Azerbaijan 7.1.2

Public cultural expenditure, including on infrastructure, decreased dramatically in 2015.

Table 28:  Public cultural expenditure by level of government, 2015 (the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and its regional branches)

Level of government	Total expenditure in AZN	Total expenditure in EUR	% share of total
Central	127 473 009	73 756 298	47.9%
Local	138 559 143	80 170 770	52.1%
TOTAL	266 032 152	153 927 068	100.0%

Source:   Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2016.

Table 29:  Trends of public cultural expenditure for culture, arts, cinema and monuments restoration by level of government (the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and its regional branches), in AZN, 2011-2015

Level of government	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Central	66 898 850	67 119 894	71 656 076	215023908	127 473 009
Local	113 258 982	111 477 068	125 110 449	136 246 409	138 559 143
Total	496 323 542	453 335 162	343 440 374	351 583 051	266 032 152

Source:    Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2016.

Total expenditure was growing rapidly – as the Table shows, centralised and regional expenditure both grew steadily till 2015 global economic crisis. The balance between central and local expenditure is 47.9% and 52.1% correspondingly.

Table 30:  Additional centralised investments in public cultural and tourism infrastructure, in AZN, 2011-2015

Culture and tourism	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Investments	316 165 700	274 738 200	146 533 000	140 335 000	38 070 300

Source:    Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2016.