Quick Facts - Romania
Capital: Bucharest
Political system: Unitary Semi-presidential republic
Year of membership to the Council of Europe: 7 October 1993
Population: 21 355 849 (2012)
Population density: 93.2 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Romanian
Non-nationals of total population: 0.2 % (2009)
Population density: 93.2 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Romanian
Non-nationals of total population: 0.2 % (2009)
Funding (2010)
Culture as share of total central government spending: 2.10 %Government expenditure on culture: 885 131 974 Euro
Government expenditure on culture per capita: 41.00 Euro
Share of spending on culture by central government: 18.87 %
Employment (2009)
Share of cultural workers in total employment: 0.75 %Share of self-empoyed in cultural employment: 7.80 %
Share of self-empoyed in total employment: 32.78 %
Markets (2012)
CUPIX: Cultural goods: 83 %CUPIX: Public cultural services: 21 %
Annual exp. per capita for recreation and culture: 300 USD (30 % )
Participation
Cinema admissions per capita/year: 0.3 times (2010)Internet penetration rate: 45.2 % (2012)
Ratification of Key Cultural Conventions
European Cultural Convention (1955): 19/12/1991European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992): Entered into force 1/5/2008
European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage (2001): Signed 30/5/2002. Not yet ratified.
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005): Acceded on 20/07/2006
Country Directory 
Council of Europe/ERICarts, "Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe, 14th edition", 2013 | ISSN 2222-7334