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Culture Stats: compare key data on Greece & United States

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STAT Greece United States HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.75
Ranked 36th. 14% more than United States
9.44
Ranked 57th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 23.4 kg
Ranked 3rd. 55% more than United States
15.1 kg
Ranked 14th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date November 12, 1991 May 15, 1940
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Athens Syntagma Sq. San Bernardino , California
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,992
Ranked 17th. 2% more than United States
1,952
Ranked 13th.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 314.69 kg
Ranked 5th. 24% more than United States
253.8 kg
Ranked 16th.
Happy Planet Index 37.6
Ranked 97th. 22% more than United States
30.7
Ranked 114th.

Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 41%
Ranked 12th.
67%
Ranked 4th. 63% more than Greece
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 34%
Ranked 15th. 48% more than United States
23%
Ranked 22nd.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some / No federal protections. Varying protections in 21 states. Included in the federal hate crimes law since 2009. See Matthew Shepard Act
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal in 1951 (Age of consent discrepancy). UN decl. sign. Legal nationwide since 2003. UN decl. sign. See Lawrence v. Texas
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption No / Single gay persons may adopt, laws on couples vary by state
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No / Varies by state, recognized by federal gov't . (Legal in California , Connecticut , Delaware , Hawaii , Illinois , Iowa , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Rhode Island , Vermont , Washington , Eight Native American Tribal Jurisdictions and the District of Columbia ; recognized in Oregon and Kentucky )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 2,795
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than United States
1,028
Ranked 51st.
World Heritage Sites 15
Ranked 11th. 88% more than United States
8
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First outlet in Piraeus near Athens . First franchise in Salt Lake City , Utah in 1952
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Unrestricted (some states, including New York and Vermont, have considered bills to make the practice illegal)
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 2.2
Ranked 68th.
4.47
Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Greece
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 22%
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than United States
10%
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 9.01
Ranked 31st. 5% more than United States
8.61
Ranked 33th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -7%
Ranked 13th.
-43%
Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than Greece
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 1.8
Ranked 65th. 80% more than United States
1
Ranked 100th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.38
Ranked 50th.
2.65
Ranked 42nd. 11% more than Greece
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 4.51
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than United States
1.36
Ranked 48th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.13
Ranked 60th.
0.0
Ranked 128th.
Pets > Animal cropping ban or restriction date 1992 2003
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 8.95
Ranked 40th. 6% more than United States
8.44
Ranked 43th.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Banned url= http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-03-19/pdf/2010-6087.pdf|title= Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents|author= |date= 19 March 2011

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; 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); 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" .); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdf, June 2014. p. 37.; Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (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: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); 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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