Cultural infrastructure

Cultural Infrastructure

In this new statistical section, the Compendium monitors the European cultural infrastructure with collected data on the number of cinemas, theatres, museums, archives/cultural sites, libraries, galleries/exhibition halls and music schools in individual countries. An updated table with the numbers of cinema screens is online now and the remaining tables will follow shortly.

Number of cinema screens (2005-2017)
Country20052010201520162017
Albania-----
Armenia-----
Belarus-992---
Georgia-24232323
Moldova-30141312
Serbia-110118121134
Azerbaijan2112285260
Cyprus3031343532
Malta4238343435
North Macedonia4311121313
Iceland4540404040
Latvia6163586261
Estonia6974425160
Lithuania7095847979
Bulgaria97140201209216
Slovenia106108123114111
Romania120194339393386
Croatia123117158173179
Slovak Republic245248226238248
Finland340306311309312
Ireland386446496496496
Denmark389396432444444
Norway434429434439443
Hungary485396330336360
Greece490384554547547
Belgium503491508521523
Portugal519564547549571
Switzerland547558570575581
Austria576584557556556
Netherlands625751888888944
Czech Republic667688689691736
Poland9371048125612561364
Russian Federation10792424399543704793
Sweden1178830802808808
Turkey12691874262628263013
Italy32803217385248745298
Ukraine33002273408463487
United Kingdom34863671404641504309
Spain43834080358835573625
Germany48894699469247394803
France53665481574158425913

Sources:
European Audiovisual Observatory: Focus on World Film Market Trends 2005-2017.
Data for Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Serbia, North Macedonia and Ukraine derived from the individual Compendium country profiles and “Table 11: Exhibition – Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)”. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Number of museums (2000-2021)

The European Group on Museum Statistics – EGMUS collects and publishes comparable data of European museum statistics on its website and develops instruments for their long-term harmonisation. The long-term goal is the development of common indicators and a Europe-wide harmonisation of statistical surveys on museums.

Country data on museums can be accessed under https://www.egmus.eu/en/statistics/