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Culture Stats: compare key data on Germany & Sweden

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STAT Germany Sweden HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 12.81
Ranked 23th. 24% more than Sweden
10.3
Ranked 41st.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 8.79 billion L
Ranked 5th. 19 times more than Sweden
472 million L
Ranked 26th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 22.9 kg
Ranked 4th. 20% more than Sweden
19.1 kg
Ranked 10th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date November 22, 1971 October 27, 1973
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Munich Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm
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 outlet in Scandinavia . See McDonald's Sweden
Happy Planet Index 47.2
Ranked 46th.
48
Ranked 53th. 2% 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, not for sale.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1969 (since 1968 in East Germany ) UN decl. sign. Legal since 1944 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2001) Yes (since 1995)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Biological or successive step-child adoption only (full joint adoption proposed) Yes (since 2003)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed) Yes (since 2009)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,045
Ranked 45th. 46% more than Sweden
715
Ranked 74th.
World Heritage Sites 35
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Sweden
13
Ranked 15th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 247.24 kg
Ranked 17th.
355.86 kg
Ranked 2nd. 44% more than Germany
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 13th. The same as Sweden
18
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 6.22
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Sweden
2.6
Ranked 59th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.99
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Sweden
5.96
Ranked 63th.
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.
3.6
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Germany
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.3
Ranked 51st. 2 times more than Sweden
1.1
Ranked 95th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.15
Ranked 22nd. 9% more than Sweden
2.9
Ranked 27th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 112th.
0.0
Ranked 127th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 11.81
Ranked 13th. 76% more than Sweden
6.7
Ranked 62nd.
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.

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: 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: 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: 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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