Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Taiwan
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Unweighted Data | Food Group Based | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 81.8 | 82.3 | 82.1 |
| 2 | South Korea | 80.6 | 81.0 | 80.8 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 78.5 | 78.9 | 78.7 |
| 4 | Thailand | 76.8 | 76.9 | 76.8 |
| 5 | China | 73.3 | 75.2 | 74.3 |
| 6 | Mauritius | 74.2 | 74.3 | 74.2 |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 73.3 | 74.3 | 73.8 |
| 8 | Qatar | 73.7 | 73.4 | 73.6 |
| 9 | Ecuador | 72.0 | 72.4 | 72.2 |
| 10 | Bahrain | 72.3 | 72.0 | 72.1 |
| 11 | Philippines | 71.7 | 72.3 | 72.0 |
| 12 | United States | 71.7 | 72.3 | 72.0 |
| 13 | Barbados | 71.7 | 71.8 | 71.7 |
| 14 | Australia | 71.7 | 71.5 | 71.6 |
| 15 | Peru | 70.8 | 71.8 | 71.3 |
| 16 | Panama | 70.8 | 71.3 | 71.0 |
| 17 | Seychelles | 70.8 | 71.2 | 71.0 |
| 18 | Suriname | 70.6 | 71.5 | 71.0 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 70.6 | 70.2 | 70.4 |
| 20 | Trinidad & Tobago | 70.0 | 70.3 | 70.2 |
| 21 | Vietnam | 69.6 | 70.6 | 70.1 |
| 22 | New Zealand | 70.3 | 69.9 | 70.1 |
| 23 | Canada | 69.5 | 70.2 | 69.8 |
| 24 | France | 69.8 | 69.4 | 69.6 |
| 25 | Malta | 69.2 | 69.8 | 69.5 |
| 26 | Portugal | 69.3 | 69.6 | 69.5 |
| 27 | Belize | 68.8 | 69.8 | 69.3 |
| 28 | North Korea | 68.1 | 70.5 | 69.3 |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 68.3 | 70.1 | 69.2 |
| 30 | Brazil | 68.8 | 69.4 | 69.1 |
| 31 | Bahamas | 68.5 | 69.5 | 69.0 |
| 32 | Maldives | 69.2 | 68.8 | 69.0 |
| 33 | Cyprus | 68.7 | 69.1 | 68.9 |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 68.5 | 68.8 | 68.7 |
| 35 | Fiji | 68.4 | 68.1 | 68.3 |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 68.3 | 68.3 | 68.3 |
| 37 | Colombia | 68.0 | 68.4 | 68.2 |
| 38 | New Caledonia | 67.8 | 68.5 | 68.1 |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 67.9 | 68.1 | 68.0 |
| 40 | Indonesia | 67.6 | 68.0 | 67.8 |
| 41 | Kuwait | 67.5 | 67.7 | 67.6 |
| 42 | Mexico | 67.1 | 68.1 | 67.6 |
| 43 | Grenada | 67.1 | 68.0 | 67.6 |
| 44 | Chile | 67.2 | 67.7 | 67.4 |
| 45 | Venezuela | 66.5 | 68.0 | 67.2 |
| 46 | Israel | 67.0 | 67.3 | 67.1 |
| 47 | Oman | 67.3 | 66.7 | 67.0 |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 65.9 | 68.0 | 67.0 |
| 49 | Germany | 67.1 | 66.9 | 67.0 |
| 50 | Spain | 66.5 | 66.8 | 66.6 |
| 51 | French Polynesia | 66.0 | 66.8 | 66.4 |
| 52 | Uruguay | 66.5 | 66.2 | 66.3 |
| 53 | Croatia | 66.1 | 66.3 | 66.2 |
| 54 | Cuba | 65.9 | 66.5 | 66.2 |
| 55 | Austria | 66.3 | 65.9 | 66.1 |
| 56 | South Africa | 65.9 | 66.3 | 66.1 |
| 57 | Antigua & Barbuda | 65.0 | 67.1 | 66.0 |
| 58 | Netherlands | 65.9 | 66.1 | 66.0 |
| 59 | Italy | 65.7 | 66.4 | 66.0 |
| 60 | Jamaica | 65.4 | 66.5 | 66.0 |
| 61 | Ireland | 66.0 | 65.3 | 65.7 |
| 62 | Slovenia | 65.4 | 65.8 | 65.6 |
| 63 | Jordan | 65.6 | 64.8 | 65.2 |
| 64 | Switzerland | 65.0 | 65.3 | 65.2 |
| 65 | Guyana | 63.9 | 66.4 | 65.1 |
| 66 | Russia | 64.5 | 65.5 | 65.0 |
| 67 | Czechia | 64.9 | 64.9 | 64.9 |
| 68 | St. Lucia | 64.2 | 65.2 | 64.7 |
| 69 | Ukraine | 63.8 | 65.6 | 64.7 |
| 70 | Argentina | 64.4 | 64.9 | 64.7 |
| 71 | Sweden | 64.8 | 64.6 | 64.7 |
| 72 | Egypt | 64.3 | 65.0 | 64.7 |
| 73 | India | 63.1 | 65.6 | 64.3 |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 64.0 | 64.5 | 64.3 |
| 75 | Bolivia | 64.0 | 64.4 | 64.2 |
| 76 | Iceland | 64.2 | 64.2 | 64.2 |
| 77 | Montenegro | 63.8 | 64.2 | 64.0 |
| 78 | Romania | 63.3 | 64.7 | 64.0 |
| 79 | Iran | 63.6 | 64.2 | 63.9 |
| 80 | Norway | 63.9 | 63.9 | 63.9 |
| 81 | Moldova | 62.8 | 65.0 | 63.9 |
| 82 | Yemen | 64.0 | 63.3 | 63.6 |
| 83 | Lithuania | 63.8 | 63.4 | 63.6 |
| 84 | Denmark | 63.6 | 63.2 | 63.4 |
| 85 | Lebanon | 62.8 | 64.0 | 63.4 |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 63.1 | 63.5 | 63.3 |
| 87 | Slovakia | 63.5 | 63.1 | 63.3 |
| 88 | Latvia | 63.6 | 62.8 | 63.2 |
| 89 | Georgia | 62.7 | 63.7 | 63.2 |
| 90 | Estonia | 63.6 | 62.8 | 63.2 |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 61.6 | 64.4 | 63.0 |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 63.2 | 62.7 | 62.9 |
| 93 | Greece | 62.4 | 63.4 | 62.9 |
| 94 | Madagascar | 61.1 | 64.7 | 62.9 |
| 95 | Mauritania | 63.2 | 62.4 | 62.8 |
| 96 | El Salvador | 62.2 | 63.2 | 62.7 |
| 97 | Finland | 62.6 | 62.6 | 62.6 |
| 98 | Belgium | 62.7 | 62.2 | 62.4 |
| 99 | Namibia | 62.4 | 62.4 | 62.4 |
| 100 | Hungary | 62.3 | 62.5 | 62.4 |
| 101 | Bosnia | 60.7 | 63.3 | 62.0 |
| 102 | Guatemala | 61.5 | 62.3 | 61.9 |
| 103 | Serbia | 61.1 | 62.5 | 61.8 |
| 104 | Iraq | 60.4 | 62.7 | 61.5 |
| 105 | Turkey | 59.9 | 62.7 | 61.3 |
| 106 | Honduras | 60.6 | 61.8 | 61.2 |
| 107 | Paraguay | 60.7 | 61.6 | 61.1 |
| 108 | Eswatini | 61.0 | 61.0 | 61.0 |
| 109 | Nepal | 60.7 | 60.8 | 60.8 |
| 110 | Botswana | 61.4 | 60.1 | 60.7 |
| 111 | East Timor | 59.6 | 61.1 | 60.4 |
| 112 | Belarus | 59.6 | 60.1 | 59.8 |
| 113 | Morocco | 59.6 | 59.8 | 59.7 |
| 114 | Poland | 59.5 | 59.9 | 59.7 |
| 115 | Bhutan | 59.4 | 59.8 | 59.6 |
| 116 | Haiti | 59.3 | 59.9 | 59.6 |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 57.5 | 60.7 | 59.1 |
| 118 | Sao Tome | 58.7 | 59.0 | 58.9 |
| 119 | Laos | 58.6 | 58.9 | 58.7 |
| 120 | Albania | 57.4 | 59.9 | 58.7 |
| 121 | Djibouti | 58.6 | 58.7 | 58.7 |
| 122 | Lesotho | 58.4 | 58.7 | 58.6 |
| 123 | Armenia | 57.7 | 59.4 | 58.6 |
| 124 | Senegal | 58.0 | 58.6 | 58.3 |
| 125 | Pakistan | 58.1 | 57.9 | 58.0 |
| 126 | St. Vincent | 57.1 | 58.2 | 57.6 |
| 127 | Libya | 57.3 | 57.6 | 57.5 |
| 128 | Algeria | 56.0 | 58.5 | 57.3 |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 56.7 | 57.6 | 57.2 |
| 130 | Mozambique | 55.6 | 58.0 | 56.8 |
| 131 | Syria | 55.4 | 57.0 | 56.2 |
| 132 | Samoa | 55.3 | 56.8 | 56.1 |
| 133 | Myanmar | 54.4 | 56.7 | 55.5 |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 55.1 | 55.8 | 55.5 |
| 135 | Tunisia | 54.6 | 56.3 | 55.4 |
| 136 | Afghanistan | 54.7 | 54.5 | 54.6 |
| 137 | Comoros | 54.5 | 54.6 | 54.6 |
| 138 | Kenya | 54.2 | 54.9 | 54.5 |
| 139 | Gabon | 55.5 | 53.5 | 54.5 |
| 140 | Angola | 53.7 | 54.7 | 54.2 |
| 141 | Rep. of Congo | 54.2 | 53.9 | 54.1 |
| 142 | Cambodia | 53.1 | 55.0 | 54.1 |
| 143 | Liberia | 52.8 | 54.8 | 53.8 |
| 144 | Kiribati | 52.6 | 54.1 | 53.4 |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.5 | 53.6 | 53.1 |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 52.3 | 53.6 | 53.0 |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 50.9 | 52.9 | 51.9 |
| 148 | Gambia | 51.8 | 51.6 | 51.7 |
| 149 | Tanzania | 51.0 | 51.5 | 51.2 |
| 150 | Mali | 50.5 | 51.4 | 50.9 |
| 151 | Ivory Coast | 51.6 | 50.2 | 50.9 |
| 152 | Cameroon | 49.6 | 51.4 | 50.5 |
| 153 | Guinea | 50.9 | 50.0 | 50.4 |
| 154 | Mongolia | 49.7 | 50.6 | 50.1 |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | 50.3 | 49.5 | 49.9 |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | 49.5 | 50.0 | 49.7 |
| 157 | Nigeria | 47.9 | 49.8 | 48.9 |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 48.8 | 48.5 | 48.6 |
| 159 | Malawi | 47.1 | 50.2 | 48.6 |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 48.1 | 48.9 | 48.5 |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | 48.1 | 48.6 | 48.3 |
| 162 | Tajikistan | 47.8 | 48.5 | 48.1 |
| 163 | Benin | 48.3 | 47.7 | 48.0 |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 48.3 | 47.4 | 47.9 |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 47.8 | 47.9 | 47.9 |
| 166 | Zambia | 46.7 | 47.4 | 47.0 |
| 167 | Rwanda | 45.9 | 48.1 | 47.0 |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 45.7 | 47.6 | 46.6 |
| 169 | Ghana | 46.2 | 46.2 | 46.2 |
| 170 | Micronesia | 45.4 | 46.7 | 46.0 |
| 171 | Uganda | 44.8 | 46.3 | 45.5 |
| 172 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 44.2 | 46.1 | 45.1 |
| 173 | Sudan | 44.8 | 45.4 | 45.1 |
| 174 | Togo | 43.9 | 44.9 | 44.4 |
| 175 | Burundi | 41.2 | 44.6 | 42.9 |
| 176 | Niger | 39.8 | 40.6 | 40.2 |
| 177 | Central African Rep. | 38.3 | 38.5 | 38.4 |
| 178 | South Sudan | 37.1 | 37.6 | 37.4 |
| 179 | Chad | 37.2 | 36.2 | 36.7 |