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Culture Stats: compare key data on France & Germany

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STAT France Germany HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.66
Ranked 15th. 7% more than Germany
12.81
Ranked 23th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 26.3 kg
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Germany
22.9 kg
Ranked 4th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 30, 1972 November 22, 1971
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Creteil Munich
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First outlet in Creteil in 1972 even though McDonald's officially recognizes the first outlet in Strasbourg in 1979. See McDonald's France . First outlet in West Germany : outlets in the former East Germany opened in 1991. See McDonald's Germany
Happy Planet Index 46.5
Ranked 50th.
47.2
Ranked 46th. 2% more than France

Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 68%
Ranked 1st. 1% more than Germany
67%
Ranked 3rd.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1791 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1969 (since 1968 in East Germany ) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1999) Yes (since 2001)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes (since 2013) / Biological or successive step-child adoption only (full joint adoption proposed)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2013) No (proposed)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 854
Ranked 59th.
1,045
Ranked 45th. 22% more than France
Well being > Experienced well-being 6.8
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Germany
6.7
Ranked 13th.
World Heritage Sites 34
Ranked 4th.
35
Ranked 3rd. 3% more than France
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 25%
Ranked 20th. 92% more than Germany
13%
Ranked 24th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 2,001
Ranked 9th. 2% more than Germany
1,968
Ranked 21st.
Arts > Fine art exports 959.77 million
Ranked 4th. 12% more than Germany
860.25 million
Ranked 5th.
Gambling > Casinos 1
Ranked 8th.
76
Ranked 2nd. 76 times more than France
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 260.48 kg
Ranked 14th. 5% more than Germany
247.24 kg
Ranked 17th.
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. Struggled to reach 12 stores by 1995. 90 outlets by 2012.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned, except tail-docking Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 76th. The same as Germany
18
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 2.31
Ranked 63th.
6.22
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than France
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 7%
Ranked 24th.
20%
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than France
Food and drink > Honey consumption 30,000 metric tons
Ranked 10th.
89,000 metric tons
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.43
Ranked 14th.
11.99
Ranked 7th. 5% more than France
Arts > Fine art exports per capita 14.76
Ranked 4th. 40% more than Germany
10.52
Ranked 5th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child Yes 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
Gambling > Casino revenue per thousand people 0.0613
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Germany
0.0253
Ranked 8th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -43%
Ranked 21st.
-54%
Ranked 24th. 26% more than France
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
Ranked 94th. 3 times more than France
Gambling > Casino revenue 3,965
Ranked 2nd. 91% more than Germany
2,073
Ranked 6th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.62
Ranked 43th. 14% more than Germany
2.3
Ranked 51st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 8.14
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Germany
3.15
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.17
Ranked 55th.
0.0
Ranked 112th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 13.3
Ranked 5th. 13% more than Germany
11.81
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC France KFC GB Ltd
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Banned 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.; 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: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); 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); http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdf, June 2014. p. 37.; Wikipedia: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); 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: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: Smoking age; Wikipedia: Beekeeping (World honey production and consumption); 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); 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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