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Culture Stats: compare key data on Spain & United States

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STAT Spain United States HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 11.62
Ranked 30th. 23% more than United States
9.44
Ranked 57th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 3.25 billion L
Ranked 9th.
24.14 billion L
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Spain
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date March 10, 1981 May 15, 1940
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Madrid San Bernardino , California
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonald's Spain See McDonalds Annual Report
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 177.49 kg
Ranked 39th.
253.8 kg
Ranked 16th. 43% more than Spain
Happy Planet Index 43.2
Ranked 76th. 41% more than United States
30.7
Ranked 114th.

Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 67%
Ranked 2nd. The same as United States
67%
Ranked 4th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 13%
Ranked 23th.
23%
Ranked 22nd. 77% more than Spain
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All / No federal protections. Varying protections in 21 states. Included in the federal hate crimes law since 2009. See Matthew Shepard Act
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1979 UN decl. sign. Legal nationwide since 2003. UN decl. sign. See Lawrence v. Texas
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes / Single gay persons may adopt, laws on couples vary by state
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2005) / Varies by state, recognized by federal gov't . (Legal in California , Connecticut , Delaware , Hawaii , Illinois , Iowa , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Minnesota , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Rhode Island , Vermont , Washington , Eight Native American Tribal Jurisdictions and the District of Columbia ; recognized in Oregon and Kentucky )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,757
Ranked 19th. 71% more than United States
1,028
Ranked 51st.
World Heritage Sites 39
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than United States
8
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes 20 restaurants by 1991. 69 outlets by November 2012. First franchise in Salt Lake City , Utah in 1952
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned in autonomies of Catalonia and Andalucia Unrestricted (some states, including New York and Vermont, have considered bills to make the practice illegal)
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 4.52
Ranked 22nd. 1% more than United States
4.47
Ranked 23th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 20%
Ranked 10th. Twice as much as United States
10%
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.68
Ranked 10th. 36% more than United States
8.61
Ranked 33th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -54%
Ranked 23th. 26% more than United States
-43%
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 1.4
Ranked 83th. 40% more than United States
1
Ranked 100th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.31
Ranked 81st.
2.65
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than Spain
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.59
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than United States
1.36
Ranked 48th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.61
Ranked 31st.
0.0
Ranked 128th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 10.22
Ranked 24th. 21% more than United States
8.44
Ranked 43th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 10 g
Ranked 13th.
14 g
Ranked 3rd. 40% more than Spain
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. url= http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-03-19/pdf/2010-6087.pdf|title= Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents|author= |date= 19 March 2011

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); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; 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 rights by country or territory (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: 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: 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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