Quick Facts - Spain
Capital: Madrid
Political system: Parliamentary democracy and Constitutional monarchy
Year of membership to the Council of Europe: 24 November 1977
Population: 46 196 276 (2012)
Population density: 91.8 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Castilian, Basque, Catalan, Occitan, Galician and Valencian
Non-nationals of total population: 12.3 % (2011)
Population density: 91.8 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Castilian, Basque, Catalan, Occitan, Galician and Valencian
Non-nationals of total population: 12.3 % (2011)
Funding (2010)
Culture as share of total central government spending: 1.36 %Government expenditure on culture: 6 862 252 000 Euro
Government expenditure on culture per capita: 149.00 Euro
Share of spending on culture by central government: 15.31 %
Employment (2009)
Share of cultural workers in total employment: 1.28 %Share of self-empoyed in cultural employment: 19.69 %
Share of self-empoyed in total employment: 16.92 %
Markets (2012)
CUPIX: Cultural goods: 120 %CUPIX: Public cultural services: 189 %
Annual exp. per capita for recreation and culture: 1 589 USD (155 % )
Participation
Cinema admissions per capita/year: 2.2 times (2010)Internet penetration rate: 68.4 % (2012)
Ratification of Key Cultural Conventions
European Cultural Convention (1955): 4/7/1957European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992): Entered into force 1/8/2001
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): 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