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Culture Stats: compare key data on Finland & Germany

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STAT Finland Germany HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 12.52
Ranked 24th.
12.81
Ranked 23th. 2% more than Finland
Food and drink > Beer consumption 435 million L
Ranked 28th.
8.79 billion L
Ranked 5th. 20 times more than Finland
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 22.5 kg
Ranked 5th.
22.9 kg
Ranked 4th. 2% more than Finland
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date December 14, 1984 November 22, 1971
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Tampere Munich
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes see McDonald's Finland First outlet in West Germany : outlets in the former East Germany opened in 1991. See McDonald's Germany
Happy Planet Index 47.2
Ranked 60th. The same as Germany
47.2
Ranked 46th.

Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal for personal use only. Legal . 200 litres of beer per household per year may be produced without taxation, but notification of the local customs office is necessary. Larger quantities are taxed according to law.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1971 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1969 (since 1968 in East Germany ) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2002) Yes (since 2001)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Step-child adoption only (full joint adoption under consideration) / Biological or successive step-child adoption only (full joint adoption proposed)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (under consideration) No (proposed)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 671
Ranked 75th.
1,045
Ranked 45th. 56% more than Finland
World Heritage Sites 6
Ranked 42nd.
35
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Finland
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 361.19 kg
Ranked 1st. 46% more than Germany
247.24 kg
Ranked 17th.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 70th. The same as Germany
18
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.59
Ranked 19th.
6.22
Ranked 7th. 36% more than Finland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 9.31
Ranked 27th.
11.99
Ranked 7th. 29% more than Finland
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child No No (but the child adopted by one partner can later be adopted by the other as well)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couples are allowed to foster or stepchild foster Yes Yes
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 2.8
Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Germany
1
Ranked 94th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.82
Ranked 40th. 23% more than Germany
2.3
Ranked 51st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 2.24
Ranked 34th.
3.15
Ranked 22nd. 41% more than Finland
Tobacco > Smoking age 18
Ranked 38th. The same as Germany
18
Ranked 15th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.31
Ranked 44th.
0.0
Ranked 112th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 9.72
Ranked 32nd.
11.81
Ranked 13th. 22% more than Finland
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Due to be banned on 1 January 2015 Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines contain an electronic bank card/ID card reader to verify age of buyer.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country in 2012, Kirin Holdings Company. Table 3.; Wikipedia: Cheese (Total cheese consumption per capita per year) ("Total and Retail Cheese Consumption – Kilograms per Capita" . Canadian Dairy Information Centre . Retrieved 2013-05-20 ., , Cidilait, ''Le fromage'', Cheese Consumption Continues to Rise); Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Asia (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Europe); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); Wikipedia: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: Smoking age; World Health Organization. Source tables; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Wikipedia: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .)

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