
Public cultural expenditure, including on infrastructure, decreased dramatically in 2015.
Azerbaijan/ 6.2 Public cultural expenditure 
6.2.2 Public cultural expenditure broken down by level of government
Table 28: Public cultural expenditure by level of government, 2015 (the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and its regional branches)
Level of government |
Total expenditure |
Total expenditure |
% share of total |
Central |
127 473 009 |
73 756 298 |
47.9% |
Local |
138 559 143 |
80 170 770 |
52.1% |
TOTAL |
266 032 152 |
153 927 068 |
100.0% |
Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2016.
Table 29: Trends of public cultural expenditure for culture, arts, cinema and monuments restoration by level of government (the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and its regional branches), in AZN, 2011-2015
Level of government |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Central |
66 898 850 |
67 119 894 |
71 656 076 |
215023908 |
127 473 009 |
Local |
113 258 982 |
111 477 068 |
125 110 449 |
136 246 409 |
138 559 143 |
Total |
496 323 542 |
453 335 162 |
343 440 374 |
351 583 051 |
266 032 152 |
Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2016.
Total expenditure was growing rapidly - as the Table shows, centralised and regional expenditure both grew steadily till 2015 global economic crisis. The balance between central and local expenditure is 47.9% and 52.1% correspondingly.
Table 30: Additional centralised investments in public cultural and tourism infrastructure, in AZN, 2011-2015
Culture and tourism |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
Investments |
316 165 700 |
274 738 200 |
146 533 000 |
140 335 000 |
38 070 300 |
Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2016.
Chapter published: 02-11-2016