.5
80	Kuwait	42	59	50.5
81	Switzerland	50	51	50.5
82	Antigua & Barbuda	51	49	50
83	Fiji	46	54	50
84	Jamaica	48	52	50
85	Latvia	49	51	50
86	New Caledonia	51	49	50
87	Argentina	48	51	49.5
88	Belarus	48	51	49.5
89	Bulgaria	48	51	49.5
90	Iran	45	54	49.5
91	Moldova	42	57	49.5
92	Botswana	45	53	49
93	Eswatini	49	49	49
94	St. Lucia	52	46	49
95	Montenegro	48	49	48.5
96	Poland	45	52	48.5
97	Bhutan	41	55	48
98	Estonia	47	49	48
99	Djibouti	44	51	47.5
100	Greece	44	51	47.5
101	Armenia	44	50	47
102	Dominican Republic	37	57	47
103	Guyana	37	57	47
104	Jordan	44	50	47
105	Myanmar	50	44	47
106	Bangladesh	44	49	46.5
107	El Salvador	46	47	46.5
108	Hungary	42	50	46
109	Serbia	45	47	46
110	Iraq	42	49	45.5
111	Turkey	41	50	45.5
112	Albania	40	50	45
113	Belgium	45	45	45
114	Yemen	45	45	45
115	Gambia	40	49	44.5
116	Honduras	44	45	44.5
117	Kyrgyzstan	40	49	44.5
118	Lebanon	42	47	44.5
119	Lesotho	42	47	44.5
120	Guatemala	43	45	44
121	Kiribati	42	46	44
122	Madagascar	40	48	44
123	Mexico	44	44	44
124	North Macedonia	39	49	44
125	Pakistan	42	46	44
126	Bolivia	36	51	43.5
127	Kazakhstan	41	46	43.5
128	Sao Tome	41	46	43.5
129	Libya	40	46	43
130	Azerbaijan	38	46	42
131	Samoa	41	42	41.5
132	Sierra Leone	43	39	41
133	St. Vincent	40	42	41
134	Turkmenistan	38	44	41
135	Algeria	33	48	40.5
136	Uzbekistan	37	44	40.5
137	Guinea-Bissau	39	41	40
138	Kenya	36	44	40
139	Micronesia	39	41	40
140	Guinea	41	38	39.5
141	Mali	34	45	39.5
142	Mongolia	34	45	39.5
143	Tajikistan	35	43	39
144	Tunisia	31	47	39
145	Laos	37	39	38
146	Liberia	39	37	38
147	Burkina Faso	32	43	37.5
148	Comoros	34	41	37.5
149	Gabon	38	37	37.5
150	Syria	31	43	37
151	Cambodia	35	38	36.5
152	Paraguay	32	41	36.5
153	Afghanistan	34	38	36
154	Mozambique	29	43	36
155	Vanuatu	34	38	36
156	Angola	33	37	35
157	Cameroon	28	38	33
158	Zambia	31	35	33
159	Benin	28	36	32
160	Sudan	27	36	31.5
161	Ethiopia	30	32	31
162	Ivory Coast	29	32	30.5
163	Malawi	26	34	30
164	Zimbabwe	29	30	29.5
165	Papua New Guinea	26	32	29
166	Tanzania	26	32	29
167	Rep. of Congo	29	28	28.5
168	Togo	28	29	28.5
169	Solomon Islands	26	30	28
170	Nigeria	22	33	27.5
171	Rwanda	19	33	26
172	Niger	19	32	25.5
173	Ghana	20	28	24
174	Uganda	18	27	22.5
175	Burundi	11	23	17
176	Chad	14	20	17
177	South Sudan	14	16	15
178	Central African Rep.	13	16	14.5
179	Dem. Rep. of Congo	9	17	13