Supply in the field of culture grew in euros in 2023 and the share of the whole economy grew slightly

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release 08/05/2025 | Culture satellite accounts 2023

According to Statistics Finland, the supply and consumption of culture grew in euros in 2023, and the share of supply in the level of the whole economy grew slightly, but the share of consumption decreased. The number of employed persons grew slightly both in the field of culture and in the whole economy, and the share of culture in the level of the whole economy rose somewhat.

The annual line chart shows the percentage share of value added and employment in culture and the percentage share of consumption expenditure used on culture in the whole economy starting from 2008. The trend has been falling in all these shares, except for in 2021 when the share of value added rose slightly and in 2022 and 2023 when the share of employed persons went up somewhat. Consumption expenditure continued to fall in 2023, the level of value added grew slightly in 2023.

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The current priced value added of cultural industries grew in relative terms slightly more than the value added of the whole economy and it now accounted for 3.2 per cent of the value added of the whole economy.
The share of culture among employed persons grew somewhat, being 2.9 per cent in 2023.
Consumption expenditure used on culture grew in relative terms less than consumption expenditure in total in 2023, so the share of cultural consumption decreased.
The time series revision published in national accounts in autumn 2024 produced some mostly minor changes to cultural satellite accounts as well; the biggest changes concerned households' consumption expenditure, the level of which also fell clearly as concerns cultural consumption.

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Culture satellite accounts

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08/05/2025

Share of value added of culture (%) – ESA 2010

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Artistic, theatre and concert activities	9	8.8	8.5	8.7	9.4	9.2	8.7	8.7	9.3	9.9	11.1	9.4	8.7	9.7	9.5
Libraries, archives, museums, etc.	5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.2	5.3	5	5.2	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.1	5.1	5.7
Art and antique shops	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Production and distribution of books	6.2	6.5	6.2	6.5	6.3	6.3	6	6.8	7.4	7.7	7.8	8.1	7.3	6.6	7.3
Newspapers, periodicals and news agencies	19.4	18	17.9	17.3	14.9	13.5	11.8	10.8	11.8	13	12.2	11	10.3	9.3	8.7
Motion pictures, videos and computer games	4.7	5.7	6.6	9.7	11.8	15.4	21	21.3	19.2	17.1	16.1	18.4	22.3	22.3	23.5
Manufacture and sale of musical instruments	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Sound recordings	0.8	1.1	1	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.6	2.1	2.1	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.6
Radio and television	8.7	9.9	9.9	7.9	6.8	7.7	6.6	5.8	6.5	5.3	6.1	8.4	7.4	6.6	5.8
Printing and related activities	10.1	9.4	8.3	8.2	7.6	6.9	6.1	5.7	5.4	5	4.8	4.5	3.9	3.9	4.4
Advertising	9.8	11.3	11.4	11.2	10.8	10.2	9.5	9.4	9.9	10	10	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.1
Architectural and industrial design	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.6	6.1	5.9	6.2	6.7	7.2	6.7	6.7	5.6
Photography	1.9	1.8	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.1
Amusement parks, games and other entertainment and recreation	7.9	7.6	8.1	7.4	7.2	7.1	7.6	8.3	8.4	8.8	7.7	7.7	6.9	7.4	7.3
Manufacture and sale of entertainment electronics	2.8	1.8	2	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.5
Organisation of cultural events and related activity	4.2	3	3.1	3.3	3.9	3.3	3.2	3.6	2.7	3	3.5	1.7	3.5	4.3	5.2
Education and cultural administration	3.5	3.7	3.8	4	5.1	4.8	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.4	3.5	3.4
Cultural industries, total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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Gross value added in the field of culture(External link)

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Culture satellite accounts

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08/05/2025

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Culture output, gross value added and employed persons by industry(External link)

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Industry

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Culture satellite accounts

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08/05/2025

12aw

Consumption expenditure on culture(External link)

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Group of industries

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Culture satellite accounts

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08/05/2025

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Culture satellite accounts [online publication].

Reference period: 2023. ISSN=2323-9905. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 20.5.2025].

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