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Germany

Germany Culture Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Arts > Fine art exports 860.25 million 2010 5th out of 5
Arts > Fine art exports per capita 10.52 2010 5th out of 5
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 12.81 2005 23th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 6.22 2005 7th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 1 2005 94th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 11.81 2005 13th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0 2005 112th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.3 2005 51st out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.15 2005 22nd out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.99 2003 7th out of 178
Food and drink > Beer consumption 8.79 billion L 2014 5th out of 40
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 22.9 kg 2011 4th out of 20
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date November 22, 1971 2012
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Munich 2012
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First outlet in West Germany : outlets in the former East Germany opened in 1991. See McDonald's Germany 2012
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes Struggled to reach 12 stores by 1995. 90 outlets by 2012. 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC GB Ltd 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,968 2014 21st out of 22
Food and drink > Honey consumption 89,000 metric tons 2005 2nd out of 29
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 247.24 kg 2007 17th out of 99
Gambling > Casino revenue 2,073 2009 6th out of 9
Gambling > Casino revenue per thousand people 0.0253 2009 8th out of 9
Gambling > Casinos 76 2014 2nd out of 8
Happy Planet Index 47.2 2012 46th out of 50
Hobbies > Homebrewing legality 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. 2014
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned 2001
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 67% 2014 3rd out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -54% 2014 24th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 20% 2014 11th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 13% 2014 24th out of 25
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1969 (since 1968 in East Germany ) UN decl. sign. 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2001) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Biological or successive step-child adoption only (full joint adoption proposed) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child No (but the child adopted by one partner can later be adopted by the other as well) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couples are allowed to foster or stepchild foster Yes 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes 2014
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,045 2014 45th out of 184
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines contain an electronic bank card/ID card reader to verify age of buyer. 2008
Tobacco > Purchase age 18 2014 13th out of 88
Tobacco > Smoking age 18 2014 15th out of 44
Well being > Experienced well-being 6.7 2012 13th out of 50
World Heritage Sites 35 2014 3rd out of 140

SOURCES: http://comtrade.un.org/; 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.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; 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. ; World Health Organization. Source tables; 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 with KFC franchises (Asia); Wikipedia: Beekeeping (World honey production and consumption); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); Casino Revenues 2014, PricewaterCoopers; 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.; Wikipedia: Casino (By region) ; http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); 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: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .); Wikipedia: Smoking age; Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites)

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Germany Culture Profiles (Subcategories)

Food and drink 18 Sentiments towards other countries 4
Gambling 3 Sexuality 9

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