Food in Malawi

Country Food Similarity Index
2020

Similarity compared to Malawi

Rank	Country	Unweighted Data	Food Group Based	Average
1	Kenya	67.2	66.2	66.7
2	Mozambique	67.0	64.9	65.9
3	Tanzania	66.0	65.4	65.7
4	Uganda	63.7	66.5	65.1
5	Rwanda	63.7	65.9	64.8
6	Paraguay	61.3	62.3	61.8
7	Angola	61.6	62.0	61.8
8	Haiti	60.4	61.3	60.8
9	Cameroon	60.9	60.6	60.7
10	Cuba	59.0	62.1	60.5
11	Burundi	57.9	63.0	60.5
12	Madagascar	59.1	60.7	59.9
13	Zambia	57.2	62.1	59.6
14	Zimbabwe	58.5	60.6	59.6
15	Dem. Rep. of Congo	56.9	60.1	58.5
16	Venezuela	57.8	59.0	58.4
17	Guatemala	58.1	57.7	57.9
18	Colombia	57.3	58.6	57.9
19	El Salvador	56.8	57.7	57.3
20	Mexico	56.2	58.0	57.1
21	Rep. of Congo	55.8	57.9	56.9
22	Brazil	55.3	58.4	56.8
23	Cape Verde	55.7	57.6	56.6
24	Indonesia	55.1	57.7	56.4
25	Mali	54.5	57.4	55.9
26	Nigeria	54.5	57.2	55.9
27	Nicaragua	56.1	55.5	55.8
28	Ghana	54.3	57.0	55.7
29	Guinea-Bissau	54.0	56.6	55.3
30	East Timor	54.4	56.2	55.3
31	Central African Rep.	53.5	56.6	55.0
32	Guinea	54.5	55.4	55.0
33	South Africa	53.5	56.5	55.0
34	Bolivia	53.8	56.0	54.9
35	Peru	54.4	54.7	54.5
36	Philippines	53.1	55.6	54.4
37	Eswatini	53.0	55.0	54.0
38	Dominican Republic	52.9	54.3	53.6
39	Benin	52.9	54.3	53.6
40	Guyana	53.5	53.6	53.5
41	Honduras	52.5	54.4	53.4
42	Togo	51.7	55.1	53.4
43	Botswana	53.3	53.2	53.2
44	India	52.4	53.4	52.9
45	Lesotho	51.5	53.7	52.6
46	Ecuador	50.6	54.6	52.6
47	Vietnam	49.7	55.2	52.4
48	Panama	50.9	53.9	52.4
49	Burkina Faso	48.9	55.6	52.3
50	Senegal	51.2	53.3	52.2
51	South Sudan	51.1	53.1	52.1
52	Laos	50.1	53.5	51.8
53	Egypt	51.4	52.1	51.8
54	Ivory Coast	50.4	52.6	51.5
55	Namibia	49.9	52.6	51.3
56	Uruguay	49.8	52.6	51.2
57	Bahamas	49.4	52.6	51.0
58	St. Vincent	49.2	52.1	50.7
59	Ethiopia	50.3	50.7	50.5
60	Nepal	49.0	51.8	50.4
61	Jamaica	49.7	51.0	50.3
62	Myanmar	46.7	53.7	50.2
63	Costa Rica	48.5	51.6	50.0
64	Grenada	49.1	50.8	50.0
65	North Korea	49.1	50.5	49.8
66	China	48.6	50.7	49.6
67	Belize	48.1	50.8	49.5
68	Suriname	48.5	50.2	49.3
69	Pakistan	48.3	50.3	49.3
70	South Korea	47.8	50.7	49.3
71	Yemen	47.3	50.4	48.9
72	Malaysia	47.8	49.5	48.6
73	Taiwan	47.1	50.2	48.6
74	Sierra Leone	46.4	50.7	48.6
75	Sri Lanka	48.3	48.7	48.5
76	Bhutan	47.8	48.8	48.3
77	Moldova	46.3	50.0	48.1
78	Comoros	47.0	49.2	48.1
79	Liberia	46.3	49.5	47.9
80	Japan	46.7	49.1	47.9
81	Bangladesh	46.9	48.6	47.8
82	Antigua & Barbuda	45.7	49.8	47.7
83	Fiji	46.8	48.5	47.7
84	Thailand	46.5	48.4	47.5
85	United States	46.0	48.9	47.5
86	Ukraine	46.2	48.5	47.3
87	Bosnia	45.8	48.6	47.2
88	Trinidad & Tobago	45.7	48.6	47.2
89	Argentina	45.3	48.9	47.1
90	Seychelles	45.7	48.0	46.8
91	Barbados	45.5	48.1	46.8
92	Malta	45.8	47.8	46.8
93	Serbia	44.3	49.0	46.6
94	Romania	45.4	47.8	46.6
95	St. Lucia	44.3	48.7	46.5
96	Oman	46.3	46.0	46.1
97	Niger	45.1	47.1	46.1
98	Sudan	45.8	46.4	46.1
99	Australia	44.0	48.0	46.0
100	Mauritius	45.4	46.2	45.8
101	Gabon	45.4	46.1	45.8
102	Qatar	45.4	46.0	45.7
103	Israel	44.2	47.0	45.6
104	Canada	44.0	46.9	45.5
105	Portugal	44.5	45.6	45.1
106	Cyprus	43.7	46.4	45.1
107	United Arab Emirates	44.3	45.8	45.0
108	Slovenia	43.5	46.5	45.0
109	Cambodia	42.8	47.2	45.0
110	Georgia	43.3	46.6	45.0
111	Morocco	43.9	46.0	44.9
112	Bulgaria	43.6	46.2	44.9
113	Armenia	43.6	46.0	44.8
114	New Zealand	43.3	46.3	44.8
115	Chile	43.3	46.3	44.8
116	Djibouti	43.7	45.9	44.8
117	Saudi Arabia	43.8	45.5	44.7
118	Bahrain	43.7	44.9	44.3
119	Russia	42.2	46.2	44.2
120	Turkey	43.2	44.9	44.0
121	Chad	43.2	44.6	43.9
122	New Caledonia	41.1	46.1	43.6
123	North Macedonia	42.0	44.8	43.4
124	Kyrgyzstan	42.4	44.1	43.3
125	Montenegro	41.7	44.5	43.1
126	France	42.4	43.8	43.1
127	Croatia	42.0	44.1	43.0
128	Kuwait	42.5	43.3	42.9
129	Papua New Guinea	40.3	45.1	42.7
130	Jordan	42.1	43.0	42.6
131	Mauritania	41.0	43.9	42.5
132	Gambia	40.3	44.4	42.4
133	Algeria	41.6	43.1	42.4
134	Austria	41.7	43.0	42.4
135	French Polynesia	39.7	44.7	42.2
136	Luxembourg	41.2	43.2	42.2
137	Sao Tome	41.2	42.8	42.0
138	Italy	41.6	42.4	42.0
139	Switzerland	40.6	43.2	41.9
140	United Kingdom	40.3	43.4	41.9
141	Ireland	40.2	43.3	41.7
142	Germany	40.9	42.5	41.7
143	Azerbaijan	40.9	42.3	41.6
144	Samoa	41.0	41.9	41.5
145	Spain	40.7	42.2	41.4
146	Belarus	39.3	43.6	41.4
147	Iran	40.2	42.3	41.2
148	Lebanon	40.3	42.0	41.2
149	Netherlands	40.5	41.7	41.1
150	Lithuania	39.7	42.5	41.1
151	Finland	39.8	42.3	41.1
152	Estonia	39.9	41.7	40.8
153	Greece	40.2	41.4	40.8
154	Albania	39.6	41.9	40.7
155	Norway	39.7	41.7	40.7
156	Iceland	39.7	41.5	40.6
157	Sweden	39.5	41.6	40.6
158	Afghanistan	39.4	41.3	40.3
159	Iraq	39.7	40.9	40.3
160	Micronesia	38.5	41.9	40.2
161	Czechia	38.1	41.3	39.7
162	Kazakhstan	38.1	41.3	39.7
163	Denmark	38.5	40.8	39.7
164	Syria	39.0	40.3	39.6
165	Latvia	38.4	40.7	39.6
166	Slovakia	38.4	40.5	39.5
167	Poland	37.7	41.1	39.4
168	Libya	38.7	39.5	39.1
169	Tunisia	38.5	39.3	38.9
170	Maldives	38.9	38.9	38.9
171	Belgium	37.4	38.7	38.0
172	Hungary	36.5	39.0	37.7
173	Uzbekistan	36.6	38.2	37.4
174	Tajikistan	36.9	37.8	37.3
175	Mongolia	35.0	38.6	36.8
176	Turkmenistan	35.5	36.7	36.1
177	Kiribati	31.8	35.8	33.8
178	Vanuatu	30.0	36.0	33.0
179	Solomon Islands	29.8	35.5	32.6