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Culture Stats: compare key data on Netherlands & United States

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STAT Netherlands United States HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.05
Ranked 43th. 6% more than United States
9.44
Ranked 57th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 1.22 billion L
Ranked 18th.
24.14 billion L
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 19.4 kg
Ranked 9th. 28% more than United States
15.1 kg
Ranked 14th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date August 21, 1971 May 15, 1940
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Zaandam San Bernardino , California
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 See McDonalds Annual Report
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,972
Ranked 19th. 1% more than United States
1,952
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 320.15 kg
Ranked 3rd. 26% more than United States
253.8 kg
Ranked 16th.
Happy Planet Index 50.6
Ranked 43th. 65% more than United States
30.7
Ranked 114th.

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All / No federal protections. Varying protections in 21 states. Included in the federal hate crimes law since 2009. See Matthew Shepard Act
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1811 (as part of France) UN decl. sign. Legal nationwide since 2003. UN decl. sign. See Lawrence v. Texas
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes / Single gay persons may adopt, laws on couples vary by state
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2001) / Varies by state, recognized by federal gov't . (Legal in California , Connecticut , Delaware , Hawaii , Illinois , Iowa , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Rhode Island , Vermont , Washington , Eight Native American Tribal Jurisdictions and the District of Columbia ; recognized in Oregon and Kentucky )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 801
Ranked 66th.
1,028
Ranked 51st. 28% more than Netherlands
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 25th. The same as United States
8
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First branch was in Rotterdam . Headquarters are in Amsterdam-Zuidoost . There are 41 Dutch KFC restaurants. First franchise in Salt Lake City , Utah in 1952
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Unrestricted (some states, including New York and Vermont, have considered bills to make the practice illegal)
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.72
Ranked 16th. 6% more than United States
4.47
Ranked 23th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 9.68
Ranked 24th. 12% more than United States
8.61
Ranked 33th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 0.5
Ranked 148th.
1
Ranked 100th. Twice as much as Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.56
Ranked 75th.
2.65
Ranked 42nd. 70% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.26
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than United States
1.36
Ranked 48th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 183th.
0.0
Ranked 128th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 9.55
Ranked 36th. 13% more than United States
8.44
Ranked 43th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 9.9 g
Ranked 15th.
14 g
Ranked 3rd. 41% more than Netherlands
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 16s. Token issued at counter once the purchasers age has been verified. url= http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-03-19/pdf/2010-6087.pdf|title= Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents|author= |date= 19 March 2011

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); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); 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 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: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); 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: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.); 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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