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Number of persons employed in the cultural sector in the European Union (27) in 2019, by NACE activity* (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of individuals in thousands
Creative, arts and entertainment activities	1,051.1
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	684
Publishing activities	604.5
Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	527.5
Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	414.1
Programming and broadcasting activities	276.7
Other professional, scientific and technical activities	764.5
Other manufacturing	122.3
Other NACE activity	2,868.3

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June 2020

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2019

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* EU-27 countries from 2020 (excludes UK).

Cultural employment data and indicators relate to individuals aged 15 years and more.

The classifications used to produce statistics on cultural employment are: NACE Rev.2 for economic activity (sector of employment), ISCO-08 for occupation, and ISCED 2011 for educational attainment level.

Cultural employment statistics cover all economic sectors and occupations relevant for culture, as defined by the ESSnet-Culture and the Eurostat Working Group 'Culture statistics'.

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In 2019, over seven million people were employed in the cultural sector in the European Union (EU-27). Of them, around one million worked in organizations involved in creative, arts, and entertainment activities.