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Culture Stats: compare key data on France & Portugal

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STAT France Portugal HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.66
Ranked 15th.
14.55
Ranked 13th. 7% more than France
Food and drink > Beer consumed per capita 2.31 l
Ranked 3rd.
3.75 l
Ranked 1st. 62% more than France
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 30, 1972 May 23, 1991
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Creteil CascaiShopping, Cascais
Food and drink > Wine consumed per capita 8.14 l
Ranked 1st. 22% more than Portugal
6.65 l
Ranked 2nd.
Happy Planet Index 46.5
Ranked 50th. 24% more than Portugal
37.5
Ranked 98th.

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All, according to Constitution
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1791 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1983 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1999) Yes (since 2001)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes (since 2013) Single gay persons may adopt
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2013) Yes (since 2010)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 25.1%
Ranked 10th.
29.2%
Ranked 7th. 16% more than France
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 17.7%
Ranked 14th.
19.1%
Ranked 12th. 8% more than France
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 854
Ranked 59th.
1,114
Ranked 40th. 30% more than France
World Heritage Sites 34
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Portugal
15
Ranked 12th.
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. About the same as Portugal
1,995
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 260.48 kg
Ranked 14th. 17% more than Portugal
222.94 kg
Ranked 26th.
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. 18 outlets in 2014.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned, except tail-docking Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 76th. The same as Portugal
18
Ranked 68th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 2.31
Ranked 63th.
3.75
Ranked 38th. 62% more than France
Food and drink > Litres of wine drunk per litre of beer 3.52
Ranked 3rd. 99% more than Portugal
1.77
Ranked 9th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.43
Ranked 14th.
11.54
Ranked 11th. 1% more than France
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child Yes No
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes No
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.
2.1
Ranked 48th. 6 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.62
Ranked 43th. 2 times more than Portugal
1.27
Ranked 86th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 8.14
Ranked 2nd. 22% more than Portugal
6.65
Ranked 3rd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.17
Ranked 55th.
0.51
Ranked 34th. 3 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 13.3
Ranked 5th. 7% more than Portugal
12.45
Ranked 8th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC France Grupo Ibersol
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 12 g
Ranked 6th.
14 g
Ranked 4th. 17% more than France
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Banned Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines must contain an electronic device to verify age of buyer.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Wikipedia: Wine (Wine vs. beer consumption) (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/msbgsruprofiles.pdf); 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: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); 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" .); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: Smoking age; Wikipedia: Wine (Wine vs. beer consumption); 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: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); 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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