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Culture Stats: compare key data on Germany & Norway

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STAT Germany Norway HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 12.81
Ranked 23th. 64% more than Norway
7.81
Ranked 73th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 8.79 billion L
Ranked 5th. 36 times more than Norway
244 million L
Ranked 35th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date November 22, 1971 November 18, 1983
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Munich Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo
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 see McDonald's Norway
Happy Planet Index 47.2
Ranked 46th.
51.4
Ranked 29th. 9% more than Germany

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 only.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All Bans all anti-gay discrimination.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1969 (since 1968 in East Germany ) UN decl. sign. Legal since 1972 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2001) Legal since 1993
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Biological or successive step-child adoption only (full joint adoption proposed) Legal since 2009
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed) Legal since 2009
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,045
Ranked 45th. 96% more than Norway
534
Ranked 91st.
Well being > Experienced well-being 6.7
Ranked 13th.
7.6
Ranked 1st. 13% more than Germany
World Heritage Sites 35
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Norway
6
Ranked 43th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 22.9 kg
Ranked 4th. 32% more than Norway
17.4 kg
Ranked 11th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 247.24 kg
Ranked 17th.
261.52 kg
Ranked 13th. 6% more than Germany
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 13th. The same as Norway
18
Ranked 74th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 6.22
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Norway
2.98
Ranked 53th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.99
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Norway
5.5
Ranked 72nd.
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) Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes Yes
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.
1.6
Ranked 73th. 60% more than Germany
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.3
Ranked 51st. 80% more than Norway
1.28
Ranked 85th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.15
Ranked 22nd. 58% more than Norway
2
Ranked 36th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 112th.
0.11
Ranked 63th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 11.81
Ranked 13th. 90% more than Norway
6.21
Ranked 68th.
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. Machines are token operated.

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 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: 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); 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: 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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