Mean household expenditure on cultural goods and services as a share of total household expenditure in Luxembourg belonged to some of lowest in the EU at 2.1% (versus 2.9% EU-28 average, 2015).[1] When measured in purchasing power standards (PPS), an artificial currency unit that takes account of the price level differences between EU Member States, Luxembourg households had some of the highest levels of expenditure on cultural goods and services, with its households spending around 1 000 PPS.[2]
Luxembourg Household Consumption Expenditure on Recreation and Culture averaged 4,126.519 EUR from Dec 2005 to 2016, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,293.690 EUR in 2007 and a record low of 3,930.270 EUR in 2005.[3]
National statistics provide aggregate numbers of spending on culture and recreation over the years, as presented in Table 5 below:
Table 5: Household Final Consumption Expenditure by function (current prices) (in millions EUR) 1995 – 2020 – Recreation and culture-related lines only[4]
|
Years |
1995 |
2000 |
2005 |
2010 |
2015 |
2020 |
|
Recreation and culture (CP090) |
599.3 |
720.5 |
857.3 |
1 101.2 |
1 263.7 |
1 066.1 |
|
Other major durables for recreation and culture (CP092) |
22.2 |
16.3 |
18.1 |
31.4 |
43.0 |
23.8 |
|
Recreational and cultural services (CP094) |
117.1 |
160.1 |
225.5 |
334.3 |
449.9 |
385.1 |
Source: STATEC, Household Final Consumption Expenditure by function (current prices) (in millions EUR) 1995 – 2020
Table 6: Luxembourg household cultural expenditure by expenditure purpose, 2015[5]
|
Items / Field / Domain |
%, share of all household cultural expenditure |
|
Television and radio fees, hire of equipment and access-ories for culture |
13.1 |
|
Infomation processing equipment |
18.3 |
|
News-papers and periodicals |
13.1 |
|
Books |
14.3 |
|
Cinemas, theatres, concerts |
7.9 |
|
Reception, recording and |
9.4 |
|
Stationery and drawing materials |
9.3 |
|
Musical instru-ments |
3.3 |
|
Recording media |
3.9 |
|
Photo-graphic and cinema-tographic equipment |
3.4 |
|
Services of photo-graphers and performing artists |
1.1 |
|
Museums, libraries, zoological gardens |
0.4 |
|
Reception, recording and |
1.8 |
|
Repair of audio-visual, photo-graphic and infor-mation processing equipment |
0.8 |
Source: EUROSTAT Culture statistics – household expenditure on culture 2015
[1] Eurostat (2019) Culture statistics- household expenditure on culture, 2015; https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Culture_statistics_-_household_expenditure_on_culture&oldid=471060; Accessed 1 December 2021.
[2] Eurostat (2019) Mean household expenditure on cultural goods and services, 2015; https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Mean_household_expenditure_on_cultural_goods_and_services,_2015_CP2019.png; Accessed 1 December 2021.
[3] CEIC, based on national portal of statistics in Luxembourg, Luxembourg Household Consumption Expenditure: Avg: Recreation and Culture; https://www.ceicdata.com/en/luxembourg/household-consumption-expenditure/household-consumption-expenditure-avg-recreation-and-culture; Accessed 1 December 2021.
[4] STATEC, Household Final Consumption Expenditure by function (current prices) (in millions EUR) 1995 – 2020; https://statistiques.public.lu/stat/TableViewer/tableViewHTML.aspx?ReportId=13144&IF_Language=eng&MainTheme=5&FldrName=2&RFPath=22; Accessed 1 December 2021.
[5] EUROSTAT Culture statistics – household expenditure on culture; https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Culture_statistics_-_household_expenditure_on_culture&oldid=574136#Household_cultural_expenditure_-_level_and_structure
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