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Culture Stats: compare key data on Spain & Switzerland

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STAT Spain Switzerland HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 11.62
Ranked 30th. 5% more than Switzerland
11.06
Ranked 33th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 3.25 billion L
Ranked 9th. 7 times more than Switzerland
453 million L
Ranked 27th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date March 10, 1981 October 20, 1976
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Madrid Geneva
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonald's Spain see McDonald's Switzerland
Happy Planet Index 43.2
Ranked 76th.
50.3
Ranked 34th. 16% more than Spain

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All Bans some anti-gay discrimination
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1979 UN decl. sign. Legal ( Geneva , Vaud , Valais and Ticino : since 1798 Nationwide since 1942) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes Registered partnership since 2007
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes / Biological step-child adoption only.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2005) (proposed)
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 17.2%
Ranked 24th.
24.1%
Ranked 16th. 40% more than Spain
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 13.9%
Ranked 17th.
20.3%
Ranked 10th. 46% more than Spain
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,757
Ranked 19th. 2% more than Switzerland
1,722
Ranked 20th.
World Heritage Sites 39
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Switzerland
8
Ranked 23th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned in autonomies of Catalonia and Andalucia Banned
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.52
Ranked 22nd. 46% more than Switzerland
3.1
Ranked 51st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.68
Ranked 10th. 8% more than Switzerland
10.83
Ranked 16th.
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 1.4
Ranked 83th. 3 times more than Switzerland
0.5
Ranked 131st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.31
Ranked 81st.
1.8
Ranked 63th. 37% more than Spain
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.59
Ranked 18th.
5.1
Ranked 7th. 42% more than Spain
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.61
Ranked 31st. 6 times more than Switzerland
0.1
Ranked 65th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 10.22
Ranked 24th.
10.56
Ranked 22nd. 3% more than Spain
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. 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: 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); Wikipedia: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); 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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