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STAT Netherlands Spain HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 16
Ranked 24th.
18
Ranked 5th. 13% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Beer consumption 1.22 billion L
Ranked 18th.
3.25 billion L
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date August 21, 1971 March 10, 1981
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Zaandam Madrid
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First outlet in Europe . Plans to open 15 more in next 3 years. See McDonald's Netherlands See McDonald's Spain
Happy Planet Index 50.6
Ranked 43th. 17% more than Spain
43.2
Ranked 76th.

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1811 (as part of France) UN decl. sign. Legal since 1979 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1998) Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2001) Yes (since 2005)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 23.3%
Ranked 17th. 35% more than Spain
17.2%
Ranked 24th.
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 20.5%
Ranked 9th. 47% more than Spain
13.9%
Ranked 17th.
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 801
Ranked 66th.
1,757
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Netherlands
World Heritage Sites 8
Ranked 25th.
39
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.05
Ranked 43th.
11.62
Ranked 30th. 16% more than Netherlands
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 320.15 kg
Ranked 3rd. 80% more than Spain
177.49 kg
Ranked 39th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First branch was in Rotterdam . Headquarters are in Amsterdam-Zuidoost . There are 41 Dutch KFC restaurants. 20 restaurants by 1991. 69 outlets by November 2012.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned in autonomies of Catalonia and Andalucia
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 78th. The same as Spain
18
Ranked 35th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.72
Ranked 16th. 4% more than Spain
4.52
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 9.68
Ranked 24th.
11.68
Ranked 10th. 21% more than Netherlands
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 0.5
Ranked 148th.
1.4
Ranked 83th. 3 times more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.56
Ranked 75th. 19% more than Spain
1.31
Ranked 81st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.26
Ranked 21st.
3.59
Ranked 18th. 10% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 183th.
0.61
Ranked 31st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 9.55
Ranked 36th.
10.22
Ranked 24th. 7% more than Netherlands
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 9.9 g
Ranked 15th.
10 g
Ranked 13th. 1% 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.

SOURCES: 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 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); Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Wikipedia: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); 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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