Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to New Zealand
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 84.8 | 84.9 | 84.8 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 82.5 | 82.1 | 82.3 |
| 3 | Canada | 79.9 | 79.0 | 79.4 |
| 4 | France | 78.8 | 78.9 | 78.9 |
| 5 | Ireland | 78.9 | 78.7 | 78.8 |
| 6 | United States | 78.9 | 78.3 | 78.6 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 77.3 | 78.1 | 77.7 |
| 8 | Malta | 77.2 | 77.4 | 77.3 |
| 9 | Norway | 77.2 | 77.2 | 77.2 |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 77.1 | 77.0 | 77.0 |
| 11 | Sweden | 77.1 | 76.9 | 77.0 |
| 12 | Chile | 77.1 | 76.9 | 77.0 |
| 13 | Austria | 77.0 | 76.9 | 76.9 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 76.4 | 77.1 | 76.7 |
| 15 | Portugal | 76.3 | 77.0 | 76.6 |
| 16 | Barbados | 76.3 | 76.5 | 76.4 |
| 17 | Denmark | 76.2 | 76.0 | 76.1 |
| 18 | Iceland | 76.1 | 76.0 | 76.1 |
| 19 | Spain | 75.1 | 75.5 | 75.3 |
| 20 | Finland | 74.9 | 74.9 | 74.9 |
| 21 | Croatia | 74.6 | 74.8 | 74.7 |
| 22 | Germany | 74.6 | 74.4 | 74.5 |
| 23 | Uruguay | 74.3 | 74.6 | 74.4 |
| 24 | Slovenia | 74.0 | 74.3 | 74.2 |
| 25 | Belgium | 74.1 | 74.2 | 74.1 |
| 26 | Argentina | 73.7 | 74.0 | 73.9 |
| 27 | Czechia | 73.7 | 73.6 | 73.6 |
| 28 | Mauritius | 73.2 | 74.0 | 73.6 |
| 29 | Italy | 73.1 | 74.1 | 73.6 |
| 30 | Seychelles | 73.0 | 73.4 | 73.2 |
| 31 | Slovakia | 73.2 | 72.9 | 73.1 |
| 32 | New Caledonia | 72.7 | 73.2 | 72.9 |
| 33 | Russia | 72.7 | 72.9 | 72.8 |
| 34 | Japan | 72.9 | 72.4 | 72.6 |
| 35 | Trinidad & Tobago | 72.5 | 72.7 | 72.6 |
| 36 | Lithuania | 72.5 | 72.4 | 72.4 |
| 37 | Israel | 72.4 | 72.5 | 72.4 |
| 38 | Montenegro | 71.4 | 72.7 | 72.0 |
| 39 | Greece | 70.4 | 73.4 | 71.9 |
| 40 | Estonia | 71.4 | 71.6 | 71.5 |
| 41 | Cyprus | 71.4 | 71.6 | 71.5 |
| 42 | Bahrain | 71.1 | 71.7 | 71.4 |
| 43 | Bosnia | 69.0 | 72.1 | 70.5 |
| 44 | Qatar | 70.0 | 71.0 | 70.5 |
| 45 | Romania | 69.9 | 71.0 | 70.5 |
| 46 | Kuwait | 69.9 | 71.0 | 70.4 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 70.3 | 70.6 | 70.4 |
| 48 | Taiwan | 70.3 | 69.9 | 70.1 |
| 49 | Latvia | 70.2 | 69.9 | 70.0 |
| 50 | Serbia | 69.3 | 70.7 | 70.0 |
| 51 | South Africa | 69.6 | 69.8 | 69.7 |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 69.4 | 69.9 | 69.7 |
| 53 | Georgia | 69.1 | 70.0 | 69.5 |
| 54 | Ukraine | 68.8 | 70.1 | 69.5 |
| 55 | Namibia | 69.2 | 69.5 | 69.3 |
| 56 | Bahamas | 69.2 | 69.5 | 69.3 |
| 57 | Peru | 68.9 | 69.4 | 69.1 |
| 58 | Grenada | 68.8 | 69.0 | 68.9 |
| 59 | Lebanon | 67.5 | 70.1 | 68.8 |
| 60 | Hungary | 68.9 | 68.6 | 68.8 |
| 61 | Ecuador | 69.2 | 68.3 | 68.8 |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 65.9 | 70.5 | 68.2 |
| 63 | St. Lucia | 68.0 | 68.4 | 68.2 |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 68.1 | 68.2 | 68.2 |
| 65 | Poland | 68.1 | 68.2 | 68.1 |
| 66 | Armenia | 67.1 | 69.0 | 68.1 |
| 67 | Albania | 64.8 | 71.2 | 68.0 |
| 68 | Moldova | 67.6 | 67.9 | 67.7 |
| 69 | Turkey | 64.7 | 70.5 | 67.6 |
| 70 | Bolivia | 67.0 | 67.6 | 67.3 |
| 71 | Jordan | 66.2 | 68.2 | 67.2 |
| 72 | Antigua & Barbuda | 67.1 | 67.0 | 67.0 |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 66.5 | 67.3 | 66.9 |
| 74 | Iran | 64.9 | 68.6 | 66.8 |
| 75 | South Korea | 66.5 | 66.8 | 66.7 |
| 76 | Malaysia | 66.9 | 66.4 | 66.7 |
| 77 | Oman | 65.8 | 67.5 | 66.6 |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 65.5 | 67.7 | 66.6 |
| 79 | Belarus | 66.4 | 66.3 | 66.3 |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 65.3 | 67.0 | 66.1 |
| 81 | Mexico | 65.8 | 66.4 | 66.1 |
| 82 | Belize | 65.9 | 66.0 | 66.0 |
| 83 | Morocco | 64.8 | 67.1 | 65.9 |
| 84 | Colombia | 65.7 | 66.1 | 65.9 |
| 85 | Botswana | 66.0 | 65.9 | 65.9 |
| 86 | Maldives | 65.7 | 65.4 | 65.6 |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.2 | 66.8 | 65.5 |
| 88 | Lesotho | 64.9 | 66.1 | 65.5 |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 65.3 | 65.4 | 65.4 |
| 90 | ||||
| 91 | Panama | 64.9 | 64.9 | 64.9 |
| 92 | China | 64.6 | 65.0 | 64.8 |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 63.3 | 65.7 | 64.5 |
| 94 | Fiji | 63.8 | 64.5 | 64.2 |
| 95 | Brazil | 63.8 | 64.1 | 64.0 |
| 96 | Syria | 61.9 | 66.0 | 63.9 |
| 97 | Algeria | 60.8 | 66.2 | 63.5 |
| 98 | El Salvador | 62.5 | 63.2 | 62.8 |
| 99 | St. Vincent | 62.5 | 63.1 | 62.8 |
| 100 | Jamaica | 62.1 | 63.3 | 62.7 |
| 101 | Egypt | 61.3 | 63.5 | 62.4 |
| 102 | Guatemala | 61.4 | 63.0 | 62.2 |
| 103 | Venezuela | 61.8 | 62.0 | 61.9 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 61.0 | 62.8 | 61.9 |
| 105 | Tunisia | 59.4 | 63.8 | 61.6 |
| 106 | Mauritania | 61.1 | 61.7 | 61.4 |
| 107 | Yemen | 60.5 | 62.0 | 61.3 |
| 108 | Honduras | 60.9 | 61.6 | 61.3 |
| 109 | Eswatini | 60.8 | 61.5 | 61.2 |
| 110 | Pakistan | 61.2 | 61.1 | 61.2 |
| 111 | Mongolia | 60.7 | 61.5 | 61.1 |
| 112 | Djibouti | 59.9 | 62.1 | 61.0 |
| 113 | Libya | 60.5 | 61.3 | 60.9 |
| 114 | Iraq | 59.1 | 62.5 | 60.8 |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 59.7 | 61.5 | 60.6 |
| 116 | Philippines | 59.9 | 60.1 | 60.0 |
| 117 | Suriname | 59.2 | 60.0 | 59.6 |
| 118 | Thailand | 59.7 | 59.3 | 59.5 |
| 119 | India | 57.1 | 61.8 | 59.5 |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 58.1 | 60.9 | 59.5 |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 58.7 | 59.1 | 58.9 |
| 122 | Dominican Republic | 56.6 | 60.9 | 58.7 |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 58.1 | 59.1 | 58.6 |
| 124 | Cuba | 57.4 | 58.8 | 58.1 |
| 125 | Kenya | 55.5 | 59.5 | 57.5 |
| 126 | North Korea | 55.9 | 58.9 | 57.4 |
| 127 | Guyana | 54.6 | 59.3 | 57.0 |
| 128 | Bhutan | 56.2 | 57.5 | 56.9 |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 56.3 | 56.2 | 56.3 |
| 130 | Indonesia | 56.1 | 56.2 | 56.1 |
| 131 | Vietnam | 55.9 | 56.2 | 56.0 |
| 132 | Sao Tome | 55.3 | 55.7 | 55.5 |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 54.9 | 55.7 | 55.3 |
| 134 | Paraguay | 54.8 | 55.6 | 55.2 |
| 135 | Nepal | 54.1 | 56.2 | 55.1 |
| 136 | Senegal | 52.7 | 55.9 | 54.3 |
| 137 | Haiti | 53.2 | 54.1 | 53.6 |
| 138 | Samoa | 52.8 | 53.4 | 53.1 |
| 139 | Madagascar | 50.1 | 54.5 | 52.3 |
| 140 | Gabon | 52.5 | 51.8 | 52.2 |
| 141 | Rep. of Congo | 52.5 | 51.7 | 52.1 |
| 142 | East Timor | 50.5 | 51.6 | 51.0 |
| 143 | Mozambique | 49.8 | 52.1 | 50.9 |
| 144 | Angola | 50.9 | 50.5 | 50.7 |
| 145 | Rwanda | 49.0 | 52.4 | 50.7 |
| 146 | Tanzania | 48.2 | 52.1 | 50.1 |
| 147 | Comoros | 48.9 | 49.9 | 49.4 |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 49.1 | 49.1 | 49.1 |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 48.0 | 48.5 | 48.2 |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 46.6 | 48.4 | 47.5 |
| 151 | Myanmar | 47.3 | 47.7 | 47.5 |
| 152 | Burkina Faso | 46.6 | 47.6 | 47.1 |
| 153 | Cameroon | 44.4 | 49.8 | 47.1 |
| 154 | Gambia | 47.2 | 46.7 | 47.0 |
| 155 | Kiribati | 46.3 | 46.8 | 46.5 |
| 156 | Liberia | 45.7 | 47.3 | 46.5 |
| 157 | Ivory Coast | 44.6 | 48.0 | 46.3 |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.0 | 47.4 | 46.2 |
| 159 | Zambia | 45.3 | 46.6 | 45.9 |
| 160 | Sudan | 44.2 | 46.8 | 45.5 |
| 161 | Laos | 45.0 | 45.8 | 45.4 |
| 162 | Guinea | 44.1 | 46.4 | 45.3 |
| 163 | Nigeria | 41.4 | 48.4 | 44.9 |
| 164 | Malawi | 43.3 | 46.3 | 44.8 |
| 165 | Mali | 42.1 | 47.5 | 44.8 |
| 166 | Uganda | 43.5 | 45.4 | 44.5 |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 43.3 | 45.3 | 44.3 |
| 168 | Cambodia | 43.3 | 44.0 | 43.7 |
| 169 | Ghana | 41.3 | 44.5 | 42.9 |
| 170 | Togo | 41.6 | 44.1 | 42.8 |
| 171 | Benin | 40.9 | 44.4 | 42.6 |
| 172 | Niger | 38.5 | 43.9 | 41.2 |
| 173 | Burundi | 39.4 | 42.9 | 41.2 |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 40.1 | 42.1 | 41.1 |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 39.8 | 42.1 | 40.9 |
| 176 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 38.4 | 42.9 | 40.7 |
| 177 | Micronesia | 38.4 | 38.7 | 38.6 |
| 178 | Central African Rep. | 37.3 | 38.6 | 37.9 |
| 179 | South Sudan | 35.7 | 37.1 | 36.4 |
| Chad | 36.4 | 36.2 | 36.3 |