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Culture Stats: compare key data on Italy & Spain

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STAT Italy Spain HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.68
Ranked 37th.
11.62
Ranked 30th. 9% more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 18
Ranked 14th. The same as Spain
18
Ranked 5th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 1.77 billion L
Ranked 1st.
3.25 billion L
Ranked 9th. 83% more than Italy
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date October 15, 1985 March 10, 1981
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Piazza Walter, Bolzano Madrid
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes see McDonald's Italy See McDonald's Spain
Happy Planet Index 44
Ranked 69th. 2% more than Spain
43.2
Ranked 76th.

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child No Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1890 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1979 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships No (proposed) Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Only married couples can adopt Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No Yes (since 2005)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,475
Ranked 30th.
1,757
Ranked 19th. 19% more than Italy
World Heritage Sites 45
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Spain
39
Ranked 2nd.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 256.1 kg
Ranked 15th. 44% more than Spain
177.49 kg
Ranked 39th.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned or unclear Banned in autonomies of Catalonia and Andalucia
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 52nd. The same as Spain
18
Ranked 35th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 1.73
Ranked 83th.
4.52
Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 8.02
Ranked 37th.
11.68
Ranked 10th. 46% more than Italy
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 2.35
Ranked 43th. 68% more than Spain
1.4
Ranked 83th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 0.42
Ranked 117th.
1.31
Ranked 81st. 3 times more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 6.38
Ranked 4th. 78% more than Spain
3.59
Ranked 18th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 156th.
0.61
Ranked 31st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 8.33
Ranked 44th.
10.22
Ranked 24th. 23% more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 10 g
Ranked 11th. The same as Spain
10 g
Ranked 13th.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines must contain an electronic device 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.; http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide; 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: 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: 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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