Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Malaysia
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan | 78.5 | 78.9 | 78.7 |
| 2 | Japan | 77.5 | 78.0 | 77.8 |
| 3 | Mauritius | 77.0 | 77.7 | 77.4 |
| 4 | Thailand | 77.3 | 77.4 | 77.4 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 76.8 | 77.5 | 77.2 |
| 6 | South Korea | 75.8 | 76.2 | 76.0 |
| 7 | Philippines | 75.9 | 75.8 | 75.8 |
| 8 | Seychelles | 75.6 | 76.1 | 75.8 |
| 9 | Qatar | 74.9 | 76.2 | 75.5 |
| 10 | Suriname | 74.9 | 75.7 | 75.3 |
| 11 | Panama | 74.7 | 74.8 | 74.7 |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 73.5 | 75.5 | 74.5 |
| 13 | Trinidad & Tobago | 74.3 | 74.4 | 74.3 |
| 14 | Barbados | 74.1 | 74.1 | 74.1 |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 72.6 | 73.5 | 73.0 |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 71.4 | 74.6 | 73.0 |
| 17 | Ecuador | 72.6 | 73.1 | 72.8 |
| 18 | Maldives | 72.6 | 72.9 | 72.7 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 72.9 | 72.4 | 72.7 |
| 20 | Peru | 71.1 | 73.8 | 72.5 |
| 21 | Fiji | 71.9 | 71.6 | 71.8 |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 71.7 | 71.7 | 71.7 |
| 23 | Colombia | 71.0 | 71.0 | 71.0 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 70.5 | 70.7 | 70.6 |
| 25 | Belize | 70.5 | 70.6 | 70.5 |
| 26 | Oman | 70.4 | 70.4 | 70.4 |
| 27 | Grenada | 69.4 | 70.3 | 69.8 |
| 28 | China | 69.1 | 70.5 | 69.8 |
| 29 | Bahamas | 69.4 | 69.9 | 69.7 |
| 30 | Jamaica | 68.7 | 70.5 | 69.6 |
| 31 | Venezuela | 68.5 | 70.2 | 69.3 |
| 32 | India | 68.1 | 70.4 | 69.3 |
| 33 | South Africa | 69.1 | 69.2 | 69.2 |
| 34 | Mexico | 68.7 | 69.4 | 69.0 |
| 35 | Brazil | 68.7 | 69.3 | 69.0 |
| 36 | Antigua & Barbuda | 67.4 | 70.3 | 68.8 |
| 37 | United States | 68.6 | 68.9 | 68.8 |
| 38 | Vietnam | 68.5 | 68.9 | 68.7 |
| 39 | Kuwait | 68.0 | 69.0 | 68.5 |
| 40 | French Polynesia | 68.4 | 68.7 | 68.5 |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 67.8 | 68.5 | 68.1 |
| 42 | New Caledonia | 67.9 | 68.1 | 68.0 |
| 43 | Australia | 67.7 | 67.5 | 67.6 |
| 44 | North Korea | 65.6 | 68.9 | 67.2 |
| 45 | El Salvador | 66.5 | 67.8 | 67.1 |
| 46 | Israel | 66.6 | 67.4 | 67.0 |
| 47 | Canada | 66.6 | 67.1 | 66.9 |
| 48 | New Zealand | 66.9 | 66.4 | 66.7 |
| 49 | St. Lucia | 66.2 | 66.9 | 66.5 |
| 50 | Bolivia | 66.4 | 66.6 | 66.5 |
| 51 | Guyana | 64.9 | 68.1 | 66.5 |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 66.5 | 66.1 | 66.3 |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 64.9 | 67.5 | 66.2 |
| 54 | Portugal | 66.0 | 66.3 | 66.1 |
| 55 | Honduras | 65.5 | 65.7 | 65.6 |
| 56 | Malta | 65.2 | 65.5 | 65.4 |
| 57 | United Kingdom | 65.3 | 65.3 | 65.3 |
| 58 | Egypt | 63.6 | 65.4 | 64.5 |
| 59 | Cuba | 64.4 | 64.5 | 64.4 |
| 60 | Namibia | 64.4 | 64.3 | 64.4 |
| 61 | Guatemala | 64.0 | 64.4 | 64.2 |
| 62 | France | 64.3 | 64.0 | 64.1 |
| 63 | Chile | 63.7 | 63.8 | 63.7 |
| 64 | Yemen | 63.3 | 63.9 | 63.6 |
| 65 | Jordan | 63.4 | 63.7 | 63.5 |
| 66 | Georgia | 63.1 | 63.9 | 63.5 |
| 67 | East Timor | 62.8 | 64.0 | 63.4 |
| 68 | Uruguay | 63.4 | 63.2 | 63.3 |
| 69 | Eswatini | 63.1 | 63.5 | 63.3 |
| 70 | Cyprus | 63.0 | 63.4 | 63.2 |
| 71 | Bhutan | 62.6 | 63.6 | 63.1 |
| 72 | Senegal | 62.5 | 63.6 | 63.1 |
| 73 | Nepal | 63.1 | 62.3 | 62.7 |
| 74 | Norway | 62.6 | 62.8 | 62.7 |
| 75 | Austria | 63.1 | 62.3 | 62.7 |
| 76 | Denmark | 62.8 | 62.5 | 62.6 |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 62.7 | 62.6 | 62.6 |
| 78 | Iceland | 62.7 | 62.4 | 62.6 |
| 79 | Madagascar | 61.0 | 64.0 | 62.5 |
| 80 | Netherlands | 62.4 | 62.6 | 62.5 |
| 81 | Gambia | 62.0 | 62.4 | 62.2 |
| 82 | Slovenia | 62.1 | 62.2 | 62.1 |
| 83 | Argentina | 61.9 | 62.2 | 62.1 |
| 84 | Sao Tome | 61.5 | 62.6 | 62.1 |
| 85 | Germany | 62.4 | 61.6 | 62.0 |
| 86 | Haiti | 61.8 | 62.1 | 62.0 |
| 87 | Ukraine | 61.4 | 62.5 | 61.9 |
| 88 | Botswana | 62.5 | 61.3 | 61.9 |
| 89 | Ireland | 62.1 | 61.7 | 61.9 |
| 90 | Pakistan | 62.0 | 61.5 | 61.8 |
| 91 | Spain | 61.7 | 61.9 | 61.8 |
| 92 | Sweden | 61.9 | 61.3 | 61.6 |
| 93 | Turkey | 59.9 | 63.2 | 61.5 |
| 94 | Mozambique | 60.9 | 62.1 | 61.5 |
| 95 | Lebanon | 59.5 | 63.1 | 61.3 |
| 96 | Switzerland | 61.2 | 61.1 | 61.2 |
| 97 | Iran | 59.9 | 62.4 | 61.1 |
| 98 | Djibouti | 60.9 | 61.2 | 61.0 |
| 99 | Italy | 60.8 | 61.1 | 61.0 |
| 100 | Moldova | 60.1 | 61.8 | 60.9 |
| 101 | Russia | 60.6 | 61.1 | 60.8 |
| 102 | Bosnia | 60.0 | 61.5 | 60.7 |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 60.4 | 60.6 | 60.5 |
| 104 | Romania | 60.1 | 60.8 | 60.5 |
| 105 | Croatia | 60.5 | 60.0 | 60.3 |
| 106 | Czechia | 60.5 | 59.9 | 60.2 |
| 107 | Iraq | 58.9 | 61.4 | 60.1 |
| 108 | Mauritania | 60.4 | 59.3 | 59.8 |
| 109 | St. Vincent | 59.3 | 60.2 | 59.8 |
| 110 | Greece | 59.3 | 60.0 | 59.7 |
| 111 | Lesotho | 59.0 | 60.1 | 59.5 |
| 112 | Samoa | 58.1 | 60.3 | 59.2 |
| 113 | Myanmar | 59.1 | 59.2 | 59.2 |
| 114 | Comoros | 59.4 | 58.9 | 59.2 |
| 115 | Estonia | 59.5 | 58.8 | 59.1 |
| 116 | Finland | 59.2 | 58.9 | 59.1 |
| 117 | Kenya | 59.0 | 59.0 | 59.0 |
| 118 | Montenegro | 58.6 | 58.9 | 58.7 |
| 119 | Paraguay | 58.4 | 58.9 | 58.7 |
| 120 | Hungary | 58.9 | 58.3 | 58.6 |
| 121 | Morocco | 57.1 | 60.0 | 58.5 |
| 122 | Lithuania | 58.7 | 57.9 | 58.3 |
| 123 | Belgium | 58.4 | 57.9 | 58.2 |
| 124 | Slovakia | 58.5 | 57.8 | 58.1 |
| 125 | Serbia | 57.7 | 58.5 | 58.1 |
| 126 | Rep. of Congo | 57.7 | 57.9 | 57.8 |
| 127 | Latvia | 58.2 | 57.4 | 57.8 |
| 128 | Gabon | 57.6 | 58.0 | 57.8 |
| 129 | Ivory Coast | 57.5 | 57.4 | 57.5 |
| 130 | Libya | 55.9 | 58.8 | 57.4 |
| 131 | Albania | 55.7 | 58.6 | 57.1 |
| 132 | Cambodia | 55.7 | 57.7 | 56.7 |
| 133 | Armenia | 55.8 | 57.1 | 56.4 |
| 134 | North Macedonia | 55.4 | 57.3 | 56.4 |
| 135 | Belarus | 55.8 | 55.8 | 55.8 |
| 136 | Angola | 55.5 | 55.3 | 55.4 |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 54.7 | 56.0 | 55.3 |
| 138 | Kiribati | 54.1 | 56.3 | 55.2 |
| 139 | Liberia | 54.5 | 55.8 | 55.1 |
| 140 | Tanzania | 55.3 | 54.7 | 55.0 |
| 141 | Guinea | 54.9 | 54.7 | 54.8 |
| 142 | Syria | 53.7 | 55.7 | 54.7 |
| 143 | Algeria | 52.8 | 56.5 | 54.7 |
| 144 | Poland | 54.8 | 54.5 | 54.7 |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 54.3 | 54.9 | 54.6 |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 53.8 | 54.9 | 54.4 |
| 147 | Tunisia | 52.7 | 55.9 | 54.3 |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 53.3 | 55.0 | 54.1 |
| 149 | Mali | 52.7 | 55.1 | 53.9 |
| 150 | Cameroon | 52.6 | 55.0 | 53.8 |
| 151 | Laos | 53.6 | 53.9 | 53.8 |
| 152 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.3 | 53.9 | 53.6 |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | 52.5 | 54.2 | 53.3 |
| 154 | Benin | 52.6 | 54.0 | 53.3 |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 53.3 | 53.2 | 53.2 |
| 156 | Ghana | 52.2 | 54.1 | 53.1 |
| 157 | Nigeria | 51.0 | 54.2 | 52.6 |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 51.7 | 51.2 | 51.4 |
| 159 | Zambia | 50.0 | 51.9 | 50.9 |
| 160 | Togo | 49.6 | 52.2 | 50.9 |
| 161 | Mongolia | 50.1 | 50.7 | 50.4 |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 50.1 | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 49.0 | 49.1 | 49.1 |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 49.0 | 48.9 | 48.9 |
| 165 | Malawi | 47.8 | 49.5 | 48.6 |
| 166 | Rwanda | 47.2 | 49.4 | 48.3 |
| 167 | Uzbekistan | 47.8 | 48.7 | 48.2 |
| 168 | Micronesia | 48.1 | 48.3 | 48.2 |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 47.6 | 48.3 | 47.9 |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 48.1 | 47.3 | 47.7 |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 47.3 | 48.1 | 47.7 |
| 172 | Uganda | 46.3 | 46.3 | 46.3 |
| 173 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 44.2 | 47.4 | 45.8 |
| 174 | Burundi | 43.7 | 45.5 | 44.6 |
| 175 | Sudan | 43.6 | 43.8 | 43.7 |
| 176 | Niger | 42.2 | 42.1 | 42.1 |
| 177 | Central African Rep. | 38.5 | 37.9 | 38.2 |
| 178 | South Sudan | 37.8 | 37.4 | 37.6 |
| 179 | Chad | 38.3 | 36.5 | 37.4 |