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, the State Data Agency 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 2021, the gross value added generated in the cultural sector amounted to EUR 1,000.9 million, or 2 per cent of the country’s gross value added. Compared to 2020, the value added generated in the cultural sector increased by EUR 73.4 million, or 7.9 per cent. When assessing the contribution of not only the cultural sector but also cultural and creative industries to the country's economy, it is much more significant.

Culture related production, EUR million

1,793.06

1,771.05

1,941.89

2.0

2.0

1.8

Culture related value added, EUR million

950.18

927.48

1,000.98

2.2

2.1

2.0

Culture related total employment, thousand

48.75

49.12

49.17

3.5

3.5

3.6

The major share of the value added in the cultural sector was created in libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities (18.5 per cent), creative, arts and entertainment activities (14 per cent), printing and reproduction of recorded media (12.2 per cent).

In 2021, against 2020, the output recorded in the cultural sector increased by 9.6 per cent and amounted to EUR 1.9 billion at current prices. The major share of output was produced in information and communication (EUR 471.9 million), arts and entertainment (EUR 428.6 million) activities. In 2021, the cultural sector employed almost 49.2 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.