Which country has the highest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score?

Greece has the highest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score in 2025, at 4.6, followed by Italy (4.59) and Mexico (4.52).

Which country has the lowest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score?

Nicaragua has the lowest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score in 2025, at 3.86.

What is the median Best Food Avg Cuisine Score across countries?

The median is 4.12 across the 99 countries with data in 2025.

Where does this what country has the best food? data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World's Best Cuisines - TasteAtlas.

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What Country has the Best Food?

Name: What Country has the Best Food?
Creator: Rankodex

Greece has the highest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score in 2025 (4.6), followed by Italy (4.59) and Mexico (4.52). Nicaragua has the lowest (3.86).

Culture109 countries · 1 metricUpdated Aug 4, 2024Original page

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World's Best Cuisines - TasteAtlas

ShowingBest Food Avg Cuisine ScoreBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →

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Best Food Avg Cuisine Score, 2025

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 99 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

4.12

Middle half 4.01 – 4.28

Average

4.15

99 countries

Highest

4.6

Greece

Lowest

3.86

Nicaragua

Over time · 2022–2025

The top 5 in 2025, against the median.

Median of all countries
Greece
Italy
Mexico
Turkey
Spain

Data

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99 countries · # = rank by Best Food Avg Cuisine Score

#
1	Greece	4.6
2	Italy	4.59
3	Mexico	4.52
4	Turkey	4.5
4	Spain	4.5
4	Portugal	4.5
7	Indonesia	4.48
7	France	4.48
9	Japan	4.47
10	China	4.45
11	India	4.42
11	United States	4.42
11	Poland	4.42
14	Peru	4.4
14	Serbia	4.4
16	Brazil	4.39
17	Croatia	4.36
18	Vietnam	4.34
18	Colombia	4.34
20	Hungary	4.33
21	Algeria	4.31
22	Germany	4.29
22	South Korea	4.29
24	Argentina	4.28
24	Romania	4.28
24	Lebanon	4.28
27	Czechia	4.27
28	Thailand	4.26
28	Tunisia	4.26
28	Georgia	4.26
31	Austria	4.25
32	Chile	4.24
33	Bulgaria	4.23
34	Russia	4.22
35	Philippines	4.21
35	South Africa	4.21
37	Morocco	4.2
37	Malaysia	4.2
37	Lithuania	4.2
40	Egypt	4.19
41	Iran	4.18
42	Canada	4.17
42	Ukraine	4.17
42	Syria	4.17
42	Netherlands	4.17
42	Palestine	4.17
47	North Macedonia	4.16
48	Ethiopia	4.14
49	Cyprus	4.13
50	Saudi Arabia	4.12
51	Sweden	4.11
52	Venezuela	4.09
52	Australia	4.09
52	Belgium	4.09
55	Slovenia	4.08
56	Azerbaijan	4.07
57	United Kingdom	4.06
57	Cuba	4.06
57	Trinidad and Tobago	4.06
60	Pakistan	4.05
60	Uruguay	4.05
62	Bangladesh	4.04
62	Denmark	4.04
62	Finland	4.04
62	Puerto Rico	4.04
66	Taiwan	4.03
66	Haiti	4.03
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.03
69	Afghanistan	4.02
69	Sri Lanka	4.02
69	Switzerland	4.02
72	Jordan	4.01
72	Norway	4.01
72	Slovakia	4.01
75	Belarus	4
76	Ecuador	3.99
76	Costa Rica	3.99
78	Latvia	3.98
79	Paraguay	3.97
79	Ireland	3.97
81	New Zealand	3.96
82	Libya	3.95
82	Montenegro	3.95
82	Malta	3.95
82	Bahamas	3.95
86	Iraq	3.94
86	Israel	3.94
88	Singapore	3.93
88	Jamaica	3.93
88	Iceland	3.93
91	Dominican Republic	3.91
92	Kazakhstan	3.9
92	Armenia	3.9
94	Qatar	3.89
94	Albania	3.89
96	Nigeria	3.88
96	Bolivia	3.88
96	Laos	3.88
99	Nicaragua	3.86

What correlates with Best Food Avg Cuisine Score (2025)?

Pearson r against 1,713 other country metrics sharing at least 60 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Best Food Avg Cuisine Score tend to score higher on these

Heritage ScoreBest Countries
r = +0.64 · strong · n = 71
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Total Heritage SitesWorld Heritage Sites by Country
r = +0.64 · strong · n = 94
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Cultural SitesWorld Heritage Sites by Country
r = +0.62 · strong · n = 92
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Cultural SitesArchaeological Sites by Country
r = +0.61 · strong · n = 92
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Tourist Arrivals (UN)Most Famous Country in the World
r = +0.57 · strong · n = 85
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# of Films Submitted for OscarsOscar Winners by Country
r = +0.57 · strong · n = 92
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Best Food Avg Cuisine Score tend to score lower on these

Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.53 · strong · n = 90
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Year of First Oscar SubmissionOscar Winners by Country
r = −0.52 · strong · n = 92
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Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.38 · moderate · n = 97
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Country CodePhone Number Length by Country
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 97
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Per Capita Energy ConsumptionEnergy Consumption by Country
r = −0.35 · moderate · n = 71
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Natural Population IncreaseNatural Population Increase by Country
r = −0.31 · moderate · n = 93
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score?: Greece has the highest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score in 2025, at 4.6, followed by Italy (4.59) and Mexico (4.52).
Which country has the lowest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score?: Nicaragua has the lowest Best Food Avg Cuisine Score in 2025, at 3.86.
What is the median Best Food Avg Cuisine Score across countries?: The median is 4.12 across the 99 countries with data in 2025.
Where does this what country has the best food? data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World's Best Cuisines - TasteAtlas.

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