Quick Facts - Poland
Capital: Warsaw
Political system: Parliamentary republic
Year of membership to the Council of Europe: 26 November 1991
Population: 38 538 447 (2012)
Population density: 122.1 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Polish
Non-nationals of total population: 0.1 % (2011)
Population density: 122.1 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Polish
Non-nationals of total population: 0.1 % (2011)
Funding (2011)
Culture as share of total central government spending: 0.50 %Government expenditure on culture: 1 960 226 181 Euro
Government expenditure on culture per capita: 52.42 Euro
Share of spending on culture by central government: 17.61 %
Employment (2009)
Share of cultural workers in total employment: 1.39 %Share of self-empoyed in cultural employment: 14.57 %
Share of self-empoyed in total employment: 22.73 %
Markets (2012)
CUPIX: Cultural goods: 85 %CUPIX: Public cultural services: 58 %
Annual exp. per capita for recreation and culture: 613 USD (60 % )
Participation
Cinema admissions per capita/year: 1.0 times (2010)Internet penetration rate: 64.7 % (2012)
Ratification of Key Cultural Conventions
European Cultural Convention (1955): 16/11/1989European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992): Entered into force 1/6/2009
European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage (2001): Not yet signed
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005): Acceded on 17/08/2007
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Council of Europe/ERICarts, "Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe, 14th edition", 2013 | ISSN 2222-7334