Cultural Statistics

This publication comprises a broad set of comparable data related to culture available in the EU-27, EFTA and candidate countries. Selected tables and graphs describe different aspects of culture: cultural heritage, cultural employment, enterprises in certain cultural sectors, external trade in cultural goods, households' cultural expenditure, cultural practices. Statistics are completed by methodological notes on data sources and classifications used to gather this information. This second edition is more than an update of the first edition published in 2007 as it introduces content from new data sources, mainly in the domain of cultural participation.