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Culture Stats: compare key data on Netherlands & Portugal

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STAT Netherlands Portugal HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.05
Ranked 43th.
14.55
Ranked 13th. 45% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Beer consumption 1.22 billion L
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Portugal
590 million L
Ranked 23th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date August 21, 1971 May 23, 1991
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Zaandam CascaiShopping, Cascais
Happy Planet Index 50.6
Ranked 43th. 35% more than Portugal
37.5
Ranked 98th.

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All All, according to Constitution
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1811 (as part of France) UN decl. sign. Legal since 1983 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1998) Yes (since 2001)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes Single gay persons may adopt
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2001) Yes (since 2010)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 23.3%
Ranked 17th.
29.2%
Ranked 7th. 25% more than Netherlands
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 20.5%
Ranked 9th. 7% more than Portugal
19.1%
Ranked 12th.
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 801
Ranked 66th.
1,114
Ranked 40th. 39% more than Netherlands
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 25th.
15
Ranked 12th. 88% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,972
Ranked 19th.
1,995
Ranked 13th. 1% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 320.15 kg
Ranked 3rd. 44% more than Portugal
222.94 kg
Ranked 26th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First branch was in Rotterdam . Headquarters are in Amsterdam-Zuidoost . There are 41 Dutch KFC restaurants. 18 outlets in 2014.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 78th. The same as Portugal
18
Ranked 68th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.72
Ranked 16th. 26% more than Portugal
3.75
Ranked 38th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 9.68
Ranked 24th.
11.54
Ranked 11th. 19% more than Netherlands
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child Yes No
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes 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 0.5
Ranked 148th.
2.1
Ranked 48th. 4 times more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.56
Ranked 75th. 23% more than Portugal
1.27
Ranked 86th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.26
Ranked 21st.
6.65
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 183th.
0.51
Ranked 34th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 9.55
Ranked 36th.
12.45
Ranked 8th. 30% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 9.9 g
Ranked 15th.
14 g
Ranked 4th. 41% more than Netherlands
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 16s. Token issued at counter once the purchasers age has been verified. Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines must contain an electronic device to verify age of buyer.

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: 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: Virginity (Prevalence of sexually experienced 15-year-olds based on self-reports) (Godeau, Emmanuelle; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Vignes, Ce´line; Ross, Jim; Boyce, Will; Todd, Joanna. "Contraceptive Use by 15-Year-Old Students at Their Last Sexual Intercourse Results From 24 Countries" . Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 162 (1) . Retrieved 14 January 2012 ., See here and pages 47-49 for views on what constitutes virginity loss and therefore sexual intercourse or other sexual activity; source discusses how gay and lesbian individuals define virginity loss, and how the majority of researchers and heterosexuals define virginity loss/"technical virginity" by whether or not a person has engaged in penile-vaginal sex. Laura M. Carpenter (2005). Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences . NYU Press . pp. 295 pages. ISBN 0-8147-1652-0 . Retrieved October 9, 2011 . A. Leigh, Jennifer (June 27, 2009). "Male Virginity Myths" . Psychology Today . Retrieved October 9, 2011 ., Bozon, Michael. 'At what age do women and men have their first sexual intercourse? World comparisons and recent trends'. Population and Societies 391 (2003) 1–4.); http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc/documents/godeau_2008_contraceptive_use_apam_1621_6673.pdf, Emmanuelle Godeau, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Celine Vignes, Jim Ross, Will Boyce, Joanna Todd, ARCH PEDIATR ADOLESC MED/VOL 162 (NO. 1), JAN 2008. p 2.; 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 with KFC franchises (Africa); 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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