The Country Similarity Index evaluates 1,000 data points across five equally weighted dimensions—Demographics, Culture, Politics, Infrastructure, and Geography—to identify two countries that, in combination, most closely resemble a target country. For each country A, it first selects the nation most similar to A, then finds a second country that has attributes of country A that the most similar country does not have. The following is a list of the results. A full explanation can be found on the individual pages of the country.
Afghanistan is like if Tajikistan was more like Yemen (+12.1)
Albania is like if North Macedonia was more like Guinea (+7.4)
Algeria is like if Morocco was more like Libya (+6.8)
Angola is like if Mozambique was more like the Republic of Congo (+5.2)
Argentina: Argentina is like if Uruguay was more like Mexico (+4.7)
Armenia is like if Georgia was more like Kyrgyzstan (+5.2)
Australia is like if New Zealand was more like South Africa (+4.2)
Austria is like if Germany was more like Switzerland (+3.7)
Azerbaijan is like if Turkey was more like Uzbekistan (+8.3)
The Bahamas is like if Jamaica was more like the United States (+4.9)
Bahrain is like if Qatar was more like Oman (+1.3)
Bangladesh is like if India was more like Guinea (+6.6)
Belarus is like if Ukraine was more like Russia (+5.0)
Belgium is like if the Netherlands was more like France (+7.4)
Belize is like if Jamaica was more like Guatemala (+9.4)
Benin is like if Togo was more like Burkina Faso (+4.4)
Bhutan is like if Nepal was more like Taiwan (+8.2)
Bolivia is like if Peru was more like Paraguay (+3.4)
Bosnia & Herzegovina is like if Montenegro was more like Tajikistan (+3.3)
Botswana is like if Namibia was more like Zimbabwe (+4.2)
Brazil is like if Colombia was more like Portugal (+7.7)
Brunei is like if Malaysia was more like Saudi Arabia (+7.4)
Bulgaria is like if Serbia was more like Latvia (+3.2)
Burkina Faso is like if Benin was more like Mali (+8.1)
Burundi is like if Rwanda was more like Chad (+4.8)
Cape Verde is like if Brazil was more like Djibouti (+13.4)
Cambodia is like if Laos was more like Thailand (+4.0)
Cameroon is like if Republic of Congo was more like Tanzania (+7.2)
Canada is like if the United States was more like Finland (+8.3)
Central African Republic is like if Republic of Congo was more like Chad (+4.4)
Chad is like if Niger was more like Sudan (+5.6)
Chile is like if Argentina was more like Colombia (+3.4)
China is like if Taiwan was more like Tajikistan (+14.5)
Colombia is like if Ecuador was more like Venezuela (+4.9)
Costa Rica is like if Panama was more like Honduras (+2.1)
Croatia is like if Slovenia was more like Montenegro (+7.4)
Cuba is like if the Dominican Republic was more like Belarus (+7.9)
Cyprus is like if Greece was more like Bahrain (+7.1)
Czech Republic is like if Slovakia was more like Great Britain (+4.3)
Denmark is like if Norway was more like Belgium (+7.6)
Djibouti is like if Somalia was more like Tunisia (+8.3)
Dominican Republic is like if Panama was more like Haiti (+8.6)
Democratic Republic of the Congo is like if the Republic of the Congo was more like Guinea (+4.8)
East Timor is like if the Philippines was more like Mozambique (+8.6)
Ecuador is like if Colombia was more like Peru (+1.7)
Egypt is like if Syria was more like Libya (+6.0)
El Salvador is like if Honduras was more like Cuba (+3.0)
Equatorial Guinea is like if Cameroon was more like Puerto Rico (+4.3)
Eritrea is like if Ethiopia was more like Sudan (+7.8)
Estonia is like if Latvia was more like Finland (+2.8)
Eswatini is like if Lesotho was more like Zimbabwe (+4.0)
Ethiopia is like if Eritrea was more like Tanzania (+7.6)
Fiji is like if Samoa was more like Guyana (+6.8)
Finland is like if Sweden was more like Estonia (+2.8)
France is like if Belgium was more like Portugal (+4.6)
Gabon is like if the Republic of Congo was more like Suriname (+5.8)
Gambia is like if Senegal was more like Sierra Leone (+6.0)
Georgia is like if Armenia was more like Montenegro (+4.4)
Germany is like if Austria was more like the Netherlands (+8.0)
Ghana is like if Nigeria was more like Zambia (+3.7)
Greece is like if Cyprus was more like Italy (+8.4)
Guatemala is like if Honduras was more like Peru (+1.6)
Guinea is like if Ivory Coast was more like Gambia (+5.3)
Guinea-Bissau is like if Guinea was more like Cape Verde (+5.8)
Guyana is like if Suriname was more like Jamaica (+7.4)
Haiti is like if the Dominican Republic was more like Burundi (+12.8)
Honduras is like if Nicaragua was more like Guatemala (+3.2)
Hungary is like if Slovakia was more like the Netherlands (+1.5)
Iceland is like if Norway was more like Cape Verde (+2.6)
India is like if Nepal was more like Sri Lanka (+10.8)
Indonesia is like if Malaysia was more like East Timor (+8.4)
Iran is like if Iraq was more like Tajikistan (+7.8)
Iraq is like if Jordan was more like Pakistan (+5.7)
Ireland is like if the United Kingdom was more like Lithuania (+4.6)
Israel is like if Tunisia was more like Germany (+10.3)
Italy is like if Spain was more like Croatia (+3.4)
Ivory Coast is like if Guinea was more like Ghana (+4.3)
Jamaica is like if the Bahamas was more like Haiti (+7.0)
Japan is like if Taiwan was more like the United Kingdom (+6.0)
Jordan is like if Syria was more like Saudi Arabia (+7.3)
Kazakhstan is like if Kyrgyzstan was more like Belarus (+10.3)
Kenya is like if Tanzania was more like Namibia (+4.5)
Kuwait is like if Qatar was more like Iraq (+4.5)
Kyrgyzstan is like if Kazakhstan was more like Tajikistan (+7.6)
Laos is like if Cambodia was more like Eswatini (+4.4)
Latvia is like if Lithuania was more like Finland (+5.0)
Lebanon is like if Tunisia was more like Cyprus (+5.7)
Lesotho is like if Eswatini was more like Guinea (+3.5)
Liberia is like if Sierra Leone was more like the Bahamas (+6.2)
Libya is like if Algeria was more like Saudi Arabia (+1.8)
Lithuania is like if Latvia was more like Poland (+2.9)
Luxembourg is like if Belgium was more like Switzerland (+2.9)
Madagascar is like if Democratic Republic of Congo was more like the Philippines (+9.1)
Malawi is like if Zambia was more like Gambia (+3.2)
Malaysia is like if Brunei was more like Indonesia (+7.4)
Mali is like if Niger was more like Burkina Faso (+6.3)
Mauritania is like if Sudan was more like Tunisia (+8.0)
Mauritius is like if Trinidad & Tobago was more like India (+8.9)
Mexico is like if Colombia was more like the United States (+6.9)
Moldova is like if Romania was more like Uzbekistan (+5.4)
Mongolia is like if Kazakhstan was more like Bhutan (+8.7)
Montenegro is like if Bosnia was more like Greece (+6.5)
Morocco is like if Algeria was more like Togo (+4.3)
Mozambique is like if Angola was more like Malawi (+7.0)
Myanmar is like if Cambodia was more like Bhutan (+7.6)
Namibia is like if Botswana was more like Guinea (+5.1)
Nepal is like if India was more like Bhutan (+11.7)
Netherlands is like if Belgium was more like the United Kingdom (+3.8)
New Zealand is like if Australia was more like Iceland (+3.8)
Nicaragua is like if Honduras was more like Cuba (+4.8)
Niger is like if Mali was more like Chad (+3.8)
Nigeria is like if Ghana was more like Chad (+5.4)
North Korea is like if South Korea was more like Laos (+11.3)
North Macedonia is like if Bulgaria was more like Albania (+7.3)
Norway is like if Sweden was more like Iceland (+4.9)
Oman is like if the United Arab Emirates was more like Yemen (+7.9)
Pakistan is like if India was more like Afghanistan (+15.7)
Panama is like if Costa Rica was more like Guyana (+4.0)
Papua New Guinea is like if the Solomon Islands was more like the Democratic Republic of Congo (+3.9)
Paraguay is like if Bolivia was more like Uruguay (+8.7)
Peru is like if Ecuador was more like Bolivia (+3.7)
Philippines is like if Indonesia was more like Belize (+10.9)
Poland is like if the Czech Republic was more like Romania (+3.6)
Portugal is like if Spain was more like Brazil (+6.5)
Qatar is like if the United Arab Emirates was more like Kuwait (+3.5)
Republic of the Congo is like if the Democratic Republic of Congo was more like Gabon (+5.6)
Romania is like if Moldova was more like Poland (+8.7)
Russia is like if Belarus was more like Canada (+8.4)
Rwanda is like if Burundi was more like Uganda (+2.8)
Samoa is like if Vanuatu was more like Thailand (+4.6)
Saudi Arabia is like if Oman was more like Libya (+4.4)
Senegal is like if Guinea was more like Tunisia (+5.8)
Serbia is like if Bosnia & Herzegovina was more like Hungary (+6.7)
Sierra Leone is like if Liberia was more like Guinea (+7.4)
Singapore is like if Malaysia was more like Taiwan (+5.8)
Slovakia is like if the Czech Republic was more like Ukraine (+4.5)
Slovenia is like if Croatia was more like Austria (+3.7)
Solomon Islands is like if Vanuatu was more like Papua New Guinea (+4.8)
Somalia is like if Djibouti was more like South Sudan (+7.8)
South Africa is like if Botswana was more like the Netherlands (+8.3)
South Korea is like if Japan was more like North Korea (+14.0)
South Sudan is like if Tanzania was more like Chad (+5.5)
Spain is like if Portugal was more like Chile (+4.7)
Sri Lanka is like if India was more like Thailand (+8.1)
Sudan is like if Mauritania was more like South Sudan (+9.9)
Suriname is like if Guyana was more like the Netherlands (+7.2)
Sweden is like if Norway was more like Finland (+8.3)
Switzerland is like if Austria was more like Canada (+3.7)
Syria is like if Jordan was more like Guinea (+6.6)
Tajikistan is like if Kyrgyzstan was more like Afghanistan (+11.9)
Tanzania is like if Uganda was more like Mozambique (+4.2)
Thailand is like if Cambodia was more like Japan (+11.8)
Togo is like if Benin was more like Uganda (+3.7)
Trinidad & Tobago is like if Jamaica was more like Mauritius (+6.9)
Tunisia is like if Morocco was more like Lebanon (+5.4)
Turkey is like if Azerbaijan was more like Italy (+9.4)
Turkmenistan is like if Uzbekistan was more like Libya (+2.6)
Uganda is like if Tanzania was more like Rwanda (+6.3)
Ukraine is like if Belarus was more like Romania (+4.4)
United Arab Emirates is like if Qatar was more like Oman (+1.6)
United Kingdom is like if Ireland was more like Denmark (+3.8)
United States is like if Canada was more like Mexico (+4.5)
Uruguay is like if Argentina was more like the Netherlands (+4.4)
Uzbekistan is like if Turkmenistan was more like Tajikistan (+5.9)
Vanuatu is like if Solomon Islands was more like New Caledonia (+6.1)
Venezuela is like if Colombia was more like Cuba (+4.9)
Vietnam is like if Thailand was more like Taiwan (+12.9)
Yemen is like if Sudan was more like Oman (+9.0)
Zambia is like if Zimbabwe was more like Malawi (+4.7)
Zimbabwe is like if Zambia was more like Eswatini (+3.4)
Methodology:
For each country A, let country B be its most similar match. Next, find the country that has the most traits of country A that country B lacks. Then, find the country C that has the most traits of country A that country B lacks multiplied by the amount of similarity squared between the two countries.