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Brazil

Brazil Culture Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 9.16 2005 62nd out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 3.36 2005 47th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 3 2005 19th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 6.16 2005 69th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.03 2005 85th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.49 2005 48th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 0.33 2005 74th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 5.76 2003 65th out of 178
Food and drink > Beer consumption 12.17 billion L 2014 3rd out of 40
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date February 13, 1979 2012
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Rio de Janeiro 2012
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes First outlet in South America . See McDonald's Brazil 2012
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First entered the market in 1973, but eventually pulled out. Returned in 1993. The company entered a change in strategy in 1997, when it announced plans to close its 7 urban locations and relocate to 8 shopping centre locations. 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator Franquias] </ref> 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,993 2014 7th out of 18
Food and drink > Honey consumption 2,000 metric tons 2005 26th out of 29
Food and drink > Horse meat production 21,000 tonnes 2009 7th out of 15
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 124.61 kg 2007 65th out of 99
Happy Planet Index 52.9 2012 22nd out of 50
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned for cosmetic purposes 2001
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 24% 2014 17th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China 30% 2014 8th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 22% 2014 9th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 54% 2014 9th out of 25
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Allows gays to serve openly in military Since 1969 , Official discrimination illegal since 1988, Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation by mental health professionals illegal since 1999 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws / All state-sanctioned social discrimination of citizens since 1988, Legal protection in many jurisdictions, expansion of anti-discrimination (all) national Constitutional amendment discussed in the Senate . 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Decriminalized since 1824, Legal since 1830 UN decl. sign. 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships "Stable unions" legal since 2004, All rights as recognized family entities available nationwide since 2011 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Single gay persons explicitly accepted since 1996, Legal since 2010. 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child Yes 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Legal since 2011 (given interpretation of "stable union" legislation), Nationwide since 2013 2014
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 504 2014 94th out of 184
Well being > Experienced well-being 6.8 2012 12th out of 50
World Heritage Sites 12 2014 16th out of 140

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; 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. ; World Health Organization. Source tables; 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 with KFC franchises (Africa); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); Wikipedia: Beekeeping (World honey production and consumption); http://www.farminguk.com/news/Argentina-Horse-Meat-world-production-figures._10249.html; 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: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: Sinophobia (Region-based Sinophobia); http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/country-rating-poll.pdf, June 2014. p. 37.; Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Asia (Central Asia); 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 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)

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Brazil Culture Profiles (Subcategories)

Food and drink 18 Sexuality 8
Sentiments towards other countries 4
  • Brazil ranked second for agricultural land > sq. km amongst Hot countries in 2011.
  • Brazil ranked second for produce > food > production index amongst Christian countries in 2004.
  • Brazil ranked first for farm workers amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2008.

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