Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Thailand
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 77.4 | 78.6 | 78.0 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 77.3 | 77.4 | 77.4 |
| 3 | Taiwan | 76.8 | 76.9 | 76.8 |
| 4 | Philippines | 75.7 | 77.0 | 76.3 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 75.0 | 74.7 | 74.9 |
| 6 | South Korea | 73.1 | 73.9 | 73.5 |
| 7 | Japan | 72.8 | 73.8 | 73.3 |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 70.9 | 70.9 | 70.9 |
| 9 | Suriname | 70.3 | 70.6 | 70.4 |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 69.3 | 71.2 | 70.3 |
| 11 | Panama | 70.4 | 70.1 | 70.2 |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 68.7 | 69.7 | 69.2 |
| 13 | Peru | 68.3 | 69.3 | 68.8 |
| 14 | Seychelles | 68.3 | 68.3 | 68.3 |
| 15 | Colombia | 67.8 | 68.5 | 68.1 |
| 16 | China | 66.2 | 68.8 | 67.5 |
| 17 | Mauritius | 67.5 | 67.6 | 67.5 |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 67.1 | 67.6 | 67.3 |
| 19 | Ecuador | 67.2 | 67.4 | 67.3 |
| 20 | Trinidad & Tobago | 67.2 | 67.1 | 67.2 |
| 21 | Laos | 67.0 | 67.1 | 67.0 |
| 22 | Grenada | 66.5 | 66.6 | 66.6 |
| 23 | Bahamas | 66.4 | 66.5 | 66.4 |
| 24 | Venezuela | 65.6 | 66.4 | 66.0 |
| 25 | Maldives | 65.8 | 65.3 | 65.5 |
| 26 | Barbados | 65.3 | 65.2 | 65.2 |
| 27 | Jamaica | 65.2 | 65.2 | 65.2 |
| 28 | Brazil | 65.2 | 65.1 | 65.1 |
| 29 | Qatar | 65.1 | 65.1 | 65.1 |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 64.7 | 65.2 | 64.9 |
| 31 | Fiji | 65.1 | 64.8 | 64.9 |
| 32 | Madagascar | 64.6 | 65.1 | 64.9 |
| 33 | Belize | 64.9 | 64.7 | 64.8 |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 63.8 | 65.4 | 64.6 |
| 35 | El Salvador | 63.8 | 64.6 | 64.2 |
| 36 | India | 62.9 | 65.3 | 64.1 |
| 37 | North Korea | 62.5 | 65.3 | 63.9 |
| 38 | East Timor | 64.1 | 63.4 | 63.8 |
| 39 | Bahrain | 64.1 | 63.1 | 63.6 |
| 40 | French Polynesia | 63.0 | 64.0 | 63.5 |
| 41 | Mexico | 62.9 | 63.6 | 63.2 |
| 42 | Cambodia | 60.9 | 64.3 | 62.6 |
| 43 | Myanmar | 61.6 | 63.5 | 62.6 |
| 44 | Cuba | 62.2 | 62.6 | 62.4 |
| 45 | Oman | 62.1 | 61.7 | 61.9 |
| 46 | Portugal | 61.7 | 62.0 | 61.8 |
| 47 | Guyana | 61.4 | 62.1 | 61.8 |
| 48 | Haiti | 61.6 | 61.9 | 61.7 |
| 49 | Cyprus | 61.2 | 61.9 | 61.6 |
| 50 | United States | 61.5 | 61.6 | 61.5 |
| 51 | Honduras | 61.4 | 61.6 | 61.5 |
| 52 | New Caledonia | 61.1 | 61.5 | 61.3 |
| 53 | Bhutan | 60.6 | 61.9 | 61.2 |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 61.5 | 61.0 | 61.2 |
| 55 | St. Lucia | 60.7 | 61.1 | 60.9 |
| 56 | Bolivia | 60.2 | 59.9 | 60.1 |
| 57 | Malta | 59.7 | 60.0 | 59.8 |
| 58 | Egypt | 59.3 | 60.2 | 59.8 |
| 59 | South Africa | 60.2 | 59.3 | 59.7 |
| 60 | Canada | 59.5 | 59.8 | 59.7 |
| 61 | Nepal | 59.6 | 59.5 | 59.6 |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 59.7 | 59.4 | 59.6 |
| 63 | Antigua & Barbuda | 58.6 | 60.5 | 59.6 |
| 64 | Mozambique | 57.9 | 61.1 | 59.5 |
| 65 | New Zealand | 59.7 | 59.3 | 59.5 |
| 66 | United Kingdom | 59.3 | 59.4 | 59.4 |
| 67 | Australia | 59.4 | 59.3 | 59.3 |
| 68 | Chile | 59.3 | 59.4 | 59.3 |
| 69 | France | 59.1 | 58.8 | 58.9 |
| 70 | Paraguay | 58.4 | 59.2 | 58.8 |
| 71 | Sao Tome | 58.5 | 58.9 | 58.7 |
| 72 | Guatemala | 58.7 | 58.5 | 58.6 |
| 73 | Kuwait | 58.8 | 58.3 | 58.5 |
| 74 | Spain | 58.4 | 58.7 | 58.5 |
| 75 | Lithuania | 58.5 | 58.6 | 58.5 |
| 76 | Croatia | 58.6 | 58.2 | 58.4 |
| 77 | Slovenia | 58.4 | 58.3 | 58.3 |
| 78 | Georgia | 57.7 | 58.6 | 58.1 |
| 79 | Uruguay | 58.4 | 57.8 | 58.1 |
| 80 | Senegal | 57.4 | 58.7 | 58.0 |
| 81 | Israel | 58.1 | 57.9 | 58.0 |
| 82 | Argentina | 58.0 | 58.0 | 58.0 |
| 83 | Netherlands | 57.8 | 58.1 | 57.9 |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 58.1 | 57.7 | 57.9 |
| 85 | Estonia | 57.9 | 57.6 | 57.8 |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 57.6 | 57.7 | 57.6 |
| 87 | Liberia | 58.6 | 56.5 | 57.6 |
| 88 | Ukraine | 56.7 | 58.3 | 57.5 |
| 89 | Italy | 57.1 | 57.8 | 57.5 |
| 90 | Finland | 57.5 | 57.2 | 57.4 |
| 91 | Ireland | 57.5 | 57.0 | 57.2 |
| 92 | Bosnia | 56.8 | 57.5 | 57.2 |
| 93 | Namibia | 57.1 | 56.9 | 57.0 |
| 94 | Comoros | 57.9 | 55.9 | 56.9 |
| 95 | Romania | 56.7 | 57.1 | 56.9 |
| 96 | Sweden | 57.3 | 56.5 | 56.9 |
| 97 | Latvia | 56.9 | 56.9 | 56.9 |
| 98 | Switzerland | 56.7 | 56.9 | 56.8 |
| 99 | Eswatini | 56.9 | 56.6 | 56.8 |
| 100 | Norway | 56.8 | 56.7 | 56.7 |
| 101 | Montenegro | 56.6 | 56.5 | 56.5 |
| 102 | Russia | 56.1 | 56.8 | 56.5 |
| 103 | Jordan | 57.1 | 55.6 | 56.4 |
| 104 | Iraq | 55.8 | 56.9 | 56.3 |
| 105 | Austria | 56.5 | 56.1 | 56.3 |
| 106 | Yemen | 56.6 | 56.0 | 56.3 |
| 107 | Moldova | 55.4 | 57.1 | 56.2 |
| 108 | Germany | 56.5 | 55.9 | 56.2 |
| 109 | Iceland | 55.8 | 56.5 | 56.1 |
| 110 | Czechia | 56.3 | 55.9 | 56.1 |
| 111 | Serbia | 55.6 | 56.3 | 56.0 |
| 112 | Gambia | 56.6 | 55.0 | 55.8 |
| 113 | Slovakia | 56.0 | 55.3 | 55.6 |
| 114 | Denmark | 56.1 | 55.2 | 55.6 |
| 115 | Iran | 55.2 | 55.8 | 55.5 |
| 116 | Ivory Coast | 55.5 | 55.5 | 55.5 |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | 56.2 | 54.4 | 55.3 |
| 118 | Lebanon | 54.4 | 55.2 | 54.8 |
| 119 | Gabon | 54.3 | 55.1 | 54.7 |
| 120 | Kiribati | 54.1 | 55.3 | 54.7 |
| 121 | Mauritania | 55.3 | 54.0 | 54.7 |
| 122 | Turkey | 53.7 | 55.6 | 54.6 |
| 123 | St. Vincent | 54.4 | 54.7 | 54.6 |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 53.7 | 55.3 | 54.5 |
| 125 | Greece | 54.1 | 54.8 | 54.4 |
| 126 | Samoa | 53.9 | 54.6 | 54.3 |
| 127 | Rep. of Congo | 53.7 | 54.8 | 54.2 |
| 128 | Belgium | 54.1 | 53.8 | 53.9 |
| 129 | Lesotho | 52.4 | 54.5 | 53.5 |
| 130 | Vanuatu | 52.7 | 54.1 | 53.4 |
| 131 | Angola | 52.5 | 54.1 | 53.3 |
| 132 | Poland | 53.1 | 53.3 | 53.2 |
| 133 | Hungary | 53.2 | 53.1 | 53.2 |
| 134 | Morocco | 53.0 | 53.3 | 53.2 |
| 135 | Botswana | 53.8 | 52.3 | 53.1 |
| 136 | Guinea | 54.3 | 51.4 | 52.8 |
| 137 | Algeria | 51.4 | 53.9 | 52.6 |
| 138 | Libya | 52.1 | 52.5 | 52.3 |
| 139 | Armenia | 51.4 | 53.1 | 52.2 |
| 140 | Djibouti | 52.2 | 52.3 | 52.2 |
| 141 | Belarus | 52.0 | 52.5 | 52.2 |
| 142 | Pakistan | 52.5 | 51.8 | 52.2 |
| 143 | Cameroon | 51.0 | 53.3 | 52.2 |
| 144 | Kenya | 51.3 | 52.5 | 51.9 |
| 145 | Albania | 50.8 | 52.9 | 51.8 |
| 146 | Tunisia | 51.1 | 52.2 | 51.6 |
| 147 | Tanzania | 51.4 | 51.9 | 51.6 |
| 148 | Mali | 50.1 | 52.1 | 51.1 |
| 149 | Ghana | 51.0 | 51.1 | 51.0 |
| 150 | Nigeria | 48.8 | 53.1 | 51.0 |
| 151 | Sierra Leone | 52.5 | 49.2 | 50.9 |
| 152 | Benin | 50.1 | 50.4 | 50.2 |
| 153 | Syria | 49.5 | 50.9 | 50.2 |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 49.6 | 49.9 | 49.8 |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 48.4 | 50.1 | 49.2 |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 48.6 | 48.2 | 48.4 |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 48.2 | 48.4 | 48.3 |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 48.0 | 48.3 | 48.2 |
| 159 | Micronesia | 48.4 | 47.7 | 48.0 |
| 160 | Zambia | 46.4 | 48.9 | 47.7 |
| 161 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 45.7 | 49.4 | 47.5 |
| 162 | Malawi | 46.5 | 48.4 | 47.5 |
| 163 | Togo | 46.1 | 48.7 | 47.4 |
| 164 | Burkina Faso | 46.3 | 47.7 | 47.0 |
| 165 | Afghanistan | 46.8 | 46.8 | 46.8 |
| 166 | Rwanda | 43.8 | 48.1 | 45.9 |
| 167 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.6 | 46.2 | 45.9 |
| 168 | Uganda | 44.7 | 46.6 | 45.6 |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 44.4 | 45.9 | 45.2 |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 43.6 | 44.6 | 44.1 |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 43.1 | 43.6 | 43.3 |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 42.9 | 43.4 | 43.2 |
| 173 | Burundi | 40.4 | 45.7 | 43.0 |
| 174 | Mongolia | 42.1 | 42.8 | 42.4 |
| 175 | Central African Rep. | 39.3 | 40.5 | 39.9 |
| 176 | Sudan | 39.4 | 38.8 | 39.1 |
| 177 | Niger | 38.7 | 39.4 | 39.0 |
| 178 | South Sudan | 35.4 | 36.3 | 35.8 |
| 179 | Chad | 35.7 | 35.0 | 35.4 |