There is no detailed information on the direct government expenditure on culture by sector in Lithuania. The data can only be compiled approximately according to the Annual Budget Reports of the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, the Law on the Approval of Financial Indicators of the State Budget and Municipal Budgets for the corresponding year as well as the annual reports of the Lithuanian Council for Culture, the Film Centre, and the Press, Radio and Television Support Foundation. The data shows that the largest share of state funding is allocated to the performing arts (24.78 %). Museums come in second place (17.15 %), and libraries in third (6.29 %). Various administrative bodies, e. g. Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics, State Commission on the Lithuanian Language, National Commission for Cultural Heritage, as well as administration of the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Ministry of Culture itself, takes up 38 % of total funding.
Table 41: Direct state cultural expenditure by sector, 2021, in 1000 of EUR
| Field/Domain/Sub-domain | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| in 1000 EUR | in % | |
| I. Cultural Heritage | ||
| Historical Monuments | 7 965.054 | 2.48 |
| Museums | 55 117.148 | 17.15 |
| Archives | 11 350.500 | 3.53 |
| Libraries | 20 212.180 | 6.29 |
| Intangible Heritage / Folk Culture | 3 330.567 | 1.04 |
| II. Visual Arts | ||
| Fine Arts / Plastic Arts | 3 388.317 | 1.05 |
| Photography | 780.157 | 0.24 |
| Architecture*** | 709.214 | 0.22 |
| Design / Applied Arts | 464.240 | 0.14 |
| III. Performing Arts | ||
| Music | 21 111.798 | 6.57 |
| Theatre, Music Theatre, Dance | 58 398.033 | 18.17 |
| Multidisciplinary | 126.206 | 0.04 |
| IV. Books and Press | ||
| Books | 1 711.887 | 0.53 |
| Press | 1 550.170 | 0.48 |
| V. Audiovisual and Multimedia | ||
| Cinema | 7 240.509 | 2.25 |
| Television and radio | 2 139.624 | 0.67 |
| Sound recordings | – | – |
| Multimedia | 429.000 | 0.18 |
| VI. Interdisciplinary | 1 441.229 | 0.45 |
| Socio-culture | 1 723.255 | 0.54 |
| Cultural Relations Abroad | 1 158.471 | 0.36 |
| Administration | 12 1398.011 | 37.78 |
| Cultural Education | 25.000 | 0.01 |
| VII. Not covered by domain I-VI | – | – |
| TOTAL | 321 341.570 | 100% |
The Lithuanian Council for Culture provides data on the allocations of its funding by field in 2021. The Council implements two types of financing measures: funding of projects according to cultural programmes or arts fields, and funding of individual grants for artists. Data about funding are collected by the Division of Monitoring and Analysis of the Council and compiled according to the year of funding, arts fields, types of organisations, their geographical location etc.
Table 42: Allocation of funding by Lithuania Council for Culture by sector, 2021, in 1000 EUR
| Field/Domain/Sub-domain | TOTAL | of which: Transfers | ||||
| In 1000 EUR | in % | |||||
| Projects by art fields | Individual grants by field | Projects and grants together by field | Projects and grants together by field | to budgetary institutions | to NGOs, companies, individuals | |
| I. Cultural Heritage | ||||||
| Historical Monuments | 577.773 | 83.400 | 661.173 | 3.51 % | 327.266 | 333.907 |
| Museums | 1615.291 | 16.200 | 1631.491 | 8.67 % | 1 430.091 | 201.400 |
| Archives | 44.500 | 44.500 | 0.24 % | 32.500 | 12.000 | |
| Libraries | 677.975 | 9.600 | 687.575 | 3.65 % | 661.765 | 25.810 |
| Intangible Heritage / Folk Culture | 831.647 | 112.200 | 943.847 | 5.01 % | 476.404 | 467.443 |
| II. Visual Arts | ||||||
| Fine Arts / Plastic Arts | 1 069.869 | 278.400 | 1 348.269 | 7.16 % | 285.041 | 1 063.228 |
| Photography | 618.757 | 161.400 | 780.157 | 4.14 % | 167.837 | 612.320 |
| Architecture | 676.214 | 33.000 | 709.214 | 3.77 % | 26.180 | 683.034 |
| Design / Applied Arts | 307.640 | 156.600 | 464.240 | 2.47 % | 47.000 | 417.240 |
| III. Performing Arts | ||||||
| Music | 3 217.910 | 619.200 | 3 837.110 | 20.39 % | 696.180 | 3 140.931 |
| Theatre. Music Theatre. Dance | 2 316.454 | 327.000 | 2 643.454 | 14.04 % | 555.424 | 2 088.030 |
| Multidisciplinary | 1 262.060 | – | 1 262.060 | 6.71 % | 444.699 | 817.360 |
| IV. Books and Press | ||||||
| Books | 1 447.287 | 264.600 | 1 711.887 | 9.09 % | 139.650 | 1 572.237 |
| Press | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| V. Audiovisual and Multimedia | ||||||
| Cinema | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Television | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sound recordings | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Radio | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Multimedia | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| VI. Interdisciplinary | 1 147.829 | 293.400 | 1 441.229 | 7.66 % | 308.886 | 1 132.343 |
| Socio-culture | 406.255 | – | 406.255 | 2.16 % | 110.220 | 296.035 |
| Cultural Relations Abroad | 0.000 | – | – | 0.000 | 0 | |
| Administration | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cultural Education | 250.000 | – | 250.000 | 1.33 % | 71.400 | 178.600 |
| VII. Not covered by domain I-VI | ||||||
| TOTAL | 16 467.461 | 2 355.000 | 18 822.461 | 100% | 5 780.543 | 13 041.917 |
According to the data, in 2021, the Council for Culture allocated the largest share of funding to music projects (20.39 %). Theatre projects come in second place (14.04 %), and publication and translation of literature and humanities are in third place (9.09 %). Organisations funded from state or municipal budgets got about one third of the total funding.
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