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.
Cultural Infrastructure
Number of cinema screens (2005-2017)
| Country | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | - | - | - | - | - |
| Armenia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belarus | - | 992 | - | - | - |
| Georgia | - | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Moldova | - | 30 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| Serbia | - | 110 | 118 | 121 | 134 |
| Azerbaijan | 21 | 12 | 28 | 52 | 60 |
| Cyprus | 30 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 32 |
| Malta | 42 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 35 |
| North Macedonia | 43 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Iceland | 45 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| Latvia | 61 | 63 | 58 | 62 | 61 |
| Estonia | 69 | 74 | 42 | 51 | 60 |
| Lithuania | 70 | 95 | 84 | 79 | 79 |
| Bulgaria | 97 | 140 | 201 | 209 | 216 |
| Slovenia | 106 | 108 | 123 | 114 | 111 |
| Romania | 120 | 194 | 339 | 393 | 386 |
| Croatia | 123 | 117 | 158 | 173 | 179 |
| Slovak Republic | 245 | 248 | 226 | 238 | 248 |
| Finland | 340 | 306 | 311 | 309 | 312 |
| Ireland | 386 | 446 | 496 | 496 | 496 |
| Denmark | 389 | 396 | 432 | 444 | 444 |
| Norway | 434 | 429 | 434 | 439 | 443 |
| Hungary | 485 | 396 | 330 | 336 | 360 |
| Greece | 490 | 384 | 554 | 547 | 547 |
| Belgium | 503 | 491 | 508 | 521 | 523 |
| Portugal | 519 | 564 | 547 | 549 | 571 |
| Switzerland | 547 | 558 | 570 | 575 | 581 |
| Austria | 576 | 584 | 557 | 556 | 556 |
| Netherlands | 625 | 751 | 888 | 888 | 944 |
| Czech Republic | 667 | 688 | 689 | 691 | 736 |
| Poland | 937 | 1048 | 1256 | 1256 | 1364 |
| Russian Federation | 1079 | 2424 | 3995 | 4370 | 4793 |
| Sweden | 1178 | 830 | 802 | 808 | 808 |
| Turkey | 1269 | 1874 | 2626 | 2826 | 3013 |
| Italy | 3280 | 3217 | 3852 | 4874 | 5298 |
| Ukraine | 3300 | 2273 | 408 | 463 | 487 |
| United Kingdom | 3486 | 3671 | 4046 | 4150 | 4309 |
| Spain | 4383 | 4080 | 3588 | 3557 | 3625 |
| Germany | 4889 | 4699 | 4692 | 4739 | 4803 |
| France | 5366 | 5481 | 5741 | 5842 | 5913 |
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.