Table 7: cultural expenditure and cultural related expenditures 2017 in Germany by federal level, federal state level and local level
| Field/Domain/Sub-domain | TOTAL | Federal level | Federal state level | Local level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in million EUR | in % | in million EUR | in % | in million EUR | in % | in million EUR | in % | |
| Theatre and music | 3942.8 | 34.5 | 68.2 | 3.5 | 1727.5 | 39.0 | 2147.1 | 42.3 |
| Libraries | 1611.8 | 14.1 | 332.2 | 17.1 | 441.4 | 10.0 | 838.2 | 16.5 |
| Museums, collections, exhibitions | 2182.7 | 19.1 | 462.9 | 23.9 | 608.3 | 13.7 | 1111.6 | 21.9 |
| Conservation and preservation of hist. monuments | 574.6 | 5.0 | 135.9 | 7.0 | 236.3 | 5.3 | 202.4 | 4.0 |
| Cultural foreign affairs | 686.0 | 6.0 | 684.9 | 35.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Administration for cultural affairs | 280.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 209.5 | 4.7 | 71.2 | 1.4 |
| Public universities for arts and music | 584.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 584.8 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other cultural activities | 1579.4 | 13.8 | 256.3 | 13.2 | 617.3 | 13.9 | 705.7 | 13.9 |
| Total cultural expenditure | 11442.8 | 100.0 | 1940.4 | 100.0 | 4426.3 | 100.0 | 5076.1 | 100.0 |
| Adult education centers | 1164.0 | 52.76 | 302.3 | 46.2 | 549.4 | .54945.7 | 312.3 | 88.0 |
| Church affairs | 705.0 | 32.0 | 17.3 | 2.6 | 648.6 | 54.0 | 39.1 | 11.1 |
| Radio and television | 337.3 | 15.3 | 334.4 | 51.1 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total culture related activities expenditure | 2206.3 | 100.0 | 654.1 | 100.0 | 1200.8 | 100.0 | 351.4 | 100.0 |
Sources: Culture Finance Report 2020 + own calculations
The distribution of public cultural expenditure among the eight cultural sectors in 2017 shows that, at 34.5 per cent, more than a third went to theatre and music. Another 19.1 per cent went to funding museums, collections and exhibitions and 14.1 per cent to libraries. These three areas also accounted for the highest shares in previous years.
If one compares the expenditure structure of the groups of bodies, different focal points become apparent corresponding to the different distribution of tasks: The municipalities were most involved in financing theatre and music with 42.3 per cent. The second largest share was spent on museums, collections and exhibitions with 21.9 per cent, and libraries were in third place with 16.5 per cent.For the Länder, too, the funds for theatre and music, with 39.0 per cent of Länder expenditure, were clearly above the expenditure for other cultural maintenance with 13.9 per cent and those for museums with 13.7 per cent and those as well as for libraries with 10.0 per cent. (Compared to 2015, other cultural cultivation and museums have swapped places 2 and 3). The structure of cultural expenditure also varied between the countries. For example, the share of funding for theatre and music in the Länder ranged from 18.1 per cent (Brandenburg) to 43.6 per cent (Thuringia) and the share of funding for libraries in the Länder ranged from 7.9 per cent (Thuringia) to 19.2 per cent (Rhineland-Palatinate). The Federal Government allocates the largest share of its culture-related expenditure to cultural affairs abroad, at 35.3 per cent. Expenditure on museums, collections and exhibitions came second with 23.9 per cent and expenditure on libraries at 17.1 per cent, is in third place within federal cultural expenditure.
In 2017, public budgets provided a total of 3.9 billion euros for the theatre and music sector. Compared to the previous year, public expenditure on this area increased by 1.7 percent and by 20.3 percent compared to 2010. The federal, state and local governments provided a total of 2.2 billion euros for museums, collections and exhibitions in 2017. Compared to the previous year, public expenditure for this area of responsibility increased by 10.3 percent. Compared to 2010, expenditure increased 23.6%. For libraries, public budget expenditure amounted to 11.6 billion euros in 2017. Compared to the previous year, there was an increase in public expenditure of 3.8 per cent, and compared to 2010, an increase of 17.0 per cent.
Further information on the individual sectors can be found in the sector reports compiled in the project “Nationwide Cultural Statistics” (see chapter 3.).
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