In 2006, public expenditure on culture from the state budget was SKK 846 per capita (ca euro 24.5). In 2006, public expenditure on culture from the budget of territorial self-administration was SKK 734 per capita (ca euro 21.3). In 2006, total public expenditure on culture from the budget of public finances was SKK 1 580 per capita (ca euro 45.8). It is important to note that the per capita calculations were elaborated according to the number of inhabitants of the Slovak Republic on 31 December 2006 – 5 393 637 persons.
Table 4: Development of the share of expenditure in cultural and public education activities to GNP in the Slovak Republic, 1999-2006
Year | Development Index (1998 = 100) | Share of GDP (%) | Share of all public budgets (%) |
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1999 | 100 | 0.112 | 0.373 |
2000 | 117 | 0.119 | 0.415 |
2001 | 127 | 0.119 | 0.434 |
2002 | 133 | 0.115 | 0.379 |
2003 | 134 | 0.107 | 0.340 |
2004 | 135 | 0.097 | 0.317 |
2005 | 146 | 0.095 | 0.351 |
2006 | 164 | 0.095 | 0.351 |
Source: Národné osvetové centrum (Analysis of local and regional culture, 2007).
In the study paper The Analysis of Local and Regional Culture (Analýza miestnej a regionálnej kultúry) (National Education Centre, 2007), it is stated that the absolute growth of expenditure invested in culture in the Slovak Republic, during the period of 1993 – 2006, gives evidence of a global trend – the support of culture from public sources. In order to calculate correct data on the real growth of expenditure invested in culture, it is necessary to correct the nominal growth by the inflation index during the monitored period. This corrected trend of real growth (calculated by the inflation index) is given in the following Table.
Table 5: Updated index from public budgets, 1993-2006
Year | Updated index from public budgets, total |
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1993 | 100 |
1994 | 72 |
1995 | 86 |
1996 | 97 |
1997 | 94 |
1998 | 97 |
1999 | 78 |
2000 | 81 |
2001 | 69 |
2002 | 87 |
2003 | 81 |
2004 | 79 |
2005 | 78 |
2006 | 86 |
Source: Národné osvetové centrum (Analysis of local and regional culture, 2007).
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