×

Culture Stats: compare key data on France & Switzerland

Compare vs for  

Definitions

STAT France Switzerland HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.66
Ranked 15th. 24% more than Switzerland
11.06
Ranked 33th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date June 30, 1972 October 20, 1976
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Creteil Geneva
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 . see McDonald's Switzerland
Happy Planet Index 46.5
Ranked 50th.
50.3
Ranked 34th. 8% more than France

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some Bans some anti-gay discrimination
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1791 UN decl. sign. Legal ( Geneva , Vaud , Valais and Ticino : since 1798 Nationwide since 1942) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1999) Registered partnership since 2007
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes (since 2013) / Biological step-child adoption only.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2013) (proposed)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 25.1%
Ranked 10th. 4% more than Switzerland
24.1%
Ranked 16th.
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 17.7%
Ranked 14th.
20.3%
Ranked 10th. 15% more than France
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 854
Ranked 59th.
1,722
Ranked 20th. 2 times more than France
Well being > Experienced well-being 6.8
Ranked 10th.
7.5
Ranked 2nd. 10% more than France
World Heritage Sites 34
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Switzerland
8
Ranked 23th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 26.3 kg
Ranked 1st. 26% more than Switzerland
20.8 kg
Ranked 7th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Arts > Fine art exports 959.77 million
Ranked 4th.
1.23 billion
Ranked 3rd. 28% more than France
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned, except tail-docking Banned
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 2.31
Ranked 63th.
3.1
Ranked 51st. 34% more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.43
Ranked 14th. 6% more than Switzerland
10.83
Ranked 16th.
Arts > Fine art exports per capita 14.76
Ranked 4th.
157.18
Ranked 1st. 11 times 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.
0.5
Ranked 131st. 39% more than France
Arts > Fine art imports 562.11 million
Ranked 5th.
1.66 billion
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.62
Ranked 43th. 46% more than Switzerland
1.8
Ranked 63th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 8.14
Ranked 2nd. 60% more than Switzerland
5.1
Ranked 7th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.17
Ranked 55th. 70% more than Switzerland
0.1
Ranked 65th.
Arts > Fine art imports per capita 8.64
Ranked 5th.
211.72
Ranked 1st. 24 times more than France
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 13.3
Ranked 5th. 26% more than Switzerland
10.56
Ranked 22nd.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Banned Sales from machines are age restricted in 17 out of 26 cantons (11 cantons - under 16; 6 cantons - under 18). The remaining cantons have no age limit.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; 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); http://comtrade.un.org/; Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); 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.; 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 .)

Citation

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×