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Culture Stats: compare key data on Portugal & Spain

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STAT Portugal Spain HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 14.55
Ranked 13th. 25% more than Spain
11.62
Ranked 30th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 590 million L
Ranked 23th.
3.25 billion L
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Portugal
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date May 23, 1991 March 10, 1981
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location CascaiShopping, Cascais Madrid
Happy Planet Index 37.5
Ranked 98th.
43.2
Ranked 76th. 15% more than Portugal

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All, according to Constitution All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1983 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1979 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2001) Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Single gay persons may adopt Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2010) Yes (since 2005)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 29.2%
Ranked 7th. 70% more than Spain
17.2%
Ranked 24th.
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 19.1%
Ranked 12th. 37% more than Spain
13.9%
Ranked 17th.
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,114
Ranked 40th.
1,757
Ranked 19th. 58% more than Portugal
World Heritage Sites 15
Ranked 12th.
39
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Portugal
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 222.94 kg
Ranked 26th. 26% more than Spain
177.49 kg
Ranked 39th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes 18 outlets in 2014. 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 68th. The same as Spain
18
Ranked 35th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 3.75
Ranked 38th.
4.52
Ranked 22nd. 21% more than Portugal
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.54
Ranked 11th.
11.68
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Portugal
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 2.1
Ranked 48th. 50% more than Spain
1.4
Ranked 83th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.27
Ranked 86th.
1.31
Ranked 81st. 3% more than Portugal
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 6.65
Ranked 3rd. 85% more than Spain
3.59
Ranked 18th.
Tobacco > Smoking age 18
Ranked 36th. The same as Spain
18
Ranked 14th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.51
Ranked 34th.
0.61
Ranked 31st. 20% more than Portugal
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 12.45
Ranked 8th. 22% more than Spain
10.22
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator Grupo Ibersol AmRest
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 14 g
Ranked 4th. 40% more than 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.; 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 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: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); 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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