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Culture Stats: compare key data on Austria & United Kingdom

Definitions

STAT
Austria
United Kingdom
HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.24
Ranked 21st.
13.37
Ranked 17th. 1% more than Austria
Food and drink > Beer consumption 888 million L
Ranked 20th.
4.59 billion L
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Austria
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 19.9 kg
Ranked 8th. 83% more than United Kingdom
10.9 kg
Ranked 20th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 2,005
Ranked 8th. 2% more than United Kingdom
1,965
Ranked 22nd.
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 235.11 kg
Ranked 23th.
241.47 kg
Ranked 20th. 3% more than Austria
Happy Planet Index 47.1
Ranked 48th.
47.9
Ranked 41st. 2% more than Austria

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 since 1971 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 Yes (since 2010) Yes (since 2005)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Biological step-child adoption only Yes (since 2002 in England and Wales, 2009 in Scotland and 2013 in Northern Ireland)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No / ( Since 2013 in England and Wales. Under consideration in Scotland, not in Northern Ireland )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,650
Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than United Kingdom
750
Ranked 73th.
Well being > Experienced well-being 7.3
Ranked 5th. 4% more than United Kingdom
7
Ranked 9th.
World Heritage Sites 9
Ranked 19th.
23
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Austria
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First entered the country in 1970 but withdrew. Returned in 2005 with a store in Vienna . First restaurant was located in Preston, Lancashire . Currently over 800 restaurants, by far the largest amount in Europe.
Tobacco > Purchase age 16
Ranked 83th.
18
Ranked 40th. 13% more than Austria
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 6.7
Ranked 6th. 36% more than United Kingdom
4.93
Ranked 15th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.08
Ranked 15th.
11.75
Ranked 8th. 6% more than Austria
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 Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couples are allowed to foster or stepchild foster Yes (except state of Lower Austria) Yes
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 0.64
Ranked 124th.
1.7
Ranked 68th. 3 times more than Austria
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.6
Ranked 72nd.
2.41
Ranked 49th. 51% more than Austria
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 4.1
Ranked 15th. 16% more than United Kingdom
3.53
Ranked 20th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.4
Ranked 39th.
0.67
Ranked 30th. 68% more than Austria
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 12.6
Ranked 7th. 8% more than United Kingdom
11.67
Ranked 15th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator Queensway Restaurants Ltd 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); 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" .); 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: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); 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)

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