Greece/ 6.2 Public cultural expenditure 
6.2.3 Sector breakdown
Table 2: State cultural expenditure: by sector, in thousand euro, 2006
| Field | Total | % share of total |
| 1. Museums and archives | 174 030 822
| 62.2 |
| 2. Monuments and sites | ||
| 3. Literature | 3 160 000 | 2.0 |
| 4. Libraries | 10 637 000 | n.a. |
| 5. Press |
| n.a. |
| 6. Music | 15 867 000 | 11.0 |
| 7. Performing arts | 42 082 000 | 6.8 |
| 8. Visual arts | 7 129 000 | 1.7 |
| 9. Film / cinema / photography / video | 7 812 224 | 3.6 |
| 10. Radio / television | n.a. | n.a. |
| 11. Socio-cultural activities | 1 646 000 | 3.1 |
| 12. Expenditure on cultural activities abroad | 4 164 250 | n.a. |
| 13. Education and training | n.a. | n.a. |
| 14. Others | 27 667 563 | 9.57 |
| Total | 294 195 859 | 100 |
Source: Regular Budget of the Hellenic Republic: A) Ministry of Culture: http://www.mnec.gr/el/economics/budgets/ypoio_kratikos_proyp_2008/proyp2008/PDFProyp/2.5.10.3.pdf b) Ministry of National Education and Creeds: http://www.mnec.gr/ el/economics/budgets/ypoio_kratikos_proyp_2008/proyp2008/PDFProyp/2.5.9.3.pdf,
Notes: a) The amount for rows 1-2 excludes funds for archives (included in row 4: libraries); it may be slightly overestimated as it includes, apart from wage and salary cost for the 3 000 strong archaeological service, that of Ministry staff; b) Total is based on the Ministry of Culture ordinary budget, excluding funds for the General Secretariat of Sport and including funds for libraries and archives, administered through the Ministry of National Education and Creeds; c) Public investment budget for the Ministry of Culture in 2006 was an additional 284 million euros.
Chapter published: 25-01-2008
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