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.
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