Statistical data (Central Statistical Bureau) show that in 2016 household consumption expenditure for recreation and culture made up 7.6% of total household expenditures. Over the last twenty years, the proportion of expenditure for recreation and culture has increased by more than 3% (in 1996, it was
4.1%). In 2016, average expenditure per household member for recreation and culture was EUR
303.18 per year – it has significantly increased over the last ten years (EUR 197.45 in 2006). Expenditure of rural area population for recreation and culture is lower (EUR 229.72 euro per year in 2016) than those living in the urban areas (EUR 337.92).
The Study “Baltic International Bank Latvian Barometer No. 112” states that 32% of Latvian residents do not spend money on culture (in 2015, 45% did not spend money on culture). 17% of Latvian residents spend on average not more than EUR 7 a month on cultural activities; 17% of residents spend between EUR 15 to 28 per month on culture.
Table 6: Household cultural expenditure by expenditure purpose, 2006; 2016 (Household consumption expenditure average per household member per year (euro))
| Items (Field/Domain) | Household expenditure (in million EUR and percentages) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | % | 2016 | % | |
| I. Books and Press | 34.92 | 38.27 | ||
| Books | 7.04 | 8.46 | ||
| Press | 7.94 | 20.18 | ||
| II. Cultural Services | 37.55 | 47.78 | ||
| Cinema, theatre and others | 7.84 | 20.11 | ||
| Museums, libraries, parks and similar | 0.77 | 4.18 | ||
| Photographic services and other | – | 1.43 | ||
| III. Audiovisual equipment and accessories | 53 | 29.25 | ||
| Support for recording image, sound and data | – | 11.71 | ||
| Audiovisual equipment and accessories | – | 1.91 | ||
| Musical instruments | – | – | ||
| IV. Subscriptions of television, information processing | ||||
| Rental and subscriptions of radio and television | 15.41 | 22.05 | ||
| Subscriptions of radio and television | – | – | ||
| Rental of cultural equipment and accessories | – | – | ||
| Information Processing and Internet | – | 13.45 | ||
| Material for information processing | – | – | ||
| Mobile devices | – | – | ||
| Mobile and Internet services | – | – | ||
| TOTAL | ||||
Source(s): Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
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