Quick Facts - Austria
Capital: Vienna
Political system: Federal Parliamentary Republic
Year of membership to the Council of Europe: 16 April 1956
Population: 8 443 018 (2012)
Population density: 101.8 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): German
Non-nationals of total population: 10.8 % (2011)
Population density: 101.8 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): German
Non-nationals of total population: 10.8 % (2011)
Funding (2011)
Culture as share of total central government spending: 0.82 %Government expenditure on culture: 2 298 250 000 Euro
Government expenditure on culture per capita: 273.00 Euro
Share of spending on culture by central government: 34.04 %
Employment (2009)
Share of cultural workers in total employment: 1.57 %Share of self-empoyed in cultural employment: 30.70 %
Share of self-empoyed in total employment: 13.37 %
Markets (2012)
CUPIX: Cultural goods: 128 %CUPIX: Public cultural services: 176 %
Annual exp. per capita for recreation and culture: 2 431 USD (237 % )
Participation
Cinema admissions per capita/year: 2.1 times (2010)Internet penetration rate: 77.7 % (2012)
Ratification of Key Cultural Conventions
European Cultural Convention (1955): 4/3/1958European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992): Entered into force 1/10/2001
European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage (2001): Signed 5/6/2002. Not yet ratified.
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005): Ratified on 18/12/2006
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Council of Europe/ERICarts, "Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe, 14th edition", 2013 | ISSN 2222-7334