Quick facts
Cultural infrastructure
| Number of cinema screens: | 496 | (2017) |
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Participation
| Number of cinema admissions: | 15 800 000 | (2018) |
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| Internet penetration rate: | 93.8% | (2017) |
Funding
| Culture as share of total central government spending: | 0.3% | (2013) |
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| Total government expenditure on culture: | N/A |
Employment
| Total cultural employment: | 76 500 | (2017) |
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| Share of cultural employment in total employment: | 3.5% | (2017) |
| Share of self-employed in cultural employment: | 56% | (2017) |
| Share of self-employed in total employment: | 15% | (2017) |
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