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Culture Stats: compare key data on Germany & Ireland

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STAT Germany Ireland HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 12.81
Ranked 23th.
14.41
Ranked 14th. 12% more than Germany
Food and drink > Beer consumption 8.79 billion L
Ranked 5th. 18 times more than Ireland
479 million L
Ranked 25th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date November 22, 1971 May 9, 1977
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Munich Grafton Street , Dublin
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 First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin, see McDonald's Ireland
Happy Planet Index 47.2
Ranked 46th. 11% more than Ireland
42.6
Ranked 79th.

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. Legal for personal use. Illegal with intent to sell or if sold for profit.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1969 (since 1968 in East Germany ) UN decl. sign. Legal since 1993 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2001) Yes (since 2011)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Biological or successive step-child adoption only (full joint adoption proposed) Single gay persons may adopt. Step Child adoption under consideration.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed) No (proposed)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,045
Ranked 45th. 4% more than Ireland
1,006
Ranked 53th.
World Heritage Sites 35
Ranked 3rd. 18 times more than Ireland
2
Ranked 94th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,968
Ranked 21st.
1,971
Ranked 20th. About the same as Germany
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 247.24 kg
Ranked 17th. The same as Ireland
247.17 kg
Ranked 18th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes Struggled to reach 12 stores by 1995. 90 outlets by 2012. First opened in Phibsborough shopping centre. 40 restaurants as of 2013. Major franchisees include MBCC Foods and Herbel Restaurants (Ireland) Ltd
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 13th. The same as Ireland
18
Ranked 64th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 6.22
Ranked 7th.
7.04
Ranked 4th. 13% more than Germany
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.99
Ranked 7th.
13.69
Ranked 2nd. 14% more than Germany
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) 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 1
Ranked 94th. The same as Ireland
1
Ranked 114th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.3
Ranked 51st.
2.51
Ranked 47th. 9% more than Germany
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.15
Ranked 22nd. 15% more than Ireland
2.75
Ranked 28th.
Tobacco > Smoking age 18
Ranked 15th. 13% more than Ireland
16
Ranked 42nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 112th.
1.09
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 11.81
Ranked 13th.
13.39
Ranked 4th. 13% more than Germany
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC GB Ltd KFC (GB) Ltd
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. Sales prohibited to under 18s. Restricted to licensed premises only since 1 July 2009. Vending machines are operated by a token or card obtained from the bar once the age of the buyer has been identified.

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: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); 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: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); 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; 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: 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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