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Greece

Greece Culture Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 10.75 2005 36th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 2.2 2005 68th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 1.8 2005 65th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 8.95 2005 40th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.13 2005 60th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 2.38 2005 50th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 4.51 2005 12th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Legal drinking age 18 2014 8th out of 25
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 9.01 2003 31st out of 178
Food and drink > Beer consumed per capita 2.2 l 2014 4th out of 9
Food and drink > Cheese consumption per capita per year 23.4 kg 2011 3rd out of 20
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date November 12, 1991 2013
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Athens Syntagma Sq. 2013
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes First outlet in Piraeus near Athens . 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator Amex S.A 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,992 2014 17th out of 22
Food and drink > Honey consumption 16,000 metric tons 2005 16th out of 29
Food and drink > Litres of wine drunk per litre of beer 2.05 2014 7th out of 9
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 314.69 kg 2007 5th out of 99
Food and drink > Wine consumed per capita 4.51 l 2014 5th out of 9
Happy Planet Index 37.6 2009 97th out of 143
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned 2001
Pets > Animal cropping ban or restriction date 1992 2001
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Negative view of China 41% 2014 12th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Net sentiment towards China -7% 2014 13th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Neutral view of China 22% 2014 7th out of 25
Sentiments towards other countries > China > Positive view of China 34% 2014 15th out of 25
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal in 1951 (Age of consent discrepancy). UN decl. sign. 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships No (proposed) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption No 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage No 2014
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 32.5% 2012 4th out of 24
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 9.5% 2012 19th out of 24
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 2,795 2014 3rd out of 184
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Banned 2008
Tobacco > Purchase age 18 2014 39th out of 88
World Heritage Sites 15 2014 11th 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. ; http://www.icap.org/Table/MinimumAgeLimitsWorldwide; World Health Organization. Source tables; Wikipedia: Wine (Wine vs. beer consumption) (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/msbgsruprofiles.pdf); 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); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Africa); Wikipedia: List of countries with KFC franchises (Asia); Wikipedia: Beekeeping (World honey production and consumption); Wikipedia: Wine (Wine vs. beer consumption); 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 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: Virginity (Prevalence of sexually experienced 15-year-olds based on self-reports) (Godeau, Emmanuelle; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Vignes, Ce´line; Ross, Jim; Boyce, Will; Todd, Joanna. "Contraceptive Use by 15-Year-Old Students at Their Last Sexual Intercourse Results From 24 Countries" . Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 162 (1) . Retrieved 14 January 2012 ., See here and pages 47-49 for views on what constitutes virginity loss and therefore sexual intercourse or other sexual activity; source discusses how gay and lesbian individuals define virginity loss, and how the majority of researchers and heterosexuals define virginity loss/"technical virginity" by whether or not a person has engaged in penile-vaginal sex. Laura M. Carpenter (2005). Virginity Lost: An Intimate Portrait of First Sexual Experiences . NYU Press . pp. 295 pages. ISBN 0-8147-1652-0 . Retrieved October 9, 2011 . A. Leigh, Jennifer (June 27, 2009). "Male Virginity Myths" . Psychology Today . Retrieved October 9, 2011 ., Bozon, Michael. 'At what age do women and men have their first sexual intercourse? World comparisons and recent trends'. Population and Societies 391 (2003) 1–4.); http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc/documents/godeau_2008_contraceptive_use_apam_1621_6673.pdf, Emmanuelle Godeau, Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Celine Vignes, Jim Ross, Will Boyce, Joanna Todd, ARCH PEDIATR ADOLESC MED/VOL 162 (NO. 1), JAN 2008. p 2.; Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .); Wikipedia: Smoking age; Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites)

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Greece Culture Profiles (Subcategories)

Food and drink 20 Sexuality 7
Sentiments towards other countries 4
  • Greece ranked first for produce > cotton > production amongst European Union in 2004.

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