Education and Culture in Lithuania
(edition 2022)

Economic indicators in culture

 

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With the view of ensuring comparability of the EU statistics on culture and taking into account the specificities of cultural sector, in 2012, the European statistics experts working group prepared recommendations for statistics on culture. Following these recommendations, Statistics Lithuania has assessed and publishes the country’s economic indicators on the culture sector: the value added generated in the cultural sector, output and employed population in the cultural sector.

In 2020, the gross value added generated in the cultural sector amounted to EUR 912.5 million, or 2.1 per cent of the country’s gross value added. Compared to 2019, the value added generated in the cultural sector increased by EUR 37.7 million, or 4 per cent.

 

Main economic indicators of cultural sector

 

Cultural sector, total

Compared to respective country’s totals, per cent

2018**

2019*

2020*

2018**

2019*

2020*

Culture related production, EUR million

1,543.2

1,793.1

1 714.8

1.9

2.0

2.0

Culture related value added, EUR million

891.1

950.2

912.5

2.2

2.2

2.1

Culture related total employment, thousand

50.50

48.75

49.12

3.7

3.5

3.5

* Provisional data.
** Revised data.

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

The major share of the value added in the cultural sector was created in libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities (17.4 per cent), creative, arts and entertainment activities (12.5 per cent), printing and reproduction of recorded media (7.3per cent).

In 2019, against 2017, the output recorded in the cultural sector increased by 25.8 per cent and amounted to EUR 1.8 billion at current prices. The major share of output was produced in information and communication (EUR 442.0 million), arts and entertainment (EUR 423.7 million) activities. In 2019, the cultural sector employed almost 48.8 thousand persons.

The employed population in the cultural sector is estimated based on the ratio of the value added to the country’s value added.

 

Structure of the value added in the cultural sector by field of culture, 2020

Created with Highcharts 6.1.4Heritage, archives, libraries23 per centHeritage, archives, libraries23 per centBooks and the press15 per centBooks and the press15 per centVisual arts9 per centVisual arts9 per centPerformance arts7 per centPerformance arts7 per centAudiovisual and multimedia16 per centAudiovisual and multimedia16 per centArchitecture8 per centArchitecture8 per centAdvertising1 per centAdvertising1 per centCultural education8 per centCultural education8 per centOther13 per centOther13 per cent

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Output structure of cultural sector by activity, 2020

Created with Highcharts 6.1.4Printing and service activities related to printing14 per centPrinting and service activities related to printing14 per centWholesale and retail trade2 per centWholesale and retail trade2 per centPublishing activities10 per centPublishing activities10 per centMotion picture, video and television programmeproduction, sound recording and music publishingactivities6 per centMotion picture, video and television programmeproduction, sound recording and music publishingactivities6 per centProgramming and broadcasting activities8 per centProgramming and broadcasting activities8 per centArchitectural and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis7 per centArchitectural and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis7 per centEducation20 per centEducation20 per centAdvertising and market research2 per centAdvertising and market research2 per centOther professional scientific and technical activities8 per centOther professional scientific and technical activities8 per centCreative arts and entertainment activities9 per centCreative arts and entertainment activities9 per centLibraries, archives. museums and other cultural activities14 per centLibraries, archives. museums and other cultural activities14 per centOther activities0 per centOther activities0 per cent

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Average consumption expenditure per capita per month
EUR 

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¹ Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys.
² Children are all persons under 18 and economically inactive (not working and not actively looking for a job) persons aged 18–24 living with at least one of the parents (or persons equated to parents). An adult is any person not attributed to children.

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators