Country Food Similarity Index
2020 (Version 3)
Similarity compared to Zambia
Method 1: Unweighted
Method 2: Weighted
| Rank | Country | Method 1 | Method 2 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 69.1 | 69.1 | 69.1 |
| 2 | Mozambique | 65.7 | 64.4 | 65.1 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 61.9 | 66.3 | 64.1 |
| 4 | Angola | 65.0 | 61.7 | 63.4 |
| 5 | Tanzania | 60.7 | 65.0 | 62.8 |
| 6 | Uganda | 62.1 | 63.3 | 62.7 |
| 7 | Rep. of Congo | 59.6 | 60.1 | 59.8 |
| 8 | Malawi | 57.2 | 62.1 | 59.6 |
| 9 | Eswatini | 58.0 | 61.0 | 59.5 |
| 10 | Togo | 59.5 | 59.0 | 59.3 |
| 11 | Dem. Rep. of Congo | 58.1 | 59.5 | 58.8 |
| 12 | South Africa | 57.5 | 60.0 | 58.7 |
| 13 | Guinea | 56.8 | 59.7 | 58.3 |
| 14 | Benin | 54.7 | 58.9 | 56.8 |
| 15 | Ecuador | 54.3 | 57.4 | 55.9 |
| 16 | Senegal | 53.5 | 58.2 | 55.8 |
| 17 | Burundi | 55.2 | 56.2 | 55.7 |
| 18 | Botswana | 54.2 | 56.8 | 55.5 |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 55.3 | 55.3 | 55.3 |
| 20 | Brazil | 53.2 | 57.3 | 55.3 |
| 21 | Namibia | 54.2 | 56.3 | 55.3 |
| 22 | Lesotho | 55.6 | 54.7 | 55.2 |
| 23 | Nigeria | 53.1 | 57.2 | 55.1 |
| 24 | Myanmar | 53.6 | 56.2 | 54.9 |
| 25 | East Timor | 54.8 | 54.8 | 54.8 |
| 26 | Ivory Coast | 53.1 | 56.3 | 54.7 |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 53.5 | 55.7 | 54.6 |
| 28 | Indonesia | 53.0 | 56.1 | 54.6 |
| 29 | Liberia | 54.4 | 54.7 | 54.5 |
| 30 | Mexico | 54.4 | 54.6 | 54.5 |
| 31 | Cambodia | 53.7 | 55.1 | 54.4 |
| 32 | South Sudan | 55.0 | 53.5 | 54.3 |
| 33 | Haiti | 52.8 | 54.8 | 53.8 |
| 34 | Gabon | 52.1 | 54.9 | 53.5 |
| 35 | Guatemala | 52.3 | 54.4 | 53.4 |
| 36 | Ghana | 52.1 | 54.6 | 53.3 |
| 37 | Colombia | 51.1 | 55.0 | 53.1 |
| 38 | Madagascar | 52.3 | 53.8 | 53.0 |
| 39 | El Salvador | 50.8 | 55.1 | 53.0 |
| 40 | Cameroon | 50.9 | 55.0 | 52.9 |
| 41 | Venezuela | 50.8 | 55.0 | 52.9 |
| 42 | Kenya | 51.0 | 54.6 | 52.8 |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 50.6 | 54.9 | 52.8 |
| 44 | Central African Rep. | 52.6 | 52.4 | 52.5 |
| 45 | Honduras | 51.1 | 53.8 | 52.5 |
| 46 | Rwanda | 49.2 | 54.1 | 51.7 |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 50.9 | 52.1 | 51.5 |
| 48 | Panama | 50.2 | 52.4 | 51.3 |
| 49 | Bolivia | 49.4 | 53.1 | 51.3 |
| 50 | Malaysia | 50.0 | 51.9 | 50.9 |
| 51 | Gambia | 48.8 | 51.8 | 50.3 |
| 52 | Uruguay | 49.5 | 51.0 | 50.2 |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 49.1 | 51.3 | 50.2 |
| 54 | Guinea-Bissau | 49.0 | 51.3 | 50.1 |
| 55 | Comoros | 49.3 | 50.6 | 49.9 |
| 56 | Peru | 47.9 | 51.5 | 49.7 |
| 57 | Bhutan | 48.2 | 51.0 | 49.6 |
| 58 | Argentina | 47.5 | 50.9 | 49.2 |
| 59 | India | 45.8 | 52.5 | 49.2 |
| 60 | South Korea | 48.7 | 49.4 | 49.1 |
| 61 | Trinidad & Tobago | 48.5 | 49.5 | 49.0 |
| 62 | Philippines | 48.0 | 49.3 | 48.7 |
| 63 | Seychelles | 46.9 | 50.4 | 48.7 |
| 64 | Japan | 47.9 | 49.4 | 48.7 |
| 65 | Cuba | 47.8 | 49.2 | 48.5 |
| 66 | Vietnam | 47.9 | 49.0 | 48.4 |
| 67 | Barbados | 47.6 | 48.9 | 48.2 |
| 68 | Egypt | 45.4 | 50.8 | 48.1 |
| 69 | Fiji | 47.5 | 48.4 | 47.9 |
| 70 | Suriname | 46.7 | 48.8 | 47.8 |
| 71 | Thailand | 46.4 | 48.9 | 47.7 |
| 72 | North Korea | 46.7 | 48.4 | 47.6 |
| 73 | Yemen | 45.2 | 49.8 | 47.5 |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 46.8 | 48.2 | 47.5 |
| 75 | Mali | 41.2 | 53.7 | 47.4 |
| 76 | Mauritius | 45.8 | 48.6 | 47.2 |
| 77 | United States | 45.5 | 48.7 | 47.1 |
| 78 | Pakistan | 45.4 | 48.8 | 47.1 |
| 79 | Taiwan | 46.7 | 47.4 | 47.0 |
| 80 | Belize | 46.4 | 47.5 | 46.9 |
| 81 | Mauritania | 46.6 | 47.0 | 46.8 |
| 82 | Morocco | 43.9 | 49.6 | 46.7 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 45.4 | 48.1 | 46.7 |
| 84 | St. Vincent | 46.1 | 46.9 | 46.5 |
| 85 | Australia | 45.6 | 47.4 | 46.5 |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 45.3 | 47.6 | 46.5 |
| 87 | Grenada | 45.5 | 47.2 | 46.3 |
| 88 | New Zealand | 45.3 | 46.6 | 45.9 |
| 89 | Ethiopia | 43.9 | 47.8 | 45.9 |
| 90 | Moldova | 43.8 | 47.8 | 45.8 |
| 91 | Bosnia | 43.4 | 48.1 | 45.8 |
| 92 | Bahamas | 45.1 | 46.3 | 45.7 |
| 93 | Nepal | 44.3 | 47.0 | 45.7 |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 44.8 | 46.5 | 45.7 |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 43.3 | 47.9 | 45.6 |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 43.8 | 46.8 | 45.3 |
| 97 | St. Lucia | 45.0 | 45.5 | 45.3 |
| 98 | Chile | 44.1 | 46.4 | 45.2 |
| 99 | Malta | 43.5 | 46.6 | 45.1 |
| 100 | Canada | 43.6 | 46.5 | 45.0 |
| 101 | Djibouti | 41.5 | 48.4 | 45.0 |
| 102 | Antigua & Barbuda | 43.9 | 45.9 | 44.9 |
| 103 | Qatar | 42.7 | 47.0 | 44.8 |
| 104 | Georgia | 42.5 | 47.2 | 44.8 |
| 105 | Israel | 43.2 | 46.3 | 44.8 |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 41.2 | 47.8 | 44.5 |
| 107 | Oman | 42.8 | 45.9 | 44.3 |
| 108 | Bahrain | 43.3 | 45.3 | 44.3 |
| 109 | China | 43.1 | 45.3 | 44.2 |
| 110 | Armenia | 41.7 | 46.6 | 44.2 |
| 111 | Slovenia | 43.0 | 45.2 | 44.1 |
| 112 | Ukraine | 41.9 | 46.2 | 44.0 |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 41.9 | 46.0 | 44.0 |
| 114 | Chad | 43.3 | 44.4 | 43.8 |
| 115 | Ireland | 43.0 | 44.6 | 43.8 |
| 116 | Jamaica | 42.6 | 44.8 | 43.7 |
| 117 | Turkey | 39.8 | 47.4 | 43.6 |
| 118 | Portugal | 42.3 | 44.9 | 43.6 |
| 119 | Sao Tome | 42.9 | 44.1 | 43.5 |
| 120 | Russia | 41.9 | 45.0 | 43.4 |
| 121 | Serbia | 41.3 | 45.6 | 43.4 |
| 122 | Romania | 41.8 | 44.9 | 43.3 |
| 123 | France | 42.6 | 44.0 | 43.3 |
| 124 | Cyprus | 42.0 | 44.6 | 43.3 |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 41.9 | 44.7 | 43.3 |
| 126 | Maldives | 41.8 | 44.7 | 43.2 |
| 127 | Micronesia | 43.1 | 42.5 | 42.8 |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 41.3 | 44.1 | 42.7 |
| 129 | Austria | 41.8 | 42.9 | 42.3 |
| 130 | Kuwait | 40.4 | 44.2 | 42.3 |
| 131 | Niger | 38.9 | 45.4 | 42.2 |
| 132 | Algeria | 37.9 | 46.4 | 42.1 |
| 133 | Sudan | 39.6 | 44.7 | 42.1 |
| 134 | Spain | 40.7 | 43.3 | 42.0 |
| 135 | Laos | 40.6 | 43.3 | 42.0 |
| 136 | Luxembourg | 40.9 | 42.9 | 41.9 |
| 137 | Croatia | 40.9 | 42.6 | 41.7 |
| 138 | Lebanon | 38.5 | 45.0 | 41.7 |
| 139 | Montenegro | 40.4 | 42.9 | 41.6 |
| 140 | Norway | 40.2 | 42.8 | 41.5 |
| 141 | Jordan | 39.4 | 43.7 | 41.5 |
| 142 | Uzbekistan | 38.6 | 44.3 | 41.5 |
| 143 | Germany | 40.6 | 42.1 | 41.3 |
| 144 | Netherlands | 39.6 | 42.9 | 41.3 |
| 145 | Italy | 39.9 | 42.5 | 41.2 |
| 146 | Guyana | 39.1 | 43.3 | 41.2 |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 38.7 | 43.4 | 41.0 |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 38.5 | 43.6 | 41.0 |
| 149 | Iran | 38.7 | 43.3 | 41.0 |
| 150 | Belarus | 39.4 | 42.5 | 40.9 |
| 151 | Iceland | 40.3 | 41.5 | 40.9 |
| 152 | Switzerland | 39.3 | 42.4 | 40.9 |
| 153 | Sweden | 39.9 | 41.6 | 40.8 |
| 154 | Denmark | 40.0 | 41.4 | 40.7 |
| 155 | Libya | 38.1 | 43.1 | 40.6 |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 39.6 | 41.4 | 40.5 |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 38.2 | 42.8 | 40.5 |
| 158 | North Macedonia | 38.2 | 42.6 | 40.4 |
| 159 | Finland | 38.8 | 41.4 | 40.1 |
| 160 | Tajikistan | 37.3 | 42.5 | 39.9 |
| 161 | Vanuatu | 38.9 | 40.9 | 39.9 |
| 162 | Syria | 36.8 | 42.8 | 39.8 |
| 163 | Mongolia | 39.5 | 39.7 | 39.6 |
| 164 | Estonia | 38.5 | 40.6 | 39.5 |
| 165 | Lithuania | 38.7 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 166 | Greece | 37.9 | 41.0 | 39.4 |
| 167 | Afghanistan | 37.4 | 41.1 | 39.3 |
| 168 | Tunisia | 35.9 | 42.6 | 39.3 |
| 169 | Iraq | 35.8 | 42.1 | 39.0 |
| 170 | Czechia | 37.9 | 39.9 | 38.9 |
| 171 | Latvia | 37.6 | 39.7 | 38.7 |
| 172 | Albania | 34.9 | 41.9 | 38.4 |
| 173 | Samoa | 37.4 | 39.3 | 38.3 |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 35.9 | 40.6 | 38.3 |
| 175 | Slovakia | 37.2 | 39.1 | 38.2 |
| 176 | Belgium | 36.4 | 37.9 | 37.1 |
| 177 | Hungary | 36.2 | 38.0 | 37.1 |
| 178 | Poland | 35.0 | 37.6 | 36.3 |
| 179 | Kiribati | 34.4 | 35.6 | 35.0 |