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Culture Stats: compare key data on Ireland & Sweden

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STAT Ireland Sweden HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 14.41
Ranked 14th. 40% more than Sweden
10.3
Ranked 41st.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 479 million L
Ranked 25th. 1% more than Sweden
472 million L
Ranked 26th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date May 9, 1977 October 27, 1973
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Grafton Street , Dublin Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First drive-thru in Europe opened in Nutgrove, Dublin, see McDonald's Ireland First outlet in Scandinavia . See McDonald's Sweden
Happy Planet Index 42.6
Ranked 79th.
48
Ranked 53th. 13% more than Ireland

Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal for personal use. Illegal with intent to sell or if sold for profit. Legal for personal use only, not for sale.
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 1993 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1944 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2011) Yes (since 1995)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Single gay persons may adopt. Step Child adoption under consideration. Yes (since 2003)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed) Yes (since 2009)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,006
Ranked 53th. 41% more than Sweden
715
Ranked 74th.
World Heritage Sites 2
Ranked 94th.
13
Ranked 15th. 7 times more than Ireland
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 247.17 kg
Ranked 18th.
355.86 kg
Ranked 2nd. 44% more than Ireland
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 64th. The same as Sweden
18
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 7.04
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Sweden
2.6
Ranked 59th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 13.69
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Sweden
5.96
Ranked 63th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child No Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child No 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 114th.
3.6
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Ireland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.51
Ranked 47th. 2 times more than Sweden
1.1
Ranked 95th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 2.75
Ranked 28th.
2.9
Ranked 27th. 5% more than Ireland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 1.09
Ranked 22nd.
0.0
Ranked 127th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 13.39
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as Sweden
6.7
Ranked 62nd.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status 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. 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: 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 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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