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Portugal

Portugal Culture Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 14.55 2005 13th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 3.75 2005 38th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 2.1 2005 48th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 12.45 2005 8th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.51 2005 34th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.27 2005 86th out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 6.65 2005 3rd out of 187
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.54 2003 11th out of 178
Food and drink > Alcohol > Standard drink size 14 g 2008 4th out of 17
Food and drink > Beer consumed per capita 3.75 l 2014 1st out of 9
Food and drink > Beer consumption 590 million L 2014 23th out of 40
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date May 23, 1991 2008
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location CascaiShopping, Cascais 2008
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Notes 18 outlets in 2014. 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Owner or major operator Grupo Ibersol 2014
Food and drink > Fast food outlets > KFC > Year entered 1,995 2014 13th out of 22
Food and drink > Litres of wine drunk per litre of beer 1.77 2014 9th out of 9
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 222.94 kg 2007 26th out of 99
Food and drink > Wine consumed per capita 6.65 l 2014 2nd out of 9
Happy Planet Index 37.5 2009 98th out of 143
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned 2001
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws All, according to Constitution 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1983 UN decl. sign. 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 2001) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Single gay persons may adopt 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child No 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couples are allowed to foster or stepchild foster Yes 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2010) 2014
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child No 2014
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old boys 29.2% 2012 7th out of 24
Sexuality > Sexually experienced 15-year-old girls 19.1% 2012 12th out of 24
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,114 2014 40th out of 184
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines must contain an electronic device to verify age of buyer. 2008
Tobacco > Purchase age 18 2014 68th out of 88
Tobacco > Smoking age 18 2014 36th out of 44
World Heritage Sites 15 2014 12th 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; 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: Wine (Wine vs. beer consumption) (http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/msbgsruprofiles.pdf); 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: 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: 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: 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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Portugal Culture Profiles (Subcategories)

Food and drink 19 Sexuality 11
  • Portugal ranked first for produce > meat > production growth amongst Europe in 1996.
  • Portugal ranked 7th last for arable land > hectares per capita amongst European Union in 2011.

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