Luxembourg 7.1.2
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Luxembourg 7.1.2

  • March 9, 2023

­Table 7. Public cultural expenditure by level of government, 2016

Level of government

Total expenditure in EUR millions*

% share of total

State (central, federal)

211,9

59%

Regional (provincial, Länder, etc.)

–

–

Local (municipal, incl. counties)

176,1

41%

TOTAL

359,4

100%

Note: * At the date of expenditure

Source: Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, original sources: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Interior, STATEC[1]

For evolution of these figures 1990-2016, please refer to Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028.[2]

Besides the ministry of Culture, other public administrations (ministries and municipalities) contribute to the financing of the cultural sector. In 2016, these other public administrations together spent on culture twice as much as the ministry of Culture (EUR 241.6 million vs EUR 117.7). The “public effort for culture”, that is to say the financial mass devoted to culture by all public administrations amounted to 359.4 million euros in 2016, i.e. 2% of all public expenditure.[3]

[1] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 64, Evolution of public expenditure for culture from 1990 to 2016, sources: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Interior, STATEC

[2] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 64, Evolution of public expenditure for culture from 1990 to 2016, sources: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Interior, STATEC

[3] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 55.