Austria : 6.2 Public cultural expenditure : 6.2.3 Sector breakdown

Austria/ 6.2 Public cultural expenditure

6.2.3 Sector breakdown

Table 2: Public cultural expenditure by sector according to LIKUS, 2010

Domain	Federal State		Provinces		Municipalities		Total
	M. EUR	%	M. EUR	%	M. EUR	%	M. EUR	%
Total	787.73	100.0	874.53	100.0	671.55	100.0	2 333.80	100.0
Museums. Archives, Science	137.34	17.4	125.36	14.3	66.93	10.0	329.62	14.1
Historical Monuments	94.17	12.0	28.36	3.2	84.89	12.6	207.42	8.9
Folk Culture, preservation of homeland and tradition	0.46	0.1	8.01	0.9	19.81	2.9	28.28	1.2
Literature	9.12	1.2	3.86	0.4	2.89	0.4	15.88	0.7
Libraries	21.87	2.8	30.54	3.5	30.20	4.5	82.61	3.5
Press	15.59	2.0	0.50	0.1	0.00	0.0	16.09	0.7
Music	9.50	1.2	38.22	4.4	54.06	8.1	101.79	4.4
Performing Arts	161.03	20.4	188.74	21.6	67.13	10.0	416.91	17.9
Visual Arts, Foto, Architecture, Design	9.23	1.2	16.09	1.8	7.98	1.2	33.31	1.4
Film, Cinema, Video	22.61	2.9	8.70	1.0	2.85	0.4	34.16	1.5
Radio, Television	-	-	0.30	0.0	0.35	0.1	0.65	0.0
Cultural Initiatives, Centres	6.54	0.8	26.16	3.0	110.39	16.4	143.10	6.1
Educational Activities	250.64	31.8	208.50	23.8	187.95	28.0	647.09	27.7
Adult Education	0.11	0.0	-	-	0.73	0.1	0.85	0.0
International Cultural Exchange	27.52	3.5	0.04	0.0	-	-	27.57	1.2
Major Events	11.41	1.4	36.85	4.2	16.96	2.5	65.22	2.8
Miscellaneous	10.57	1.3	154.27	17.6	18.42	2.7	183.27	7.9
Cultural Expenditure in % of GDP	0.28		0.31		0.23		0.82
Cultural Expenditure per capita	94 EUR		104 EUR		80 EUR		278 EUR

Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Kulturstatistik 2010 Table; accounts of the federal government, provinces and municipalities, the Arts Report and the Culture Report of the bmu:kk.

Table 2a: Public cultural expenditure by sector according to LIKUS, 2008/09

Domain	Federal State		Provinces		Municipalities		Total
	M. EUR	%	M. EUR	%	M. EUR	%	M. EUR	%
Total	742.67	100.0	838.32	100.0	706.08	100.0	2 287.06	100.0
Museums, Archives, Science	123.00	16.6	118.03	14.1	69.45	9.8	310.48	13.6
Historical Monuments	100.89	13.6	29.39	3.5	95.60	13.5	225.88	9.9
Folk Culture, preservation of homeland and tradition	0.50	0.1	10.35	1.2	24.14	3.4	34.99	1.5
Literature	8.88	1.2	3.85	0.5	2.30	0.3	15.03	0.7
Libraries	20.89	2.8	28.68	3.4	28.93	4.1	78.50	3.4
Press	15.55	2.1	1.25	0.1	0.07	0.0	16.87	0.7
Music	9.66	1.3	36.67	4.4	54.59	7.7	100.92	4.4
Performing Arts	157.67	21.2	183.52	21.9	74.04	10.5	415.22	18.2
Visual Arts, Foto, Architecture, Design	9.04	1.2	16.94	2.0	6.50	0.9	32.49	1.4
Film, Cinema, Video	23.24	3.1	8.31	1.0	2.23	0.3	33.78	1.5
Radio, Television	-	-	-	-	0.55	0.1	0.55	0.0
Cultural Initiatives, Centres	6.31	0.8	51.40	6.1	108.72	15.4	166.43	7.3
Educational Activities	215.35	29.0	203.73	24.3	182.72	25.9	601.79	26.3
Adult Education	0.11	0.0	-	-	0.56	0.1	0.67	0.0
International Cultural Exchange	28.90	3.9	1.35	0.2	0.00	0.0	30.25	1.3
Major Events	12.77	1.7	46.11	5.5	19.53	2.8	78.41	3.4
Miscellaneous	9.90	1.3	98.74	11.8	36.15	5.1	144.79	6.3
Cultural Expenditure in % of GDP	0.26		0.30		0.25		0.81
Cultural Expenditure per capita	89 EUR		101 EUR		85 EUR		274 EUR

Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Kulturstatistik 2008/09; accounts of the federal government, the provinces and the municipalities as well as the Arts and Culture Report of the bmu:kk.

The expenditure profile of the state budget shows emphasis on training and further education (28% of cultural expenditure), performing arts (18%), museums archives and science (14%) and architectural heritage (9%). While expenditures on training and further education form a focus at all three levels of authority however, there are striking differences in the other fields. Thus at federal government level, the expenditures were particularly high for performing arts (20%), museums, archives and science (17%) and architectural heritage (12%), international cultural exchange (3.5%), film, cinema and video (2.9%), the press (2%) and literature (1.2%). The provinces also record emphasis on performing arts (22%) and museums archives and science (14%) and comparably high expenditure on major events (4.2%). In the municipalities there were different emphases on cultural initiatives and centres (16%), music (8%), libraries (4.5%) and folk culture, preservation of the homeland and tradition (2.9%)

In comparison to 2008/09 cultural expenditure fell on average by 2.2%, with the greatest fall being in the municipalities (excepting Vienna) at -4.0%.; the provinces recorded -1.9%, the federal government -0.9%.

Chapter published: 08-12-2012

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