Culture & Sport Statistics in Belgium

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Cultural employment, % of jobs

4.4%+0.2 pp vs 2024

Cultural employment by region

3.9%−0.1 pp vs 2023

Employment in cultural activities

4.4%+0.2 pp vs 2024

Employment among cultural occupations

75.2%−0.5 pp vs 2023

Cultural employment by activity

226+6.2% vs 2024

Cultural employment by education level

2.1%+0.3 pp vs 2024

All Culture & Sport datasets for Belgium (48)

Dataset	Source
Employment in sport by age Eurostat	Eurostat	+16.9%
Employment in sport by educational attainment level Eurostat	Eurostat	+19%
Employment in sport by sex Eurostat	Eurostat	+16.9%
Cultural employment by age Eurostat	Eurostat	+4.8%
Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors, journalists and linguists Eurostat	Eurostat	−9%
Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors, journalists and linguists by individual and employment characteristics Eurostat	Eurostat	−2%
Cultural employment by educational attainment level Eurostat	Eurostat	+16.7%
Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity Eurostat	Eurostat	+6.2%
Cultural employment by sex Eurostat	Eurostat	+4.8%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+36%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−25.1%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+29.5%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−24.3%
Persons participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−13.1%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−26.3%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−52.9%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−38.5%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−78.4%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−45.6%
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+25%
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+19.4%
Persons practicing artistic activities by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+33.3%
Persons getting together with family (relatives) or friends by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+13.8%
Persons getting together with family (relatives) or friends by sex, age, educational attainment and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+14.8%
Persons reading books in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment and number of books Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons reading books in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment and number of books Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not reading books in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not reading books in the last 12 months by sex, age, educational attainment and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age and educational attainment Eurostat	Eurostat	−7.9%
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by sex, age and educational attainment Eurostat	Eurostat	−9.1%
Persons participating in any cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons participating in in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	−10.5%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−60.4%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−60.4%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	−70.5%
Persons not participating in cultural or sport activities in the last 12 months by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation, activity type and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons practicing artistic activities by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons practicing artistic activities by income quintile, household composition, degree of urbanisation and frequency Eurostat	Eurostat	+45.5%
Persons reading books in the last 12 months by risk of poverty threshold, household composition, degree of urbanization and number of books Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons reading books in the last 12 months by risk of poverty threshold, household composition, degree of urbanization and number of books Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not reading books in the last 12 months by risk of poverty threshold, household composition, degree of urbanization and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Persons not reading books in the last 12 months by risk of poverty threshold, household composition, degree of urbanization and reasons Eurostat	Eurostat	–
Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region Eurostat	Eurostat	−2.5%
Mean consumption expenditure of private households on sporting goods and services by COICOP consumption purpose Eurostat	Eurostat	−11.5%
Mean consumption expenditure of private households on sporting goods and services by income quintile Eurostat	Eurostat	−22.1%

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