The share of culture-related expenditure in total household consumption spending varied considerably across the EU Member States. Several factors might impact this share, including household income, price levels, the ease of access to cultural venues, national cultural policies, and habits.
In 2020, 8 countries recorded a share of cultural expenditure in total household budgets above the average among the 22 EU Member States with available data. The highest percentage of the household budget spent on cultural purposes was in Denmark (3.9 %). By contrast, in 13 countries the share was below the EU average, with the smallest share in Greece (1.3 %).
Among the Baltic states, Latvia was actually the biggest spender, narrowly ahead of Estonia (2.4 %) but some way ahead of Lithuania, which recorded a surprisingly low 1.5 %.
