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Culture Stats: compare key data on Iceland & Netherlands

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STAT Iceland Netherlands HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 6.31
Ranked 89th.
10.05
Ranked 43th. 59% more than Iceland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 20
Ranked 1st. 25% more than Netherlands
16
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 14 million L
Ranked 40th.
1.22 billion L
Ranked 18th. 87 times more than Iceland
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 24.1 kg
Ranked 2nd. 24% more than Netherlands
19.4 kg
Ranked 9th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes 8 outlets in the Reykjavik area. First branch was in Rotterdam . Headquarters are in Amsterdam-Zuidoost . There are 41 Dutch KFC restaurants.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 223.68 kg
Ranked 25th.
320.15 kg
Ranked 3rd. 43% more than Iceland
Happy Planet Index 38.1
Ranked 94th.
50.6
Ranked 43th. 33% more than Iceland

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Bans all anti-gay discrimination All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1940 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1811 (as part of France) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Legal since 1996 Yes (since 1998)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Legal since 2006 Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Legal since 2010 Yes (since 2001)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 477
Ranked 98th.
801
Ranked 66th. 68% more than Iceland
World Heritage Sites 1
Ranked 106th.
8
Ranked 25th. 8 times more than Iceland
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 14th. The same as Netherlands
18
Ranked 78th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 3.67
Ranked 41st.
4.72
Ranked 16th. 29% more than Iceland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 6.99
Ranked 45th.
9.68
Ranked 24th. 38% more than Iceland
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child Yes 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 0.4
Ranked 155th.
0.5
Ranked 148th. 25% more than Iceland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.33
Ranked 79th.
1.56
Ranked 75th. 17% more than Iceland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 1.95
Ranked 38th.
3.26
Ranked 21st. 67% more than Iceland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.1
Ranked 64th.
0.0
Ranked 183th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 5.91
Ranked 73th.
9.55
Ranked 36th. 62% more than Iceland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 8 g
Ranked 16th.
9.9 g
Ranked 15th. 24% more than Iceland
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Banned Sales prohibited to under 16s. Token issued at counter once the purchasers age has been verified.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide; 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 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: 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: 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: Standard drink (Standard drinks as defined by various countries) (ICAP Report 5 - "What is a 'standard drink'". URL: [1] . Accessed on June 19, 2008.); 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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