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Culture Stats: compare key data on Italy & Switzerland

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STAT Italy Switzerland HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.68
Ranked 37th.
11.06
Ranked 33th. 4% more than Italy
Food and drink > Beer consumption 1.77 billion L
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Switzerland
453 million L
Ranked 27th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 21.8 kg
Ranked 6th. 5% more than Switzerland
20.8 kg
Ranked 7th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date October 15, 1985 October 20, 1976
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Piazza Walter, Bolzano Geneva
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes see McDonald's Italy see McDonald's Switzerland
Happy Planet Index 44
Ranked 69th.
50.3
Ranked 34th. 14% more than Italy

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some Bans some anti-gay discrimination
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 ( Geneva , Vaud , Valais and Ticino : since 1798 Nationwide since 1942) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships No (proposed) Registered partnership since 2007
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Only married couples can adopt / Biological step-child adoption only.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,475
Ranked 30th.
1,722
Ranked 20th. 17% more than Italy
World Heritage Sites 45
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Switzerland
8
Ranked 23th.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned or unclear Banned
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 1.73
Ranked 83th.
3.1
Ranked 51st. 79% more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 8.02
Ranked 37th.
10.83
Ranked 16th. 35% more than Italy
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child No No
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child No No
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. 5 times more than Switzerland
0.5
Ranked 131st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 0.42
Ranked 117th.
1.8
Ranked 63th. 4 times more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 6.38
Ranked 4th. 25% more than Switzerland
5.1
Ranked 7th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 156th.
0.1
Ranked 65th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 8.33
Ranked 44th.
10.56
Ranked 22nd. 27% more than Italy
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines must contain an electronic device to verify age of buyer. Sales from machines are age restricted in 17 out of 26 cantons (11 cantons - under 16; 6 cantons - under 18). The remaining cantons have no age limit.

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: 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); 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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