Country Food Similarity Index
2020
Similarity compared to the Maldives
| Rank | Country | Unweighted Data | Food Group Based | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 74.1 | 73.8 | 73.9 |
| 2 | Qatar | 73.6 | 74.1 | 73.9 |
| 3 | Seychelles | 73.4 | 73.2 | 73.3 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 72.9 | 72.6 | 72.7 |
| 5 | Bahrain | 72.4 | 73.0 | 72.7 |
| 6 | Kuwait | 70.8 | 71.5 | 71.1 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 71.1 | 71.2 | 71.1 |
| 8 | Oman | 71.4 | 70.4 | 70.9 |
| 9 | Taiwan | 68.8 | 69.2 | 69.0 |
| 10 | Japan | 68.6 | 68.7 | 68.7 |
| 11 | New Caledonia | 68.8 | 68.3 | 68.5 |
| 12 | South Korea | 68.1 | 68.1 | 68.1 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 67.9 | 67.9 | 67.9 |
| 14 | Malta | 67.8 | 67.8 | 67.8 |
| 15 | Antigua & Barbuda | 67.5 | 67.0 | 67.3 |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 66.9 | 67.4 | 67.2 |
| 17 | Portugal | 67.1 | 67.0 | 67.0 |
| 18 | Barbados | 66.6 | 66.5 | 66.6 |
| 19 | Suriname | 66.5 | 66.6 | 66.5 |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 66.6 | 66.2 | 66.4 |
| 21 | Djibouti | 66.0 | 66.0 | 66.0 |
| 22 | Iraq | 66.5 | 65.2 | 65.9 |
| 23 | Spain | 65.8 | 65.7 | 65.8 |
| 24 | Chile | 65.6 | 65.9 | 65.7 |
| 25 | Jordan | 65.2 | 66.2 | 65.7 |
| 26 | Trinidad & Tobago | 65.6 | 65.7 | 65.6 |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 68.1 | 63.1 | 65.6 |
| 28 | New Zealand | 65.4 | 65.7 | 65.6 |
| 29 | Thailand | 65.3 | 65.8 | 65.5 |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 65.4 | 65.6 | 65.5 |
| 31 | Australia | 65.1 | 65.5 | 65.3 |
| 32 | Lebanon | 65.3 | 65.2 | 65.3 |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 65.2 | 65.3 | 65.2 |
| 34 | Iceland | 65.1 | 64.9 | 65.0 |
| 35 | Iran | 64.9 | 65.0 | 64.9 |
| 36 | Cyprus | 64.9 | 64.8 | 64.9 |
| 37 | Namibia | 64.6 | 65.1 | 64.9 |
| 38 | Canada | 64.5 | 65.1 | 64.8 |
| 39 | India | 65.3 | 64.0 | 64.6 |
| 40 | Montenegro | 64.7 | 64.6 | 64.6 |
| 41 | Russia | 64.5 | 64.5 | 64.5 |
| 42 | Bahamas | 64.5 | 64.5 | 64.5 |
| 43 | Norway | 64.5 | 64.5 | 64.5 |
| 44 | Fiji | 64.3 | 64.6 | 64.5 |
| 45 | Uruguay | 64.3 | 64.6 | 64.5 |
| 46 | Indonesia | 64.4 | 64.3 | 64.3 |
| 47 | Ecuador | 63.9 | 64.7 | 64.3 |
| 48 | Libya | 64.5 | 63.8 | 64.1 |
| 49 | Sweden | 63.9 | 64.3 | 64.1 |
| 50 | Italy | 64.2 | 63.9 | 64.1 |
| 51 | France | 63.9 | 64.2 | 64.1 |
| 52 | Grenada | 64.3 | 63.8 | 64.0 |
| 53 | French Polynesia | 64.4 | 63.5 | 63.9 |
| 54 | Peru | 64.2 | 63.4 | 63.8 |
| 55 | United States | 63.2 | 63.8 | 63.5 |
| 56 | Argentina | 63.0 | 63.5 | 63.2 |
| 57 | Croatia | 63.0 | 63.5 | 63.2 |
| 58 | Ireland | 63.1 | 63.3 | 63.2 |
| 59 | China | 63.5 | 62.8 | 63.2 |
| 60 | Slovenia | 62.9 | 63.4 | 63.2 |
| 61 | Slovakia | 62.9 | 63.4 | 63.1 |
| 62 | Egypt | 63.5 | 62.6 | 63.0 |
| 63 | Israel | 63.0 | 63.0 | 63.0 |
| 64 | Belize | 62.8 | 63.1 | 63.0 |
| 65 | Czechia | 62.6 | 63.2 | 62.9 |
| 66 | Netherlands | 63.2 | 62.6 | 62.9 |
| 67 | Denmark | 62.8 | 62.9 | 62.9 |
| 68 | Austria | 62.5 | 63.0 | 62.8 |
| 69 | Morocco | 63.3 | 62.3 | 62.8 |
| 70 | Yemen | 62.0 | 63.3 | 62.6 |
| 71 | Botswana | 62.1 | 62.8 | 62.5 |
| 72 | Bangladesh | 62.8 | 62.1 | 62.4 |
| 73 | Switzerland | 62.2 | 62.4 | 62.3 |
| 74 | Philippines | 62.2 | 61.9 | 62.1 |
| 75 | Mauritania | 61.4 | 62.6 | 62.0 |
| 76 | Romania | 62.1 | 61.8 | 62.0 |
| 77 | Greece | 62.1 | 61.7 | 61.9 |
| 78 | Lithuania | 61.8 | 62.0 | 61.9 |
| 79 | Georgia | 61.8 | 61.9 | 61.8 |
| 80 | Hungary | 61.5 | 61.9 | 61.7 |
| 81 | Bosnia | 61.5 | 61.7 | 61.6 |
| 82 | Albania | 62.4 | 60.7 | 61.6 |
| 83 | Guyana | 61.8 | 61.3 | 61.5 |
| 84 | Pakistan | 60.8 | 62.2 | 61.5 |
| 85 | Turkey | 61.5 | 61.3 | 61.4 |
| 86 | Tunisia | 63.0 | 59.6 | 61.3 |
| 87 | Panama | 60.9 | 61.2 | 61.1 |
| 88 | Germany | 60.5 | 61.1 | 60.8 |
| 89 | South Africa | 60.6 | 61.0 | 60.8 |
| 90 | Moldova | 60.9 | 60.4 | 60.6 |
| 91 | Belgium | 60.5 | 60.7 | 60.6 |
| 92 | Jamaica | 61.2 | 59.9 | 60.6 |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 60.5 | 60.6 | 60.5 |
| 94 | Ukraine | 60.2 | 60.4 | 60.3 |
| 95 | St. Lucia | 60.4 | 60.1 | 60.2 |
| 96 | Venezuela | 60.1 | 59.9 | 60.0 |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 60.0 | 59.7 | 59.9 |
| 98 | Syria | 60.7 | 58.5 | 59.6 |
| 99 | Finland | 59.4 | 59.8 | 59.6 |
| 100 | Algeria | 60.7 | 58.3 | 59.5 |
| 101 | Eswatini | 59.3 | 59.6 | 59.5 |
| 102 | Mexico | 59.1 | 59.5 | 59.3 |
| 103 | Bhutan | 59.5 | 58.9 | 59.2 |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 59.1 | 59.1 | 59.1 |
| 105 | Colombia | 58.3 | 59.7 | 59.0 |
| 106 | Brazil | 58.3 | 59.1 | 58.7 |
| 107 | Latvia | 58.3 | 58.6 | 58.4 |
| 108 | North Korea | 59.7 | 57.1 | 58.4 |
| 109 | Serbia | 58.2 | 58.2 | 58.2 |
| 110 | Nepal | 57.1 | 58.6 | 57.8 |
| 111 | Senegal | 57.8 | 57.8 | 57.8 |
| 112 | Vietnam | 57.8 | 57.7 | 57.7 |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 57.4 | 57.9 | 57.7 |
| 114 | Bolivia | 57.0 | 58.0 | 57.5 |
| 115 | El Salvador | 57.3 | 57.7 | 57.5 |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 57.1 | 57.9 | 57.5 |
| 117 | Gambia | 57.4 | 57.6 | 57.5 |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.6 | 57.2 | 57.4 |
| 119 | Estonia | 57.2 | 57.5 | 57.3 |
| 120 | Poland | 56.9 | 57.5 | 57.2 |
| 121 | East Timor | 58.2 | 56.2 | 57.2 |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 56.4 | 57.3 | 56.8 |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 56.5 | 56.8 | 56.6 |
| 124 | Armenia | 56.3 | 56.6 | 56.5 |
| 125 | Lesotho | 56.4 | 56.2 | 56.3 |
| 126 | Guatemala | 56.0 | 56.5 | 56.3 |
| 127 | Belarus | 55.9 | 56.1 | 56.0 |
| 128 | St. Vincent | 55.9 | 55.8 | 55.9 |
| 129 | Sao Tome | 55.6 | 54.6 | 55.1 |
| 130 | Mongolia | 55.6 | 54.1 | 54.8 |
| 131 | Honduras | 54.3 | 54.8 | 54.6 |
| 132 | Turkmenistan | 54.4 | 54.1 | 54.3 |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 53.9 | 54.1 | 54.0 |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 54.2 | 53.6 | 53.9 |
| 135 | Cuba | 53.5 | 54.1 | 53.8 |
| 136 | Samoa | 53.9 | 53.2 | 53.5 |
| 137 | Myanmar | 53.2 | 53.5 | 53.4 |
| 138 | Kiribati | 53.6 | 52.2 | 52.9 |
| 139 | Mozambique | 53.4 | 51.6 | 52.5 |
| 140 | Madagascar | 53.6 | 51.2 | 52.4 |
| 141 | Comoros | 52.1 | 51.8 | 52.0 |
| 142 | Paraguay | 50.9 | 52.4 | 51.6 |
| 143 | Kenya | 51.3 | 51.6 | 51.4 |
| 144 | Haiti | 50.9 | 51.9 | 51.4 |
| 145 | Gabon | 50.7 | 51.6 | 51.1 |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 |
| 147 | Laos | 50.0 | 49.6 | 49.8 |
| 148 | Cambodia | 49.5 | 48.7 | 49.1 |
| 149 | Ivory Coast | 50.7 | 47.4 | 49.0 |
| 150 | Mali | 50.1 | 47.4 | 48.8 |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 49.6 | 47.5 | 48.6 |
| 152 | Sierra Leone | 49.1 | 47.0 | 48.1 |
| 153 | Rep. of Congo | 47.7 | 47.8 | 47.8 |
| 154 | Guinea | 47.8 | 46.8 | 47.3 |
| 155 | Liberia | 47.7 | 45.9 | 46.8 |
| 156 | Tanzania | 45.8 | 46.7 | 46.2 |
| 157 | Angola | 45.8 | 46.2 | 46.0 |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 45.8 | 45.8 | 45.8 |
| 159 | Cameroon | 46.9 | 43.4 | 45.2 |
| 160 | Sudan | 44.5 | 45.1 | 44.8 |
| 161 | Nigeria | 45.6 | 41.8 | 43.7 |
| 162 | Micronesia | 42.7 | 44.0 | 43.3 |
| 163 | Zambia | 44.7 | 41.8 | 43.2 |
| 164 | Ghana | 44.3 | 41.8 | 43.1 |
| 165 | Zimbabwe | 42.2 | 42.6 | 42.4 |
| 166 | Benin | 42.9 | 41.2 | 42.1 |
| 167 | Niger | 40.8 | 41.1 | 40.9 |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 40.3 | 41.4 | 40.9 |
| 169 | Togo | 41.4 | 40.0 | 40.7 |
| 170 | Rwanda | 41.7 | 39.3 | 40.5 |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 40.5 | 40.2 | 40.4 |
| 172 | Burkina Faso | 40.2 | 40.5 | 40.3 |
| 173 | Malawi | 38.9 | 38.9 | 38.9 |
| 174 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 39.4 | 36.6 | 38.0 |
| 175 | Uganda | 37.0 | 37.7 | 37.4 |
| 176 | Burundi | 34.8 | 33.1 | 34.0 |
| 177 | Chad | 31.4 | 32.3 | 31.8 |
| 178 | South Sudan | 31.0 | 30.8 | 30.9 |
| 179 | Central African Rep. | 30.2 | 29.9 | 30.1 |