Country Year Definition
    Working group definition National criteria
    1a 1b
       
Spain 2022   X 2) 
2020   X 2) 
2018   X 2) 
2016   X 2) 
2014   X 2) 
2012   X 2) 
2010   X 2) 
2008   X 2) 
2006   X 2) 
2004   X 2) 
2002   X 2) 
2000   X 2) 
 
Country Year Number of museums according to type of collection
    total of which
    2a 2b 2c 2d
      Art, archaeology and history museums Science and technology museums, ethnology museums Other museums
Spain 2022 1.492 690 412 390
2020 1.474 683 406 385
2018 1.461 678 407 376
2016 1.504 740 381 383
2014 1.468 722 372 374
2012 1.464 707 376 381
2010 1.479 717 370 392
2008 1.455 679 355 421
2006 1.343 636 316 391
2004 1.238 595 289 354
2002 1.137 537 242 358
2000 1.125 600 232 293
 
Country Year Ownership
    state-owned museums local-, regional-owned museums other public-owned museums private-owned museums
    3a 3b 3c 3d 3e
    Total Total Total Total Of which
ppp
Spain 2022 162 914 44 348 24
2020 166 883 39 386 27
2018 169 873 32 387 28
2016 172 861 32 439 33
2014 171 824 35 438 28
2012 151 809 32 472 33
2010 149 809 41 480 31
2008 156 780 37 482 27
2006 157 720 17 449 27
2004 155 639 13 431 22
2002 151 588 31 367 19
2000 142 534   449 103
 
Country Year Management
    state-managed museums local-, regional-managed museums other public-managed museums private-managed museums
    4a 4b 4c 4d 4e
    Total Total Total Total Of which
ppp
Spain 2022 93 932 65 364 38
2020 97 900 60 417 33
2018 97 884 55 425 35
2016 97 879 60 468 33
2014 95 852 62 459 25
2012 76 833 59 496 32
2010 79 836 57 507 36
2008 80 810 56 509 37
2006 92 741 32 478 31
2004 84 673 23 458 27
2002 85 615 33 404 26
2000 68 582   475 135
 
Country Year Ownership of permanent collection
    Public ≤ 50% Public > 50%
    5a 5b
       
Spain 2022    
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Country Year Number of visits
    Total Of which
    6a 6b 6c 6d 6e 6f 6g
      free admissions
Total
free admissions
%
foreigners
Total
foreigners
%
temporary exhibitions
Total
temporary exhibitions
%
Spain 2022 51.634.716 30.516.117 59,10 9.707.326 18,80    
2020 20.365.712 12.423.084 61,00 2.016.205 9,90    
2018 65.402.970 40.419.035 61,80 9.221.819 14,10    
2016 59.909.098 38.341.823 64,00 7.488.637 12,50    
2014 58.418.342 35.459.934 60,70 5.666.579 9,70    
2012 57.215.857 34.730.025 60,70 8.124.652 14,20    
2010 55.978.067 33.306.950 59,50 7.780.951 13,90    
2008 54.862.584 32.149.474 58,60 6.254.335 11,40    
2006 52.173.104 28.695.207 55,00 8.973.774 17,20    
2004 48.889.822 25.911.606 53,00 7.186.804 14,70    
2002 42.882.944 23.842.917 55,60 4.931.539 11,50    
2000 42.262.225 23.751.371 56,20        
 
Country Year Staff
    Paid staff Volunteers
    7a 7b 7c 7d 7e 7f 7g 7h
    Number
Total
Number
Of which
specialised
FTES a year
Total
FTES a year
Of which
specialised
Number
Total
Number
Of which
specialised
FTES a year
Total
FTES a year
Of which
specialised
Spain 2022 15.073 5.007     648 253    
2020 14.508 4.883     914 275    
2018 15.036 4.836     1.098 353    
2016 14.726 4.577     1.031 315    
2014 14.189 4.569     993 376    
2012 14.118 4.504     1.045 472    
2010 14.784 4.511     902 353    
2008 14.790 4.122     1.021 335    
2006 14.370 3.857     1.796 382    
2004 13.014 3.269     1.457 330    
2002 12.268 3.324     1.423 330    
2000 10.951 2.417 10.015 2.201,00 1.438 588 1.315 535
 
Country Year Admissions
    Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) Number of museums
    8a 8b 8c 8d 8e
    < 2,5,- 2,5 - 5,- > 5,- with free entrance with museum card
Spain 2022 239 353 157 743  
2020 264 369 137 704  
2018 307 379 126 649  
2016 328 416 113 647  
2014 361 396 108 603  
2012 319 355 97 638  
2010 329 315 64 637  
2008 354 246 92 651  
2006 332 239 44 583  
2004 299 189 28 497  
2002 338 155 16 518  
2000 353 68 11 556  
 
Country Year Temporary exhibitions
    Total Of which
    9a 9b 9c
      Own production Joined productions
Spain 2022 3.787    
2020 1.912    
2018 4.622    
2016 4.359    
2014 4.887    
2012 3.469    
2010 2.986    
2008 3.367    
2006 3.506    
2004 2.842    
2002 3.229    
2000      
 
Country Year Expenditure (of museums)
    Total (In EUR) Of which
    10a 10b 10c 10d 10e
      Ordinary expenditures
Total
Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff
Extraordinary expenditures
Total
Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections
Spain 2022          
2020          
2018          
2016          
2014          
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Country Year Income (of museums)
    Total (in EUR) Of which
    11a 11b 11c
      Entry fees Public subsidies
Spain 2022      
2020      
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2012      
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Country Year Public expenditure (for museums)
    Total (in EUR) Of which
    12a 12b
      Investments
Spain 2022    
2020    
2018    
2016    
2014    
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2010    
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Country Year Number of museums making use of computers
    Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer Of which
    13a 13b 13c 13d 13e
      for administrative purpose for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) having a database for electronic inventory having an Internet access
Spain 2022 1.488 1.421 677 782 954
2020 1.468 1.391 600 761 944
2018 1.445 1.221 571 713 833
2016 1.427 1.210 524 731 782
2014 1.371 1.141 486 686 708
2012 1.308 1.067 515 684 746
2010 1.252 932 586 536 703
2008 1.194 944 608 457 683
2006 1.026 786 555 450 577
2004 906 658 579 266 468
2002 821 734 588 238 498
2000 653        
 
Country Year Information - Diffusion - Education
    Number of museums possessing a web-site Number of museums possessing an own web-site Number of museums Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme
    14 15a 15b 16a 16b 16c 17a 17b 17c 17d 17e
    Total Total Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site
connected to a museum portal
Total
connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal
connected to (an)other portal(s) Total Of which
for school children
Of which
for ethnic minorities
for senior citizens for others
Spain 2022 1.448 980   306 212   910 841 104 441 560
2020 1.391 826   312 136   682 617 109 305 368
2018 1.347 776   242 100   947 947 101 443 655
2016 1.313 720   266 99   888 823 85 417 492
2014 1.264 646   203 86   768 708 68 320 451
2012 1.196 597   198 90   845 700 79 312 424
2010 1.172 660   176 72   783 631 78 302 526
2008 1.050 498   176 86   774 614 58 274 511
2006 768     221 67   620 493 40 216 370
2004 612     238 52   514 390 30 175 307
2002 484     108 33   523 376 21 159 312
2000 317           543 434     417
 
Country Year
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition
     
    18
     
Spain 2022  
2020  
2018  
2016  
2014  
2012  
2010  
2008  
2006  
2004  
2002  
2000  
 
Country Year
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria
     
    19
     
Spain 2022 3,10
2020 3,10
2018 3,10
2016 3,20
2014 3,20
2012 3,10
2010 3,20
2008 3,20
2006 3,10
2004 2,90
2002 2,80
2000 2,80
 
Country Year
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries
     
    20
     
Spain 2022 108.858,00
2020 43.026,81
2018 140.174,00
2016 128.987,04
2014 125.598,00
2012 122.209,00
2010 120.418,00
2008 120.131,00
2006 118.548,00
2004 114.907,00
2002 104.503,00
2000 104.211,00
 
Country Year
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries
     
    21
     
Spain 2022 44.523,00
2020 16.780,45
2018 53.546,00
2016 46.435,00
2014 49.360,00
2012 49.037,00
2010 50.088,00
2008 50.825,00
2006 54.371,00
2004 54.932,00
2002 46.554,00
2000 45.853,00
 
Country Year
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition
     
    22
     
Spain 2022  
2020  
2018  
2016  
2014  
2012  
2010  
2008  
2006  
2004  
2002  
2000  
 
Country Year
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria
     
    23
     
Spain 2022 34.608,00
2020 13.817,00
2018 44.766,00
2016 40.452,00
2014 40.766,00
2012 40.265,00
2010 39.927,00
2008 39.929,00
2006 38.848,00
2004 39.491,00
2002 37.716,00
2000 37.566,00
 
Country Year
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants
     
    24
     
Spain 2022 31,80
2020 30,70
2018 32,20
2016 31,70
2014 30,50
2012 30,10
2010 32,10
2008 32,70
2006 32,80
2004 30,70
2002 29,90
2000 30,90
 
Country Year
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)
     
    25
     
Spain 2022  
2020  
2018  
2016  
2014  
2012  
2010  
2008  
2006  
2004  
2002  
2000  
 
Country Year
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)
     
    26
     
Spain 2022  
2020  
2018  
2016  
2014  
2012  
2010  
2008  
2006  
2004  
2002  
2000  
 
Country Year
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year
     
    27
     
Spain 2022 1.342
2020 1.302
2018 1.293
2016 1.329
2014 1.303
2012 1.284
2010 1.310
2008 1.258
2006 958
2004 855
2002 676
2000 878
 
Country Year
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries
     
    28
     
Spain 2022 773
2020 535
2018 847
2016 847
2014 822
2012 803
2010 811
2008 778
2006 722
2004 674
2002 643
2000 594
 
Country Year Number of museums necessary to reach
    50 % of total visits (including free entries) 75 % of total visits (including free entries)
    29a 29b
       
Spain 2022 48 171
2020 52 183
2018 44 154
2016 49 167
2014 46 161
2012 37 141
2010 39 149
2008 40 149
2006 39 136
2004 35 127
2002 40 143
2000 37 126
 
Country Year
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff
     
    30
     
Spain 2022 1.492
2020 1.474
2018 1.447
2016 1.489
2014 1.403
2012 1.158
2010 1.131
2008 1.094
2006 976
2004 672
2002 567
2000 588
 
Country Year
Average price paid
(in EUR)
     
    31
     
Spain 2022  
2020  
2018  
2016  
2014  
2012  
2010  
2008  
2006  
2004  
2002  
2000  
 
Country Year
Number of museums with at least one publication
     
    32
     
Spain 2022 1.084
2020 756
2018 1.043
2016 899
2014 854
2012 734
2010 813
2008 797
2006 672
2004 578
2002 674
2000 627
 
Country Year
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier
     
    33
     
Spain 2022 398
2020 274
2018 225
2016 278
2014 260
2012 212
2010 243
2008 322
2006  
2004  
2002  
2000  
 
Country Year
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)
     
    34
     
Spain 2022 20,10 8) 
2020 40,50 7) 
2018 46,70 7) 
2016   6) 
2014 39,40 6) 
2012   5) 
2010 30,60 5) 
2008   4) 
2006 31,20 4) 
2004 27,50 3) 
2002 36,40 3) 
2000  
 
Country Year
Population
Source: Eurostat
     
    35
     
Spain 2022 47.432.893
2020 47.332.614
2018 46.658.447
2016 46.440.099
2014 46.512.199
2012 46.818.219
2010 45.989.016
2008 45.283.259
2006 43.758.250
2004 42.345.342
2002 40.964.244
2000 40.049.708
 
Country Year
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat
     
    36
     
Spain 2022  
2020  
2018  
2016  
2014  
2012 93,20
2010 91,80
2008 90,80
2006 87,20
2004 84,40
2002 81,60
2000 79,60
 
Country Year
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat
     
    37
     
Spain 2022  
2020  
2018  
2016 92,000
2014  
2012 25,000
2010 25,000
2008 26,000
2006 25,000
2004 22,000
2002 21,000
2000