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Structure Multilingual Quick Facts - Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia
Political system: Parliamentary democracy
Year of membership to the Council of Europe: 7 May 1992
Population: 7 327 224 (2012)
Population density: 69.1 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Bulgarian
Non-nationals of total population: 0.5 % (2011)
Population density: 69.1 inhabitants/km²
Official language(s): Bulgarian
Non-nationals of total population: 0.5 % (2011)
Funding (2009)
Culture as share of total central government spending: 1.72 %Government expenditure on culture: 155 909 900 Euro
Government expenditure on culture per capita: 29.30 Euro
Share of spending on culture by central government: 39.80 %
Employment (2009)
Share of cultural workers in total employment: 1.52 %Share of self-empoyed in cultural employment: 11.63 %
Share of self-empoyed in total employment: 12.48 %
Markets (2012)
CUPIX: Cultural goods: 56 %CUPIX: Public cultural services: 40 %
Annual exp. per capita for recreation and culture: 325 USD (32 % )
Participation
Cinema admissions per capita/year: 0.5 times (2010)Internet penetration rate: 49.0 % (2012)
Ratification of Key Cultural Conventions
European Cultural Convention (1955): 2/9/1991European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (1992): Not signed
European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage (2001): Signed 8/11/2001. Not yet ratified.
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (2005): Ratified on 18/12/2006
European Programmes
European Capital of Culture: City not yet selected (2019)