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Culture Stats: compare key data on Netherlands & Sweden

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STAT Netherlands Sweden HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.05
Ranked 43th.
10.3
Ranked 41st. 2% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Beer consumption 1.22 billion L
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Sweden
472 million L
Ranked 26th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date August 21, 1971 October 27, 1973
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Zaandam Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First outlet in Europe . Plans to open 15 more in next 3 years. See McDonald's Netherlands First outlet in Scandinavia . See McDonald's Sweden
Happy Planet Index 50.6
Ranked 43th. 5% more than Sweden
48
Ranked 53th.

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1811 (as part of France) UN decl. sign. Legal since 1944 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1998) Yes (since 1995)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes Yes (since 2003)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2001) Yes (since 2009)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 23.3%
Ranked 17th.
24.6%
Ranked 13th. 6% more than Netherlands
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 20.5%
Ranked 9th.
29.9%
Ranked 5th. 46% more than Netherlands
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 801
Ranked 66th. 12% more than Sweden
715
Ranked 74th.
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 25th.
13
Ranked 15th. 63% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 19.4 kg
Ranked 9th. 2% more than Sweden
19.1 kg
Ranked 10th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 320.15 kg
Ranked 3rd.
355.86 kg
Ranked 2nd. 11% more than Netherlands
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 78th. The same as Sweden
18
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.72
Ranked 16th. 82% more than Sweden
2.6
Ranked 59th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 9.68
Ranked 24th. 62% more than Sweden
5.96
Ranked 63th.
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
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 0.5
Ranked 148th.
3.6
Ranked 13th. 7 times more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.56
Ranked 75th. 42% more than Sweden
1.1
Ranked 95th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.26
Ranked 21st. 12% more than Sweden
2.9
Ranked 27th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 183th.
0.0
Ranked 127th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 9.55
Ranked 36th. 43% more than Sweden
6.7
Ranked 62nd.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 16s. Token issued at counter once the purchasers age has been verified. Sales prohibited to under 18s.

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: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; 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: Virginity (Prevalence of sexually experienced 15-year-olds based on self-reports) (Godeau, Emmanuelle; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Vignes, Ce´line; Ross, Jim; Boyce, Will; Todd, Joanna. "Contraceptive Use by 15-Year-Old Students at Their Last Sexual Intercourse Results From 24 Countries" . Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 162 (1) . Retrieved 14 January 2012 ., See here and pages 47-49 for views on what constitutes virginity loss and therefore sexual intercourse or other sexual activity; source discusses how gay and lesbian individuals define virginity loss, and how the majority of researchers and heterosexuals define virginity loss/"technical virginity" by whether or not a person has engaged in penile-vaginal sex. Laura M. Carpenter (2005). Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences . NYU Press . pp. 295 pages. ISBN 0-8147-1652-0 . Retrieved October 9, 2011 . A. Leigh, Jennifer (June 27, 2009). "Male Virginity Myths" . Psychology Today . Retrieved October 9, 2011 ., Bozon, Michael. 'At what age do women and men have their first sexual intercourse? World comparisons and recent trends'. Population and Societies 391 (2003) 1–4.); http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc/documents/godeau_2008_contraceptive_use_apam_1621_6673.pdf, Emmanuelle Godeau, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Celine Vignes, Jim Ross, Will Boyce, Joanna Todd, ARCH PEDIATR ADOLESC MED/VOL 162 (NO. 1), JAN 2008. p 2.; Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); 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: 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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