What the world likes to eat: Top 100 countries for good food revealed – and Italy comes in at number 1, with America at 16th and England at a lowly 39th

Let’s celebrate! The top 100 countries for good food have been revealed – and Italy is number one, followed by Japan and Greece in third.

This is evident from a recent study by Taste Atlas Awards 2023/24which is based on 271,819 dish ratings and 80,863 food product ratings. ‘Italy and Japan recorded the same average rating,” according to Smaakatlas, “but Italy took first place again this year thanks to a higher rating of the top-rated dish: pizza.”

Portugal (fourth) and China (fifth) complete the top five, while the US ranks 16th, Australia 50th, England 39th, Scotland 47th and Wales 99th just barely ahead. list.

The top ten is rounded out by Indonesia (sixth); Mexico (seventh); France (eighth); Spain (ninth) and Peru (tenth).

In a separate ranking, focused on the 100 best dishes in the world, the crown goes to the Brazilian picanha – a piece of beef from the behind of a cow.

In second place is the Malaysian flatbread ‘roti canai’, and in third place is the Thai stir-fry ‘phat kophrao’, traditionally made with pork or chicken, Thai basil, chillies and garlic and served with jasmine rice.

Italy comes in fourth place with its popular pizza Napoletana, topped with tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and olive oil. In fifth place it is guotie – a kind of Chinese dumpling.

Not a single British dish is among the 100 best dishes in the world, while Australia is also conspicuous by its absence. One American dish makes the list: Boiled Maine lobster ranks 78th.

The top five of the best cuisines rankings are completed by Portugal (fourth) and China (fifth), while the US ranks 16th, Australia 50th, England 39th, Scotland 47th and Wales is only just in 99th place.

According to the Taste Atlas, the Italian Napoletana pizza (photo) ranks fourth among the 100 best dishes in the world

Rounding out the world’s top ten dishes are a Thai egg noodle soup called ‘khao soi’ (sixth); Indian ‘butter garlic naan’ (seventh); Chinese soup-filled steamed buns known as ‘tangbao’ (eighth); Russian meat skewers, or ‘shashlik’ (ninth), and Thai ‘phanaeng curry’ (tenth).

Taste Atlas also maps the top 100 cheeses in the world, with the top three all from Italy: Parmigiano Reggiano (first); mozzarella di bufala campana (second) and stracchino di crescenza.

The list of the 100 best dishes in the world sparked discussion among the 997,000 of the Taste Atlas Facebook followers, many of whom were eager to name personal favorites that were missing from the list.

“Call me average, but I don’t see a pepperoni pizza here,” wrote “Robert.”

While ‘Laura Tasarkan’ said ‘shawarma should be number 1’ and ‘Prokopis Karvounis’ asked ‘Where’s the moussaka?’

In a ranking focused on the 100 best dishes in the world, the crown goes to the Brazilian picanha – a piece of beef from the backside of a cow

Others celebrated countries that ranked well.

‘Brazil wins!’ wrote “Mayra Baldini” with a party hat emoji, while “Lezel De Guzman” said, “Just seeing a Filipino dish is enough!”

Commenting on the complexity of the task, ‘Ad Aree’ added: ‘Even though I’m from Malaysia and our dish ranks second, it’s almost impossible IMO to rank a wide variety of foods because their taste so much different from one. another.

‘Personally, I love Sarawak Laksa [a Malaysian noodle soup] more than roti canai and it’s not even on this list.’

The list of the World’s 100 Best Dishes (above) sparked debate among Taste Atlas’ 997,000 Facebook followers, with many eager to name personal favorites missing from the list