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Public expenditure on culture. By administrations and areas of action Catalonia
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Generalitat 298,115.10 244,889.30 244,889.30 276,978.40 266,031.30 255,176.10 245,437.00 241,734.10 283,318.00 325,981.20 378,161.90 374,243.04 390,378.81 366,480.66 328,485.59 271,808.13 217,376.81 195,022.92 187,973.82
Management and general services .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 39,132.30 36,831.00 34,854.40 31,105.00 33,982.20 39,192.30 40,829.70 29,576.70 35,410.19 43,959.42 36,099.46 42,594.53 33,583.70 35,383.36 29,880.64 28,538.90
Archaeology and heritage .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 8,265.00 14,754.30 9,019.20 8,720.50 8,869.40 10,605.30 12,125.80 12,905.19 16,200.69 19,650.01 18,871.22 15,521.60 12,237.54 11,238.23 11,015.70 6,727.77
Libraries .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 21,864.10 20,842.80 22,258.30 21,296.60 22,024.00 26,056.80 26,771.90 37,684.54 38,024.17 35,450.73 35,132.83 33,027.27 29,176.42 19,043.09 16,651.06 16,737.16
Archives .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 9,906.70 9,682.40 10,057.20 8,755.90 8,443.80 9,509.70 10,956.80 12,121.94 11,623.60 14,090.25 12,320.66 10,929.56 10,087.19 7,803.20 5,582.20 6,346.79
Museums .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 43,352.30 40,698.20 39,669.70 37,410.30 32,914.80 34,562.90 39,122.50 47,844.22 49,172.05 50,311.23 34,351.87 34,568.82 33,755.77 24,439.14 25,684.27 26,303.26
Visual arts .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 7,522.90 10,022.20 7,822.20 8,200.20 9,182.70 12,419.50 17,812.70 21,572.60 14,149.84 15,994.16 14,432.19 14,740.34 16,095.12 11,462.37 11,015.74 8,993.62
Cinema and video .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 28,199.90 22,400.80 24,684.90 17,837.00 18,046.90 25,432.60 25,941.60 37,376.45 34,911.12 26,225.83 27,552.48 28,981.59 15,664.24 10,830.52 10,191.43 12,655.45
Arts .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 8,480.10 5,582.90 6,630.60 7,349.10 6,989.90 5,393.40 12,365.10 15,136.79 13,536.56 10,142.63 21,756.94 17,418.86 16,383.05 14,238.25 12,284.81 11,914.15
Music .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 28,340.60 27,807.20 27,557.50 33,186.30 23,111.90 28,601.90 40,249.00 63,794.96 68,796.37 69,785.07 69,444.13 40,359.16 32,083.82 26,500.48 23,722.22 20,547.02
Theatre and dance .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 34,590.80 31,717.00 28,139.40 29,382.00 33,594.40 40,889.40 46,229.10 54,292.83 51,174.33 59,974.06 53,085.84 45,975.84 38,268.48 31,025.52 25,156.71 26,517.27
Popular culture .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 6,837.30 6,367.40 6,714.50 6,222.60 6,565.20 8,235.40 8,550.60 11,067.57 8,862.01 10,436.48 9,796.23 9,071.42 8,642.43 7,075.15 5,484.21 4,870.13
Linguistic normalization .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 40,486.40 39,325.10 37,768.20 35,971.50 38,008.90 42,418.80 45,026.40 34,788.10 32,382.10 34,358.95 33,636.80 35,296.60 25,830.36 18,337.50 18,353.93 17,822.30
County councils 10,342.80 6,436.60 6,436.60 6,673.00 5,502.80 5,632.50 4,946.40 5,022.10 5,700.30 7,489.50 7,877.00 6,863.61 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 5,838.25 5,108.46 5,877.21 4,649.51 4,939.96
Management and general services 1,980.60 1,098.60 1,098.60 791.30 523.30 1,035.50 854.10 714.80 684.70 726.20 1,201.60 1,513.40 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 839.90 877.10 1,061.90 754.40 907.80
Archaeology and heritage 1,880.20 746.90 746.90 880.10 412.70 286.60 325.20 366.70 452.30 896.00 968.80 827.60 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 849.90 582.30 861.50 724.30 1,110.60
Libraries and archives 1,997.20 2,243.10 2,243.10 2,296.30 1,748.20 1,515.70 1,271.50 1,233.80 1,345.90 1,684.30 1,774.70 1,181.70 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 848.30 855.10 570.70 389.00 440.40
Museums 780.60 846.10 846.10 783.60 805.10 699.50 515.80 801.90 630.20 1,011.40 789.50 462.60 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 705.40 586.30 733.60 596.20 317.40
Cultural promotion 3,607.60 1,212.70 1,212.70 1,350.80 1,350.80 1,350.80 1,360.00 1,405.00 2,009.30 2,334.20 2,299.20 1,658.10 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,689.40 1,342.80 2,282.40 1,952.60 1,920.10
Cultural action 85.10 192.40 192.40 114.50 322.80 350.50 332.70 212.40 253.60 508.70 441.70 941.30 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 559.40 574.70 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Linguistic normalization 11.50 96.80 96.80 456.40 339.90 393.90 287.10 287.50 324.30 328.60 401.70 279.00 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 345.90 290.20 366.70 232.70 243.40
Local councils 11,247.40 113,396.10 113,396.10 102,650.60 94,715.00 100,158.60 96,685.10 92,963.10 95,798.70 117,043.60 128,022.51 123,802.53 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 93,237.24 84,642.60 82,862.09 81,160.14 76,757.12
Management and general services 5,039.90 4,203.60 4,203.60 4,064.70 2,841.00 4,845.50 4,783.00 4,130.00 4,562.80 5,580.50 2,635.47 14,093.23 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 10,233.06 6,311.80 5,857.59 8,853.03 9,499.95
Archaeology and heritage 12,699.10 8,520.20 8,520.20 6,841.80 7,703.40 9,685.90 8,654.50 7,955.90 8,117.80 9,952.30 11,295.04 14,946.98 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 7,126.43 9,054.70 11,655.33 10,656.64 12,332.24
Libraries and archives 45,610.90 46,373.00 46,373.00 42,307.60 40,272.30 41,423.60 41,806.30 39,600.70 38,064.70 45,807.80 51,223.58 43,957.48 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 36,640.42 31,493.90 32,428.92 30,516.23 28,389.18
Museums 15,144.90 15,190.00 15,190.00 16,104.80 14,509.10 13,533.70 12,593.70 12,723.80 16,367.80 18,241.70 17,551.57 15,259.82 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 11,339.49 9,771.90 8,947.61 8,989.35 8,232.83
Cultural promotion 38,451.60 37,847.60 37,847.60 32,744.90 28,953.60 28,764.00 27,366.40 27,124.50 27,076.20 35,192.40 43,607.55 30,996.04 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 25,321.98 25,508.20 23,606.06 21,714.75 17,917.23
Cultural action 300.90 866.60 866.60 175.70 259.70 1,669.10 1,266.00 1,356.20 1,530.50 2,107.70 1,446.91 4,102.71 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 2,462.88 2,408.20 0.00 0.00 0.00
Linguistic normalization 0.00 395.10 395.10 411.10 175.90 236.80 215.20 72.00 78.90 161.20 262.39 446.27 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 112.98 93.90 366.58 430.14 385.69
Town councils 594,110.00 604,610.70 604,610.70 523,743.10 537,600.00 524,364.80 501,105.70 464,131.90 474,950.10 583,670.90 665,509.90 677,715.19 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 509,939.50 444,442.40 433,905.49 412,495.31 391,347.07
Management and general services 77,653.90 86,686.70 86,686.70 76,679.90 70,700.00 69,498.10 60,598.20 57,188.80 52,020.80 65,632.40 62,072.34 76,133.10 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 59,665.40 54,540.90 48,488.22 41,062.54 53,086.26
Archaeology and heritage 28,617.00 22,757.60 22,757.60 13,716.80 22,900.00 15,574.70 15,794.70 12,220.60 11,817.00 20,889.50 35,976.51 55,962.87 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 24,716.16 23,059.10 22,478.97 23,817.17 20,453.61
Libraries and archives 91,274.30 92,271.70 92,271.70 76,082.70 73,200.00 78,142.60 84,252.50 76,111.90 76,672.20 85,181.50 103,797.94 103,659.60 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 66,755.34 53,667.90 61,131.63 54,880.32 45,648.56
Museums 109,660.70 94,923.60 94,923.60 87,226.60 64,400.00 78,140.70 69,233.40 68,103.60 71,780.10 104,766.00 95,503.81 82,588.66 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 76,635.02 58,445.80 58,836.27 57,379.32 51,184.78
Cultural promotion 185,858.70 173,741.90 173,741.90 156,528.20 143,000.00 157,926.10 159,055.30 155,073.60 157,642.70 180,999.80 233,194.37 212,495.85 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 181,167.42 147,673.90 239,162.65 231,527.49 217,601.70
Cultural action 97,802.70 128,717.30 128,717.30 109,187.40 159,500.00 120,978.60 108,102.80 91,104.30 100,617.30 121,001.50 129,981.53 142,120.27 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 96,764.69 103,074.40 0.00 0.00 0.00
Linguistic normalization 3,242.70 5,511.90 5,511.90 4,321.50 3,900.00 4,104.00 4,068.80 4,329.10 4,400.00 5,200.20 4,983.40 4,754.84 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 4,235.47 3,980.40 3,807.75 3,828.47 3,372.16
State .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 18,689.10 18,074.70 14,776.70 15,767.50 18,085.80 36,976.80 62,410.50 71,793.60 73,991.90 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Total 913,815.30 969,332.70 969,332.70 651,755.80 921,923.80 900,108.70 863,941.70 821,937.00 896,743.90 1,096,595.70 1,251,364.91 1,256,616.27 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 937,500.59 806,001.59 740,021.60 693,327.88 661,017.97
Units: Milers d'euros.
Source: Ministry of Culture.
Notes:
Until 2004, cultural action of the Local Councils was included in the area of cultural promotion.
A partir de l'any 2012, el total de despesa de les Diputacions no inclou la despesa corresponent als actius financers (capítol VIII).
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: June 7, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Archive
Centre that houses historical content, with somebody effectively in charge of the same and that orders and regulates access and consultation of the content placed at the service of researchers, whatever its administrative dependence.
Library
Organised collection of books and printed periodical publications or any other type of document, especially graphic or audiovisual ones, and a service of staff that assists users in their use of said documents for purposes of information, research, education or leisure. The library is also the administrative unit (the same management) which can contain one or more points of service. There are two types, as follows:
Libraries of higher education institutes
Library mainly dedicated to servicing students and teaching staff at university faculties, higher technical colleges, university colleges and other public or private centres of higher education.
Specialised libraries
Library that depends on an association, official service, research centre, museum or any other body dedicated to a particular discipline or branch, which determines the documentary content of the library. Can provide documentation or services to any body requesting it, or may be essentially designed to respond to the information needs of a certain audience.
Public library
Library that is at the service of a community, especially a local community, and that attends to the general public (does not include military libraries). Includes both publicly owned libraries and those financed by private entities (savings banks associations, etc.) that are at the service of a community.

Methodological aspects

The budget information in relation to public expenditure on culture was produced on the basis of a survey aimed at provincial and local councils in Catalonia. The data refers to the internally consolidated expenditure and does not include expenditure on youth and sport. In order for the data to be comparable between administrations (Generalitat, provincial councils and local councils), the different degrees of competence that these have in certain cultural areas must be considered.

Likewise, the budgetary information concerning the Catalan Government's expenses on culture has been obtained from the Department of Culture.

When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".