Sort:

Countries with the Best Food & Culinary Culture 2026

Discover the world's most exciting food destinations. Ranking 229 countries by culinary diversity, restaurant density, market quality, café culture, and local authenticity.

#	Country	Score
1	Italy	97.4
2	Japan	94.7
3	France	94.6
4	Spain	91.3
5	Thailand	89.9
6	Mexico	89.4
7	Korea Republic	88.4
8	Turkey	86.4
9	Greece	84.6
10	Vietnam	83.9
11	Peru	82.9
12	Singapore	81.1
13	India	80.9
14	Hong Kong	80.6
15	Chinese Taipei	79.1
16	China	78.9
17	Portugal	78.6
18	Malaysia	76.9
19	Morocco	75.6
20	Indonesia	75
21	Austria	73.3
22	Germany	72.1
23	Georgia	71.1
24	Belgium	69.6
25	Brazil	68.7
26	Switzerland	68.7
27	Netherlands	68.7
28	United States	68.4
29	Israel	67.4
30	Argentina	66.6
31	Australia	65.9
32	United Kingdom	64.9
33	Denmark	64.1
34	Canada	63.9
35	Lebanon	63.1
36	Colombia	62.7
37	Poland	62.6
38	Egypt	62.1
39	Croatia	61.7
40	United Arab Emirates	61.3
41	Hungary	60.7
42	Sweden	59.9
43	New Zealand	59.6
44	Philippines	59.6
45	Czech Republic	59
46	Monaco	59
47	Chile	58
48	Romania	57.9
49	Macau	57.7
50	Iran	57.4
51	Serbia	56.7
52	Tunisia	56.3
53	Cyprus	56.3
54	Ecuador	55.7
55	Malta	55.7
56	Luxembourg	55.4
57	Sri Lanka	55.4
58	Jordan	55.3
59	Slovenia	55.1
60	Ireland	54.6
61	Russia	54.3
62	Puerto Rico	54.1
63	Norway	54.1
64	Bulgaria	53.9
65	Lithuania	52.9
66	Uruguay	52.7
67	Mauritius	52.7
68	Pakistan	52.7
69	Finland	52.3
70	Réunion	51.9
71	Costa Rica	51.6
72	Slovakia	51.4
73	South Africa	51.1
74	Ukraine	51.1
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51
76	Estonia	50.9
77	Panama	50.9
78	Jamaica	50.9
79	Senegal	50.6
80	Qatar	50.6
81	Bahrain	49.9
82	North Macedonia	49.9
83	Myanmar	49.9
84	Bangladesh	49.9
85	Dominican Republic	49.7
86	Nigeria	49.7
87	Cambodia	49.6
88	Montenegro	49
89	Trinidad and Tobago	49
90	Latvia	48.6
91	Guatemala	48.3
92	Albania	47.9
93	Martinique	47.7
94	Kuwait	47.6
95	Nepal	47.6
96	Azerbaijan	47.4
97	Armenia	46.4
98	Ethiopia	46.4
99	Uzbekistan	46
100	Bolivia	45.9
101	Kenya	45.6
102	Laos	45.1
103	Iceland	45
104	Andorra	44.9
105	Guadeloupe	44.9
106	San Marino	44.7
107	Zanzibar	44.6
108	El Salvador	44.3
109	Palestine	44.1
110	Ghana	43.6
111	Oman	43.3
112	Ivory Coast	43.1
113	Cuba	43
114	Iraq	42.7
115	Saudi Arabia	42.6
116	Paraguay	42.3
117	Kazakhstan	41.9
118	Tahiti	41.4
119	Brunei	41
120	Liechtenstein	41
121	Tanzania	40.7
122	Gibraltar	40
123	Fiji	39.4
124	Honduras	38.9
125	Moldova	38
126	Kosovo	37.9
127	Barbados	37.6
128	Seychelles	37.4
129	Nicaragua	37.1
130	Belize	37
131	Cameroon	36.7
132	Belarus	36.6
133	Venezuela	36.4
134	Uganda	36.4
135	Madagascar	36.1
136	Kyrgyzstan	35.9
137	Algeria	35.7
138	New Caledonia	35.1
139	Aruba	35.1
140	Bermuda	35
141	Cayman Islands	35
142	Curacao	34.4
143	Rwanda	34.4
144	Faroe Islands	34
145	Saint-Martin	33.6
146	Benin	33.3
147	Suriname	33
148	Gambia	32.9
149	Maldives	32.9
150	Bhutan	32.7
151	Guyana	32.6
152	Cape Verde	32.4
153	Mali	32.4
154	Togo	32.3
155	Sint Maarten	31.9
156	Congo DR	31.7
157	French Guiana	31.7
158	Mongolia	31.1
159	São Tomé and Príncipe	31.1
160	Saint Lucia	31.1
161	Mayotte	31.1
162	Burkina Faso	31
163	Libya	31
164	Guam	30.9
165	Bahamas	30.9
166	Guinea	30.3
167	Grenada	30.3
168	U.S. Virgin Islands	30.1
169	Syria	29.3
170	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	28.9
171	Tajikistan	28.1
172	Dominica	27.9
173	Antigua and Barbuda	27.6
174	Mozambique	27.6
175	Namibia	27
176	Congo	27
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.9
178	Haiti	26.3
179	Zambia	25.9
180	Sudan	25.9
181	Cook Islands	25.7
182	Djibouti	25.4
183	British Virgin Islands	25.3
184	Comoros	25.1
185	Greenland	25
186	Zimbabwe	25
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25
188	Botswana	24.7
189	Anguilla	24.7
190	Gabon	24.7
191	Guinea-Bissau	24.6
192	Angola	24.3
193	Timor-Leste	24
194	Mauritania	23.9
195	Sierra Leone	23.7
196	Turks and Caicos Islands	23.6
197	Samoa	23.4
198	Papua New Guinea	22.7
199	Malawi	22.7
200	Niger	22
201	Turkmenistan	22
202	Eritrea	21.7
203	Liberia	21.7
204	Afghanistan	21.6
205	Yemen	21.4
206	Northern Mariana Islands	21
207	Vanuatu	20.9
208	Equatorial Guinea	20.3
209	Tonga	19.7
210	Palau	19.6
211	Burundi	19.6
212	Montserrat	19.3
213	American Samoa	19.3
214	Swaziland	18.9
215	Wallis and Futuna	18
216	Solomon Islands	17.6
217	Tuvalu	16.3
218	Chad	16.3
219	Micronesia	16.3
220	Nauru	16.3
221	Marshall Islands	16.3
222	Lesotho	15.6
223	Somalia	15.4
224	Central African Republic	14.6
225	Niue	14.4
226	Kiribati	14.1
227	South Sudan	8.7
228	Korea DPR	8.1
229	Western Sahara	3.3

How the Food and Culinary Culture Score Is Calculated

The overall score is the equally weighted average of seven indicators. Nomadino calculates: food and culinary culture = cuisine diversity, restaurant density, street food scene, market quality, café culture, local freshness and local authenticity, each with 1/7 weight.

Cuisine diversity: 14.3%
Restaurant density: 14.3%
Street food scene: 14.3%
Market quality: 14.3%
Café culture: 14.3%
Local freshness: 14.3%
Local authenticity: 14.3%

Nomadino uses normalized 0-100 ratings for all seven components. Higher means that culinary variety, everyday food places, markets, café culture, freshness and local distinctiveness are stronger.

Equal weighting is useful here because food and culinary culture is made up of several peer everyday signals. Restaurant density alone says little about local markets, street food, regional freshness or authentic food culture. A 1/7 share keeps these dimensions visible side by side.

For inhabited small island states and low-data territories, Nomadino uses cautious minimum ratings in the seven individual indicators. This prevents low public visibility in OpenStreetMap, Wikidata or culinary platforms from being confused with absent local food culture.

If a user removes an indicator with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights. The active indicators therefore keep their relative importance.

For more on foods, nutrition values and healthy eating, visit our nutrition portal Newtrivo.