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Culture Stats: compare key data on Italy & Netherlands

Definitions

STAT
Italy
Netherlands
HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.68
Ranked 37th. 6% more than Netherlands
10.05
Ranked 43th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 18
Ranked 14th. 13% more than Netherlands
16
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 1.77 billion L
Ranked 1st. 45% more than Netherlands
1.22 billion L
Ranked 18th.
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 21.8 kg
Ranked 6th. 12% more than Netherlands
19.4 kg
Ranked 9th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date October 15, 1985 August 21, 1971
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Piazza Walter, Bolzano Zaandam
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes see McDonald's Italy First outlet in Europe . Plans to open 15 more in next 3 years. See McDonald's Netherlands
Happy Planet Index 44
Ranked 69th.
50.6
Ranked 43th. 15% more than Italy

Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1890 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1811 (as part of France) UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships No (proposed) Yes (since 1998)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Only married couples can adopt Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No Yes (since 2001)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,475
Ranked 30th. 84% more than Netherlands
801
Ranked 66th.
World Heritage Sites 45
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Netherlands
8
Ranked 25th.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child No Yes
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 256.1 kg
Ranked 15th.
320.15 kg
Ranked 3rd. 25% more than Italy
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned or unclear Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 52nd. The same as Netherlands
18
Ranked 78th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 1.73
Ranked 83th.
4.72
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 8.02
Ranked 37th.
9.68
Ranked 24th. 21% more than Italy
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 2.35
Ranked 43th. 5 times more than Netherlands
0.5
Ranked 148th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 0.42
Ranked 117th.
1.56
Ranked 75th. 4 times more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 6.38
Ranked 4th. 96% more than Netherlands
3.26
Ranked 21st.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 156th.
0.0
Ranked 183th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 8.33
Ranked 44th.
9.55
Ranked 36th. 15% more than Italy
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 10 g
Ranked 11th. 1% more than Netherlands
9.9 g
Ranked 15th.
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 16s. Token issued at counter once the purchasers age has been verified.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide; 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 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: 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 by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); 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: 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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