Press release No. 490 of 9 December 2020
WIESBADEN – The Federation, Länder and municipalities spent a total of 11.4 billion euros on culture in 2017. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 6.3% (0.7 billion euros) on 2016. Public expenditure on culture rose by 22.3% from 2010 to 2017. The Federation, Länder and municipalities spent a total of 138 euros per capita on culture in 2017. Public expenditure on culture thus had a proportion of 0.35% of the gross domestic product.
