Latvia/ 6.2 Public cultural expenditure 
6.2.1 Aggregated indicators
Public (state) culture expenditure per capita in 2013 was EUR 70.38. It corresponds to 0.61% of GDP. Since 2011, the public budget for culture is slowly increasing.
Table 7: Public cultural expenditure, 2002-2013
Indicator / year |
Public cultural expenditure per capita (in EUR) |
Share of cultural |
2002 |
14.60 |
2.63 |
2003 |
19.00 |
2.99 |
2004 |
25.70 |
2.74 |
2005 |
26.70 |
2.16 |
2006 |
42.50 |
2.03 |
2007 |
71.40 |
2.59 |
2008 |
75.40 |
2.80 |
2009 |
60.50 |
2.04 |
2010 |
51.90 |
1.86 |
2011 |
63.32 |
1.94 |
2012 |
66.26 |
1.95 |
2013 |
70.38 |
2.07 |
Source: Central Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Culture.
Note: As no reliable information is available about other levels of public culture expenditure, the budget of the Ministry of Culture is considered as "public culture expenditure".
See chapter 6.2.2 about the expenditure of municipalities.
Chapter published: 08-10-2014