Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Panama
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 79.1 | 80.2 | 79.7 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 79.3 | 79.6 | 79.4 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 76.3 | 77.2 | 76.8 |
| 4 | Colombia | 75.3 | 77.1 | 76.2 |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 75.6 | 76.4 | 76.0 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 74.7 | 74.8 | 74.7 |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 71.4 | 76.7 | 74.1 |
| 8 | Brazil | 72.9 | 74.1 | 73.5 |
| 9 | Belize | 73.1 | 73.9 | 73.5 |
| 10 | Suriname | 73.2 | 73.4 | 73.3 |
| 11 | Cape Verde | 72.1 | 74.3 | 73.2 |
| 12 | El Salvador | 70.9 | 74.7 | 72.8 |
| 13 | Philippines | 72.3 | 72.5 | 72.4 |
| 14 | Peru | 72.0 | 72.6 | 72.3 |
| 15 | Bahamas | 71.3 | 71.8 | 71.5 |
| 16 | Trinidad & Tobago | 71.0 | 71.5 | 71.3 |
| 17 | Taiwan | 70.8 | 71.3 | 71.0 |
| 18 | Bolivia | 70.2 | 71.0 | 70.6 |
| 19 | Thailand | 70.4 | 70.1 | 70.2 |
| 20 | Seychelles | 69.5 | 70.1 | 69.8 |
| 21 | Haiti | 69.0 | 70.4 | 69.7 |
| 22 | Mauritius | 68.6 | 70.1 | 69.4 |
| 23 | Mexico | 68.5 | 70.1 | 69.3 |
| 24 | Cuba | 68.6 | 69.9 | 69.2 |
| 25 | Guatemala | 68.1 | 70.2 | 69.1 |
| 26 | South Korea | 68.7 | 69.5 | 69.1 |
| 27 | Barbados | 68.9 | 69.2 | 69.1 |
| 28 | Honduras | 67.8 | 70.2 | 69.0 |
| 29 | Japan | 68.5 | 69.4 | 68.9 |
| 30 | Antigua & Barbuda | 68.7 | 68.8 | 68.8 |
| 31 | South Africa | 68.7 | 68.8 | 68.8 |
| 32 | New Caledonia | 68.7 | 68.7 | 68.7 |
| 33 | St. Lucia | 68.6 | 68.0 | 68.3 |
| 34 | Jamaica | 66.9 | 68.4 | 67.6 |
| 35 | Qatar | 66.2 | 68.7 | 67.5 |
| 36 | United States | 66.3 | 67.3 | 66.8 |
| 37 | Australia | 66.3 | 66.7 | 66.5 |
| 38 | Uruguay | 66.3 | 66.6 | 66.4 |
| 39 | Indonesia | 66.7 | 66.1 | 66.4 |
| 40 | Eswatini | 65.8 | 66.9 | 66.4 |
| 41 | French Polynesia | 66.4 | 66.3 | 66.3 |
| 42 | Vietnam | 66.2 | 66.4 | 66.3 |
| 43 | Bahrain | 65.7 | 66.5 | 66.1 |
| 44 | St. Vincent | 65.4 | 66.0 | 65.7 |
| 45 | Guyana | 63.2 | 68.0 | 65.6 |
| 46 | Grenada | 65.0 | 66.0 | 65.5 |
| 47 | Fiji | 64.6 | 65.3 | 65.0 |
| 48 | Canada | 64.4 | 65.5 | 64.9 |
| 49 | New Zealand | 64.9 | 64.9 | 64.9 |
| 50 | Chile | 64.2 | 65.4 | 64.8 |
| 51 | Israel | 63.6 | 65.9 | 64.7 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 63.8 | 64.7 | 64.2 |
| 53 | Portugal | 63.6 | 64.4 | 64.0 |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 63.4 | 64.6 | 64.0 |
| 55 | Madagascar | 62.6 | 65.4 | 64.0 |
| 56 | East Timor | 63.1 | 64.6 | 63.9 |
| 57 | Argentina | 63.3 | 64.2 | 63.7 |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 62.9 | 64.3 | 63.6 |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 62.9 | 64.3 | 63.6 |
| 60 | Namibia | 63.2 | 63.6 | 63.4 |
| 61 | Malta | 62.5 | 64.0 | 63.3 |
| 62 | Comoros | 63.8 | 62.5 | 63.1 |
| 63 | France | 63.0 | 63.2 | 63.1 |
| 64 | Bhutan | 62.2 | 64.1 | 63.1 |
| 65 | Samoa | 62.9 | 63.3 | 63.1 |
| 66 | Oman | 62.2 | 63.0 | 62.6 |
| 67 | Ireland | 62.3 | 62.7 | 62.5 |
| 68 | Kuwait | 60.6 | 63.0 | 61.8 |
| 69 | India | 60.9 | 62.2 | 61.5 |
| 70 | Slovenia | 60.4 | 62.1 | 61.3 |
| 71 | Maldives | 61.2 | 60.9 | 61.1 |
| 72 | Paraguay | 60.7 | 61.4 | 61.0 |
| 73 | Sao Tome | 59.7 | 62.1 | 60.9 |
| 74 | Botswana | 60.9 | 60.9 | 60.9 |
| 75 | Mozambique | 59.7 | 61.2 | 60.5 |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 60.1 | 60.7 | 60.4 |
| 77 | Egypt | 58.8 | 61.9 | 60.3 |
| 78 | Croatia | 60.0 | 60.6 | 60.3 |
| 79 | Spain | 59.8 | 60.8 | 60.3 |
| 80 | Austria | 60.1 | 60.4 | 60.3 |
| 81 | Yemen | 58.7 | 61.8 | 60.2 |
| 82 | Italy | 59.4 | 61.1 | 60.2 |
| 83 | Liberia | 59.2 | 61.0 | 60.1 |
| 84 | Gambia | 59.8 | 60.4 | 60.1 |
| 85 | Gabon | 60.3 | 59.9 | 60.1 |
| 86 | Nepal | 60.1 | 59.9 | 60.0 |
| 87 | Bosnia | 57.2 | 62.7 | 60.0 |
| 88 | Sweden | 59.8 | 59.9 | 59.9 |
| 89 | Moldova | 58.4 | 61.2 | 59.8 |
| 90 | Myanmar | 59.5 | 59.7 | 59.6 |
| 91 | Kenya | 58.9 | 60.3 | 59.6 |
| 92 | Rep. of Congo | 58.9 | 60.0 | 59.5 |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 58.8 | 59.9 | 59.4 |
| 94 | North Korea | 58.1 | 60.6 | 59.3 |
| 95 | Estonia | 59.1 | 59.5 | 59.3 |
| 96 | Djibouti | 57.9 | 60.6 | 59.3 |
| 97 | Angola | 59.1 | 59.2 | 59.1 |
| 98 | Germany | 58.9 | 59.2 | 59.1 |
| 99 | Switzerland | 58.3 | 59.8 | 59.0 |
| 100 | Tanzania | 58.6 | 59.4 | 59.0 |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 58.1 | 59.9 | 59.0 |
| 102 | Denmark | 58.9 | 59.1 | 59.0 |
| 103 | Russia | 58.2 | 59.7 | 59.0 |
| 104 | Montenegro | 58.2 | 59.5 | 58.9 |
| 105 | Finland | 58.6 | 59.0 | 58.8 |
| 106 | Cyprus | 58.5 | 59.1 | 58.8 |
| 107 | Norway | 58.4 | 59.0 | 58.7 |
| 108 | Georgia | 57.5 | 59.8 | 58.7 |
| 109 | Netherlands | 58.3 | 59.1 | 58.7 |
| 110 | Romania | 57.6 | 59.7 | 58.7 |
| 111 | Senegal | 58.2 | 59.0 | 58.6 |
| 112 | Czechia | 58.2 | 58.8 | 58.5 |
| 113 | Jordan | 56.5 | 60.1 | 58.3 |
| 114 | Kiribati | 58.0 | 58.6 | 58.3 |
| 115 | Ukraine | 56.5 | 59.8 | 58.1 |
| 116 | China | 57.1 | 58.8 | 57.9 |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 57.7 | 58.1 | 57.9 |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 57.9 | 57.8 | 57.9 |
| 119 | Serbia | 56.8 | 58.7 | 57.7 |
| 120 | Iran | 55.4 | 59.9 | 57.7 |
| 121 | Lithuania | 57.3 | 57.9 | 57.6 |
| 122 | Iceland | 57.6 | 57.5 | 57.6 |
| 123 | Turkey | 54.2 | 60.4 | 57.3 |
| 124 | Morocco | 56.0 | 58.6 | 57.3 |
| 125 | Latvia | 57.0 | 57.6 | 57.3 |
| 126 | Greece | 55.9 | 58.3 | 57.1 |
| 127 | Lebanon | 54.8 | 59.3 | 57.0 |
| 128 | Belgium | 56.5 | 56.9 | 56.7 |
| 129 | Pakistan | 56.3 | 56.9 | 56.6 |
| 130 | Lesotho | 54.9 | 57.7 | 56.3 |
| 131 | Laos | 56.1 | 56.3 | 56.2 |
| 132 | Guinea | 57.1 | 54.7 | 55.9 |
| 133 | Hungary | 55.4 | 55.7 | 55.5 |
| 134 | Slovakia | 55.3 | 55.7 | 55.5 |
| 135 | Iraq | 53.8 | 56.9 | 55.4 |
| 136 | Mauritania | 55.8 | 54.6 | 55.2 |
| 137 | Belarus | 54.4 | 55.5 | 54.9 |
| 138 | Armenia | 53.4 | 56.3 | 54.9 |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 54.6 | 54.9 | 54.8 |
| 140 | North Macedonia | 51.6 | 57.7 | 54.7 |
| 141 | Cambodia | 53.5 | 55.5 | 54.5 |
| 142 | Ivory Coast | 54.3 | 53.1 | 53.7 |
| 143 | Poland | 53.0 | 54.2 | 53.6 |
| 144 | Ghana | 52.6 | 54.3 | 53.4 |
| 145 | Libya | 50.7 | 54.2 | 52.5 |
| 146 | Malawi | 50.9 | 53.9 | 52.4 |
| 147 | Albania | 49.3 | 55.1 | 52.2 |
| 148 | Algeria | 48.1 | 55.2 | 51.6 |
| 149 | Cameroon | 50.7 | 52.3 | 51.5 |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 49.4 | 53.2 | 51.3 |
| 151 | Zambia | 50.2 | 52.4 | 51.3 |
| 152 | Burkina Faso | 50.9 | 51.6 | 51.2 |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 50.1 | 51.9 | 51.0 |
| 154 | Syria | 48.7 | 53.2 | 51.0 |
| 155 | Kazakhstan | 49.3 | 52.5 | 50.9 |
| 156 | Benin | 50.8 | 50.6 | 50.7 |
| 157 | Micronesia | 51.5 | 49.7 | 50.6 |
| 158 | Mali | 48.3 | 51.6 | 49.9 |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 49.5 | 50.0 | 49.8 |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 48.5 | 50.1 | 49.3 |
| 161 | Nigeria | 48.4 | 49.9 | 49.2 |
| 162 | Uganda | 47.8 | 50.4 | 49.1 |
| 163 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 48.1 | 50.0 | 49.0 |
| 164 | Afghanistan | 47.5 | 50.3 | 48.9 |
| 165 | Tunisia | 46.6 | 50.5 | 48.6 |
| 166 | Rwanda | 46.8 | 50.0 | 48.4 |
| 167 | Togo | 46.1 | 49.6 | 47.9 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 47.8 | 47.6 | 47.7 |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 45.7 | 46.3 | 46.0 |
| 170 | Burundi | 44.1 | 47.6 | 45.8 |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | 45.2 | 46.2 | 45.7 |
| 172 | Mongolia | 44.5 | 45.2 | 44.9 |
| 173 | Tajikistan | 44.0 | 45.4 | 44.7 |
| 174 | Turkmenistan | 44.3 | 44.8 | 44.6 |
| 175 | Sudan | 42.6 | 44.6 | 43.6 |
| 176 | Central African Rep. | 42.8 | 43.0 | 42.9 |
| 177 | Niger | 36.5 | 40.1 | 38.3 |
| 178 | South Sudan | 37.3 | 36.4 | 36.8 |
| 179 | Chad | 34.8 | 32.9 | 33.8 |