I have updated the table, including the % of GDP numbers.
The US has the highest per capita GDP and the largest population of the countries listed here. However it spends 0.02% of its GDP on Arts funding, which is last, behind Ireland at 0.07% and Finland, which is the highest at 0.47%.
|
Per Capita Arts Spending
(U.S. Dollars)
|
Total Government Arts Spending
(Millions of U.S. Dollars)
|
Total gov't Arts Spending as a percentage of GDP |
Australia
|
$25 |
$438 |
0.14% |
Canada |
$46 |
$1,272 |
0.21% |
Finland |
$91 |
$460 |
0.47% |
France |
$57 |
$3,275 |
0.26% |
Germany |
$85 |
$6,886 |
0.36% |
Ireland |
$9 |
$33 |
0.07% |
Netherlands |
$46 |
$714 |
0.21% |
Sweden |
$57 |
$496 |
0.29% |
United Kingdom |
$26 |
$1,150 |
0.14% |
United States |
$6 |
$1,530 |
0.02% |
Source: National Endowment for the Arts, Research Division, Note #74, January 2000.
Note that the US numbers include funding from states and local governments,
and funding for the Smithsonian Institute ($358M USD).