Food in South Korea - OBJECTIVE LISTS

Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)

Similarity compared to South Korea

Rank	Country	Method 1	Method 2	Average
1	Japan	83.7	84.4	84.0
2	Taiwan	80.6	81.0	80.8
3	North Korea	76.0	77.1	76.5
4	Malaysia	75.8	76.2	76.0
5	Thailand	73.1	73.9	73.5
6	China	72.5	73.8	73.1
7	Cape Verde	71.8	73.6	72.7
8	Ecuador	71.2	72.1	71.7
9	Qatar	70.5	71.4	70.9
10	Mauritius	70.3	71.4	70.9
11	Seychelles	70.4	71.1	70.8
12	Costa Rica	70.2	70.9	70.6
13	Portugal	70.8	70.3	70.6
14	Barbados	69.8	70.3	70.0
15	Bahrain	68.7	69.5	69.1
16	France	69.4	68.7	69.0
17	Panama	69.2	68.7	68.9
18	Australia	68.5	69.2	68.9
19	Malta	68.3	69.3	68.8
20	United States	68.5	68.9	68.7
21	Philippines	68.4	68.9	68.6
22	Maldives	68.0	68.4	68.2
23	Cyprus	67.9	68.4	68.2
24	Canada	67.6	68.7	68.1
25	Chile	68.1	68.1	68.1
26	Uruguay	67.8	68.3	68.0
27	Belize	67.7	68.2	68.0
28	Israel	66.9	68.1	67.5
29	Slovenia	66.8	68.1	67.4
30	Saudi Arabia	66.7	67.9	67.3
31	Peru	67.5	67.1	67.3
32	Kuwait	67.0	67.3	67.2
33	Suriname	66.8	67.5	67.1
34	Bahamas	66.4	67.6	67.0
35	Vietnam	66.5	66.8	66.7
36	South Africa	66.9	66.3	66.6
37	New Zealand	66.3	66.9	66.6
38	Venezuela	66.7	66.5	66.6
39	Romania	66.1	67.0	66.5
40	Botswana	66.8	66.0	66.4
41	Austria	66.1	66.6	66.4
42	Luxembourg	66.1	66.5	66.3
43	Germany	65.9	66.6	66.2
44	Ukraine	65.6	66.7	66.2
45	Spain	65.7	66.6	66.1
46	Namibia	65.8	66.3	66.0
47	Oman	65.8	66.2	66.0
48	Trinidad & Tobago	66.1	66.0	66.0
49	Bosnia	66.2	65.8	66.0
50	New Caledonia	65.4	66.4	65.9
51	United Kingdom	65.6	66.2	65.9
52	Brazil	66.3	65.3	65.8
53	Indonesia	65.5	66.0	65.8
54	Croatia	65.4	65.8	65.6
55	Colombia	65.5	65.6	65.6
56	Grenada	65.5	65.6	65.6
57	United Arab Emirates	64.7	66.0	65.4
58	Bulgaria	65.1	65.6	65.4
59	Ireland	65.4	65.3	65.3
60	Fiji	64.1	66.6	65.3
61	Lithuania	64.7	65.9	65.3
62	Russia	64.9	65.3	65.1
63	Mexico	64.7	65.4	65.1
64	Sweden	64.6	65.5	65.1
65	Egypt	65.1	65.0	65.0
66	Italy	64.9	65.1	65.0
67	Moldova	64.7	65.2	65.0
68	Estonia	64.7	64.6	64.7
69	French Polynesia	64.5	64.0	64.3
70	Jordan	63.9	64.6	64.2
71	Switzerland	63.7	64.4	64.1
72	Argentina	63.7	64.1	63.9
73	Montenegro	64.0	63.7	63.8
74	Latvia	63.4	64.2	63.8
75	Bolivia	63.4	64.2	63.8
76	Iceland	63.6	64.0	63.8
77	Czechia	63.7	63.8	63.8
78	Georgia	63.6	63.9	63.7
79	Sri Lanka	63.6	63.8	63.7
80	Cuba	63.4	63.7	63.5
81	Norway	62.9	63.6	63.2
82	Denmark	62.5	64.0	63.2
83	Turkey	62.9	63.4	63.2
84	Serbia	62.6	63.8	63.2
85	Iran	63.0	63.3	63.1
86	St. Lucia	62.9	63.1	63.0
87	Belarus	62.7	63.2	62.9
88	Netherlands	62.2	63.7	62.9
89	Antigua & Barbuda	62.7	63.1	62.9
90	Finland	62.4	63.1	62.7
91	El Salvador	62.8	62.5	62.7
92	Nicaragua	62.3	62.9	62.6
93	Jamaica	62.5	62.4	62.5
94	Morocco	61.8	63.0	62.4
95	Eswatini	62.0	62.5	62.3
96	Slovakia	62.0	62.5	62.3
97	Greece	61.6	62.6	62.1
98	Lebanon	61.9	61.8	61.9
99	Mauritania	60.1	63.4	61.8
100	Bangladesh	60.6	62.3	61.5
101	Hungary	61.3	61.6	61.4
102	Belgium	60.2	62.6	61.4
103	East Timor	61.1	61.1	61.1
104	Poland	60.5	61.6	61.0
105	Bhutan	61.6	60.5	61.0
106	Yemen	59.7	62.0	60.9
107	Honduras	59.9	61.8	60.9
108	Albania	60.9	60.8	60.8
109	Dominican Republic	60.5	60.9	60.7
110	India	60.6	60.7	60.6
111	Haiti	60.5	60.5	60.5
112	Guatemala	59.9	60.9	60.4
113	Senegal	59.9	60.5	60.2
114	North Macedonia	59.7	60.4	60.1
115	Armenia	59.9	60.1	60.0
116	Paraguay	59.7	60.2	59.9
117	Pakistan	59.4	59.5	59.4
118	Nepal	59.0	59.8	59.4
119	Iraq	59.4	58.5	59.0
120	Azerbaijan	57.1	60.8	58.9
121	Kyrgyzstan	58.4	59.1	58.7
122	Kazakhstan	58.4	58.6	58.5
123	Lesotho	56.9	60.0	58.4
124	Djibouti	57.9	58.7	58.3
125	Afghanistan	58.9	57.6	58.2
126	Guyana	55.9	60.4	58.1
127	Libya	57.3	58.8	58.1
128	Sao Tome	57.1	58.0	57.5
129	Algeria	57.0	57.6	57.3
130	Mozambique	56.6	57.6	57.1
131	St. Vincent	56.1	58.0	57.0
132	Tunisia	57.1	56.9	57.0
133	Madagascar	56.3	57.2	56.8
134	Myanmar	55.6	56.7	56.1
135	Laos	55.4	56.0	55.7
136	Angola	54.6	56.2	55.4
137	Kenya	54.8	55.9	55.4
138	Syria	55.0	55.5	55.2
139	Gambia	53.5	52.9	53.2
140	Cambodia	53.3	52.8	53.0
141	Uzbekistan	52.2	53.7	52.9
142	Gabon	53.1	52.3	52.7
143	Samoa	51.3	53.7	52.5
144	Tajikistan	50.9	54.1	52.5
145	Turkmenistan	51.9	52.0	51.9
146	Mongolia	50.6	53.0	51.8
147	Comoros	52.6	51.0	51.8
148	Cameroon	50.9	52.6	51.8
149	Mali	50.9	52.6	51.7
150	Vanuatu	51.7	51.5	51.6
151	Kiribati	50.7	52.0	51.3
152	Guinea-Bissau	51.3	51.3	51.3
153	Tanzania	50.4	50.9	50.7
154	Ivory Coast	49.0	51.0	50.0
155	Rep. of Congo	49.9	49.2	49.5
156	Liberia	49.3	49.6	49.4
157	Guinea	48.9	49.9	49.4
158	Zimbabwe	47.8	50.7	49.3
159	Burkina Faso	48.7	49.4	49.1
160	Zambia	49.0	48.9	49.0
161	Benin	48.9	48.6	48.8
162	Solomon Islands	48.1	47.9	48.0
163	Malawi	48.1	47.5	47.8
164	Ethiopia	47.3	47.3	47.3
165	Uganda	46.1	48.0	47.1
166	Sierra Leone	44.9	48.3	46.6
167	Micronesia	45.5	47.1	46.3
168	Papua New Guinea	44.6	47.4	46.0
169	Rwanda	45.3	45.4	45.4
170	Nigeria	45.3	45.0	45.1
171	Sudan	44.2	44.2	44.2
172	Niger	43.3	43.7	43.5
173	Ghana	42.2	43.8	43.0
174	Togo	42.3	41.7	42.0
175	Dem. Rep. of Congo	40.0	43.2	41.6
176	Burundi	38.6	42.4	40.5
177	South Sudan	38.4	37.9	38.1
178	Chad	36.8	35.5	36.2
179	Central African Rep.	34.2	33.9	34.1