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THE NETHERLANDS

Cultural infrastructure

Number of cinema screens:944(2017)

Participation

Number of cinema admissions:35 700 000(2018)
Internet penetration rate:94.8%(2017)

Funding

Culture as share of total central government spending:0.96%(2017)
Total government expenditure on culture:2 875 971 000 EUR(2017)

Employment

Total cultural employment:3 902 000(2017)
Share of cultural employment in total employment:4.5%(2017)
Share of self-employed in cultural employment:64%(2017)
Share of self-employed in total employment:16%(2017)

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