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Culture Stats: compare key data on Poland & United Kingdom

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STAT Poland United Kingdom HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.25
Ranked 20th.
13.37
Ranked 17th. 1% more than Poland
Food and drink > Beer consumption 3.21 billion L
Ranked 10th.
4.59 billion L
Ranked 8th. 43% more than Poland
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 11.4 kg
Ranked 18th. 5% more than United Kingdom
10.9 kg
Ranked 20th.
Happy Planet Index 42.8
Ranked 77th.
47.9
Ranked 41st. 12% more than Poland

Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal for personal use only, not for sale. Legal in unlimited quantity for domestic consumption only. Fermented products for sale must include payment of alcohol duty and registration with HM Revenue and Customs .
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 38%
Ranked 13th.
50%
Ranked 10th. 32% more than Poland
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 28%
Ranked 19th.
37%
Ranked 12th. 32% more than Poland
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal Never punished (Legal until 18th century, criminalized in 19th by laws of Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, legal again since 1932) UN decl. sign. Legal in England and Wales since 1967 in Scotland since 1981 in Northern Ireland since 1982 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships No (rejected) Yes (since 2005)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Single gay persons may adopt Yes (since 2002 in England and Wales, 2009 in Scotland and 2013 in Northern Ireland)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No, constitutional ban / ( Since 2013 in England and Wales. Under consideration in Scotland, not in Northern Ireland )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,586
Ranked 27th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
750
Ranked 73th.
World Heritage Sites 14
Ranked 13th.
23
Ranked 8th. 64% more than Poland
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,993
Ranked 16th. 1% more than United Kingdom
1,965
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 198.51 kg
Ranked 31st.
241.47 kg
Ranked 20th. 22% more than Poland
Smoking > Pack of 20 cigarettes price €3.7
Ranked 7th.
€9.4
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Poland
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes 160 outlets. First restaurant was located in Preston, Lancashire . Currently over 800 restaurants, by far the largest amount in Europe.
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 11th. The same as United Kingdom
18
Ranked 40th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 5.27
Ranked 12th. 7% more than United Kingdom
4.93
Ranked 15th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 34%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United Kingdom
13%
Ranked 18th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 8.09
Ranked 36th.
11.75
Ranked 8th. 45% more than Poland
Smoking > Pack of 20 cigarettes price (USD) 4.75
Ranked 7th.
12
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Poland
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
Gambling > Casino revenue per thousand people 0.0285
Ranked 7th. 46% more than United Kingdom
0.0196
Ranked 9th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -10%
Ranked 14th.
-13%
Ranked 15th. 30% more than Poland
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couples are allowed to foster or stepchild foster No Yes
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 3.7
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
1.7
Ranked 68th.
Gambling > Casino revenue 1,089
Ranked 9th.
1,212
Ranked 8th. 11% more than Poland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.97
Ranked 34th. 23% more than United Kingdom
2.41
Ranked 49th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 1.23
Ranked 50th.
3.53
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Poland
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 111th.
0.67
Ranked 30th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 9.55
Ranked 35th.
11.67
Ranked 15th. 22% more than Poland
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator AmRest KFC GB Ltd

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); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdf, June 2014. p. 37.; 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 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: Cigarette (Prices); Wikipedia: Smoking age; World Health Organization. Source tables; Casino Revenues 2014, PricewaterCoopers. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Casino Revenues 2014, PricewaterCoopers; 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: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia)

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