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Culture Stats: compare key data on Germany & United Kingdom

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STAT Germany United Kingdom HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 12.81
Ranked 23th.
13.37
Ranked 17th. 4% more than Germany
Food and drink > Beer consumption 8.79 billion L
Ranked 5th. 92% more than United Kingdom
4.59 billion L
Ranked 8th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 22.9 kg
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
10.9 kg
Ranked 20th.
Happy Planet Index 47.2
Ranked 46th.
47.9
Ranked 41st. 1% more than Germany

Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal . 200 litres of beer per household per year may be produced without taxation, but notification of the local customs office is necessary. Larger quantities are taxed according to law. 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 67%
Ranked 3rd. 34% more than United Kingdom
50%
Ranked 10th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 13%
Ranked 24th.
37%
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Germany
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1969 (since 1968 in East Germany ) 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 2001) Yes (since 2005)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption / Biological or successive step-child adoption only (full joint adoption proposed) Yes (since 2002 in England and Wales, 2009 in Scotland and 2013 in Northern Ireland)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No (proposed) / ( Since 2013 in England and Wales. Under consideration in Scotland, not in Northern Ireland )
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,045
Ranked 45th. 39% more than United Kingdom
750
Ranked 73th.
Well being > Experienced well-being 6.7
Ranked 13th.
7
Ranked 9th. 4% more than Germany
World Heritage Sites 35
Ranked 3rd. 52% more than United Kingdom
23
Ranked 8th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,968
Ranked 21st. About the same as United Kingdom
1,965
Ranked 22nd.
Arts > Fine art exports 860.25 million
Ranked 5th.
5.18 billion
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Germany
Gambling > Casinos 76
Ranked 2nd.
141
Ranked 1st. 86% more than Germany
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 247.24 kg
Ranked 17th. 2% more than United Kingdom
241.47 kg
Ranked 20th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes Struggled to reach 12 stores by 1995. 90 outlets by 2012. First restaurant was located in Preston, Lancashire . Currently over 800 restaurants, by far the largest amount in Europe.
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 13th. The same as United Kingdom
18
Ranked 40th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 6.22
Ranked 7th. 26% more than United Kingdom
4.93
Ranked 15th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 20%
Ranked 11th. 54% more than United Kingdom
13%
Ranked 18th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.99
Ranked 7th. 2% more than United Kingdom
11.75
Ranked 8th.
Arts > Fine art exports per capita 10.52
Ranked 5th.
83.15
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Germany
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child No (but the child adopted by one partner can later be adopted by the other as well) Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes Yes
Gambling > Casino revenue per thousand people 0.0253
Ranked 8th. 29% more than United Kingdom
0.0196
Ranked 9th.
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -54%
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than United Kingdom
-13%
Ranked 15th.
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
Ranked 94th.
1.7
Ranked 68th. 70% more than Germany
Gambling > Casino revenue 2,073
Ranked 6th. 71% more than United Kingdom
1,212
Ranked 8th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.3
Ranked 51st.
2.41
Ranked 49th. 5% more than Germany
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 3.15
Ranked 22nd.
3.53
Ranked 20th. 12% more than Germany
Tobacco > Smoking age 18
Ranked 15th. 13% more than United Kingdom
16
Ranked 39th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 112th.
0.67
Ranked 30th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 11.81
Ranked 13th. 1% more than United Kingdom
11.67
Ranked 15th.
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator KFC GB 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); 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 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: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); http://comtrade.un.org/; Wikipedia: Casino (By region) ; Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); Wikipedia: Smoking age; World Health Organization. Source tables; http://comtrade.un.org/. 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.; 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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