Arts Professional

23 Jul 2024

UK’s culture spend lags behind most of Europe

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by Patrick Jowett

The UK has one of the lowest levels of government spending on culture among European nations, the findings of a new report has revealed.

The State of the Arts report, from Campaign for the Arts (CFTA) and the University of Warwick, analyses changes in arts funding, provision, engagement, education and employment between 2009-10 and 2022-23.

It found that in 2022, the UK ranked 22nd among 25 European OECD nations in both culture spending as a share of GDP and culture spending per person.