Quick facts
Cultural infrastructure
| Number of cinema screens: | 5298 | (2017) |
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Participation
| Number of cinema admissions: | 92 600 000 | (2018) |
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| Internet penetration rate: | 86.7% | (2017) |
Funding
| Culture as share of total central government spending: | 0.66% | (2014) |
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| Total government expenditure on culture: | 5 464 000 000 EUR | (2014) |
Employment
| Total cultural employment: | 825 500 | (2017) |
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| Share of cultural employment in total employment: | 3.6% | (2017) |
| Share of self-employed in cultural employment: | 63% | (2017) |
| Share of self-employed in total employment: | 22% | (2017) |
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