Culture
Culture contributes to the competitiveness of the society by strengthening the foundations of a knowledge-based society, in which the development of public culture and community development also play an important role. Cultural statistics includes the measurement of areas dealing with the cultural activities of society (e.g. theatre, cinema, museum, library, mass media, book production, etc.), the communication of data on cultural spending and funding.
Key figures
Budgetary expenditure on culture as a percentage of GDP
Indicator description
These expenditures include the ones on books, music and journal publishing, radio, television broadcasting, cultural activities, artistic activities, zoological and botanical gardens, national parks, historic landmarks, as well as other entertainment and cultural activities.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
Number of theatre visits per thousand inhabitants
Indicator description
Number of theatre visits per thousand inhabitants. When determining the number of theatre visits, every visitor is taken into account as many times as many performances he/she attended. The indicator meaures the number of thetre visits per thousand inhabitants.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
Number of museum visits per thousand inhabitants
Indicator description
When determining the number of museum visits, every visitor is taken into account as many times as many exhibitions he/she attended.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
Number of published books, booklets
Indicator description
Published book: a work prepared by printing or other means of reproduction having min. 49 pages, which is included in the National Bibliographies and made available to the public. Published booklet: a work prepared by printing or other means of reproduction having 4–48 pages, which is not published periodically and is made available to the public. Re-prints of a book are considered as separate publications.
Source of data:
Summary Tables (STADAT)
Last data for period: 2021
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By 2021, on-the-sport usage decreased by 44% in municipal libraries, compared to pre-pandemic
Since 2015, the number of registered library users has been decreasing. As a result of the Covid19 pandemic, this tendency became stronger in 2020 and continued more moderately in 2021. The number of persons using the national and country-wide research libraries fell by 42% in 2021, compared to 2019. As a result of the temporary closure of institutions, according to preliminary data, on-the-spot usage decreased by 44% by 2021 in municipal libraries, while remote usage increased by 15%, and the library stock was slightly expanded in libraries.
11% fewer cinemas were open to visitors in 2021 compared to the previous year
The upward trend in the number of cinemas was interrupted by the Covid19 pandemic, whose effect could be observed in 2021, too: compared to the previous year, 11% fewer cinemas were open to the public. Although there were 8.8% more performances and 43% more visitors than a year earlier, still a 43% decline could be observed with respect to the performances compared to 2019. Visits were below by 59%, which can be explained by the epidemiological restrictions and the temporary closure of institutions until May.
39% fewer classical concerts
From 2013 the number of concert visitors had continuously been increasing, which was interrupted by the Covid19-related restrictions and temporary closures of institutions in 2020. By 2021, according to preliminary data, the number of visits fell by 19% compared to the previous year. However, the average number of visits per one performance increased by 34%, as the number of performances decreased to a larger extent (by 39%) than that of the visitors. 4,160 classical concerts were organised in 2021.
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Publications |
Released |
|---|---|
| Hungary, Quarter 3 2022 | 06/02/2023 |
| Regional Statistical Yearbook of Hungary, 2021 | 10/01/2023 |
Dissemination database ( infra-annual data annual data ) |
Latest update | Next update |
|---|---|---|
Radio and TV broadcasters | ||
| Broadcasting time in hour | 23/09/2022 | 08/09/2023 |
| Broadcasting by languages | 23/09/2022 | 08/09/2023 |
| Programme service | 23/09/2022 | 08/09/2023 |
Book production | ||
| Juvenile and children's literary | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Books and booklets by published language | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Books and booklets by nationality of author | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Number of books and booklets by number of copies | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Books and booklets by subject | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Literary works by genre | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Types of publication | 21/04/2023 | – |
| Schoolbooks by educational level | 21/04/2023 | – |
Cinema, films | ||
| Traffic data of cinemas | 06/03/2023 | – |
| Number of screens in cinemas | 06/03/2023 | – |
| Feature-length films | 12/10/2022 | – |
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