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Culture Stats: compare key data on France & United Kingdom

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STAT France United Kingdom HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.66
Ranked 15th. 2% more than United Kingdom
13.37
Ranked 17th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 26.3 kg
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United Kingdom
10.9 kg
Ranked 20th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 2,001
Ranked 9th. 2% more than United Kingdom
1,965
Ranked 22nd.
Happy Planet Index 46.5
Ranked 50th.
47.9
Ranked 41st. 3% more than France

Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 68%
Ranked 1st. 36% more than United Kingdom
50%
Ranked 10th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 25%
Ranked 20th.
37%
Ranked 12th. 48% more than France
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1791 UN decl. sign. Legal in England and Wales since 1967 in Scotland since 1981 in Northern Ireland since 1982 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1999) Yes (since 2005)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes (since 2013) Yes (since 2002 in England and Wales, 2009 in Scotland and 2013 in Northern Ireland)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2013) / ( Since 2013 in England and Wales. Under consideration in Scotland, not in Northern Ireland )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 854
Ranked 59th. 14% more than United Kingdom
750
Ranked 73th.
Well being > Experienced well-being 6.8
Ranked 10th.
7
Ranked 9th. 3% more than France
World Heritage Sites 34
Ranked 4th. 48% more than United Kingdom
23
Ranked 8th.
Arts > Fine art exports 959.77 million
Ranked 4th.
5.18 billion
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than France
Gambling > Casinos 1
Ranked 8th.
141
Ranked 1st. 141 times more than France
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 260.48 kg
Ranked 14th. 8% more than United Kingdom
241.47 kg
Ranked 20th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes Opened in 1991, but all seven stores were closed by 1992. Returned in 2001, with 156 stores by 2013. First restaurant was located in Preston, Lancashire . Currently over 800 restaurants, by far the largest amount in Europe.
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 76th. The same as United Kingdom
18
Ranked 40th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 2.31
Ranked 63th.
4.93
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than France
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 7%
Ranked 24th.
13%
Ranked 18th. 86% more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.43
Ranked 14th.
11.75
Ranked 8th. 3% more than France
Arts > Fine art exports per capita 14.76
Ranked 4th.
83.15
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than France
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes Yes
Gambling > Casino revenue per thousand people 0.0613
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
0.0196
Ranked 9th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -43%
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than United Kingdom
-13%
Ranked 15th.
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 0.36
Ranked 157th.
1.7
Ranked 68th. 5 times more than France
Gambling > Casino revenue 3,965
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United Kingdom
1,212
Ranked 8th.
Arts > Fine art imports 562.11 million
Ranked 5th.
4.21 billion
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.62
Ranked 43th. 9% more than United Kingdom
2.41
Ranked 49th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 8.14
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than United Kingdom
3.53
Ranked 20th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.17
Ranked 55th.
0.67
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than France
Arts > Fine art imports per capita 8.64
Ranked 5th.
67.68
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 13.3
Ranked 5th. 14% more than United Kingdom
11.67
Ranked 15th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC France KFC GB Ltd

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; 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 KFC franchises (Africa); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdf, June 2014. p. 37.; Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); 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); http://comtrade.un.org/; Wikipedia: Casino (By region) ; Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); Wikipedia: Smoking age; World Health Organization. Source tables; http://comtrade.un.org/. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Casino Revenues 2014, PricewaterCoopers. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Casino Revenues 2014, PricewaterCoopers; 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: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia)

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