Country     Latvia
Year     2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2007 2006 2005 2003 2000
Definition Working group definition 1a   X X X X X X X X X X   X 8)  X X  
National criteria 1b                                
Number of museums according to type of collection total 2a   156 153 153 151 151 149 147 144 141 141 128 127 9)  131 130 2)  133
of which 2b Art, archaeology and history museums                              
  2c Science and technology museums, ethnology museums                              
  2d Other museums                              
Ownership state-owned museums 3a Total 40 40 39 39 41 41 40 40 40 40 36 36 36   40
local-, regional-owned museums 3b Total 99 97 97 95 95 94 93 89 87 87 83 84 88    
other public-owned museums 3c Total 10 10 11 11 10 9 8 8 8 8 93       93
private-owned museums 3d Total 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 7 6 6     7    
  3e Of which
ppp		                              
Management state-managed museums 4a Total 40 40 39 39 41 41 40 40 40 40 36 36 36   40
local-, regional-managed museums 4b Total 99 97 97 95 95 94 93 89 87 87 83 84 88    
other public-managed museums 4c Total 10 10 11 11 10 9 8 8 8 8         93
private-managed museums 4d Total 7 6 6 6 5 5 6 7 6 6 9 7 7    
  4e Of which
ppp		                              
Ownership of permanent collection Public ≤ 50% 5a                                
Public > 50% 5b                                
Number of visits Total 6a   1.725.927 3.712.367 3.759.791 3.714.975 3.534.066 3.259.783 2.970.514 2.635.990 2.535.878 2.372.247 2.402.581 2.174.654 2.074.510 1.689.458 1
Of which 6b free admissions
Total		 607.746 1.380.097 1.503.955 1.383.107 1.273.648 1.304.343 1.092.898 986.157 1.046.144 1.020.567          
  6c free admissions
%		 35,20 37,20 40,00 37,20 36,00 40,00 36,80 37,40 41,30 42,40          
  6d foreigners
Total		 35.703 31)  368 29)  348.341 27)  315.412 26)  273.939 24)  241.652 22)  268.235 19)  223.404 16)  180 14)  147.232 12)  193.960 179.033 10)  192.209 113.012 3)  61
  6e foreigners
%		 2,10 32)  9,90 30)  9,30 28)  8,50 17)  7,80 25)  7,40 23)  9,00 20)  8,50 17)  7,10 15)  6,10 13)  8,10 8,20 4)  9,20 6,00 4)  4,00
  6f temporary exhibitions
Total		                              
  6g temporary exhibitions
%		                              
Staff Paid staff 7a Number
Total		 2.013 2.055 2.047 2.034 2.005 1.933 1.911 1.810 1.820 1.788 2 1.997 5)  1.987 1.850 5)  1
  7b Number
Of which
specialised		 977 977 962 945 930 934 21)  907 21)  871 862 917 919 923 11)  846 573 6)  808
  7c FTES a year
Total		                              
  7d FTES a year
Of which
specialised		                              
Volunteers 7e Number
Total		                              
  7f Number
Of which
specialised		                              
  7g FTES a year
Total		                              
  7h FTES a year
Of which
specialised		                              
Admissions Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) 8a < 2,5,- 73 77 76 81 86 88 94 99 97 107   122 126 130  
  8b 2,5 - 5,- 33 26 26 24 26 25 21 17 18 13         -  
  8c > 5,- 12 12 12 10 6 3 3 2 2           -  
Number of museums 8d with free entrance 36 36 37 34 31 27 26 24 23 21 5 5 7)  5   7)   
  8e with museum card                              
Temporary exhibitions Total 9a   816 1.066 1.100 1.146 1.180 1.129 1.083 1.107 1.112 1.043 1.262 1.240 1.253 1.075 1
Of which 9b Own production                           357 1
  9c Joined productions                             267
Expenditure (of museums) Total (In EUR) 10a   50.163.009 43.493.648 44.111.019 39.345.648 39.783.769 38.176.341 33.632.922 30.508.966 24.559.281 21.208.423 28.866.523 19.950.494 14.641.619 11.178.062 12
Of which 10b Ordinary expenditures
Total		 40.285.421 38.921.035 38.287.420 34.729.133 34.460.444 32.109.902 30.003.540 26.135.381 21.580.867 20.149.215 17.903.011 11.292.252 8.600.126 5.770.022  
  10c Ordinary expenditures
Of which
Staff		 25.003.416 24.388.498 23.157.260 20.176.355 19.566.355 19.295.951 16.821.558 14.577.931 13.673.540 12.078.569 13.190.513 8.126.201 5.998.563 4.702.279  
  10d Extraordinary expenditures
Total		 9.833.220 4.572.613 5.823.599 4.616.325 5.323.325 6.066.439 7.092.456 4.373.585 2.987.411 1.059.208 10.968.722 7.984.374 6.041.493 5.408.040  
  10e Extraordinary expenditures
Of which
for new Collections		 1.350.391 1.060.274 1.063.440 808.378 1.011.425 844.446 574.002 360.890 328.006 169.296 389.219 247.722 267.236 187.675  
Income (of museums) Total (in EUR) 11a   48.560.025 44.909.482 46.484.936 42.388.476 39.812.793 39.225.323 32.518.781 27.680.709 24.834.639 21.954.241 33.710.333 20.133.417 15.095.311 11.407.819  
Of which 11b Entry fees 2.577.901 6.089.685 5.649.970 4.967.834 4.673.198 3.577.088 3.213.968 2.881.300 2.685.293 2.087.159 1.867.030 1.604.162 1.473.303 902.553  
  11c Public subsidies 43.118.718 33.889.855 34.765.903 31.438.848 32.172.839 31.697.754 25.906.230 21.724.165 17.846.617 15.194.697 20.618.499 14.042.605 9.917.383 8.011.182  
Public expenditure (for museums) Total (in EUR) 12a   43.118.718 33.889.855 34.765.903 31.438.848 32.172.839 31.697.754 25.906.230 21.724.165 17.846.617 15.194.697 25.021.392 16.500.111   6.548.740  
Of which 12b Investments 893.172 71.991 266.571 785.612 295.552 315.353 295.553 531.682 261.183 267.124 58.550 987.472   273.871 9
Number of museums making use of computers Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer 13a   156 152 147 146 145 139 21)  137 21)  128 18)  124 124 113 88   79  
Of which 13b for administrative purpose 154 146 143 142 143 134 132 124 119 118 113 85   73  
  13c for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) 99 94 89 87 84 80 72 67 63 53   41   23  
  13d having a database for electronic inventory 137 133 129 129 127 121 122 119 117 113 113 52   41  
  13e having an Internet access 153 151 147 146 145 137 135 128 123 120 113 122   56  
Information - Diffusion - Education Number of museums possessing a web-site 14 Total                              
Number of museums possessing an own web-site 15a Total                              
  15b Of wich
are updating themselves their web-site		                              
Number of museums 16a connected to a museum portal
Total		                              
  16b connected to a museum portal
Of which
connected to more than one museum portal		                              
  16c connected to (an)other portal(s)                              
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme 17a Total 130 132 131 126 122 103 112 109 108 98   84 81 70  
  17b Of which
for school children		                              
  17c Of which
for ethnic minorities		                              
  17d for senior citizens                              
  17e for others                              
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on working group definition		 18   8,20 8,00 7,90 7,70 7,60 7,50 7,30 7,10 6,80 6,20 5,60 5,50 5,70 5,00 5,60
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants
on natioinal criteria		   19   8,20 8,00 7,90 7,70 7,60 7,50 7,30 7,10 6,80 6,20 5,60 5,50 5,70 5,00 5,60
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
including free entries		   20   90.473,00 193.356,00 194.367,00 190.499,00 179.489,00 164.130,00 148.417,00 130.248,00 122.234,00 105.509,00 94.565,00 95.195,00 90.408,00 72.462,00 62,39
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants
excluding free entries		   21   58.645,00 121.474,00 116.618,00 119.575,00 114.803,00 98.456,00 93.812,00 81.521,00 71.808,00 60.118,00          
Average number of visits per museum
according to working group definition		   22   11.064,00 24.264,00 24.574,00 24.602,00 23.404,00 21.878,00 20.208,00 18.305,00 17.985,00 16.824,00 18.770,00 17.123,00 15.836,00 12.995,00 11,14
Average number of visits per museum
according to national criteria		   23   11.064,00 24.264,00 24.602,00 24.602,00 23.404,00 21.878,00 20.208,00 18.305,00 17.985,00 16.824,00 18.770,00 17.123,00 15.836,00 12.995,00 73,00
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants   24   106,00 107,00 106,00 104,00 102,00 97,30 95,50 89,00 87,70 79,30 93,10 87,40 86,60 76,00 5,30
Expenditure per capita (in EUR)   25   26,30 22,65 22,80 20,18 20,20 19,22 16,80 15,07 11,84 9,43 12,70 8,43 6,38 4,00  
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR)   26   2.260.275,90 1.765.126,00 1.797.264,00 1.612.153,00 1.634.004,00 1.595.983,00 1.294.361,00 1.073.421,10 860.241,68 675.808,25 1.270.534,00 722.928,10 638.090,25 280.880,00 383,34
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year   27   96 131 128 125 123 118 112 115 113 114 102 102 104    
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year
including free entries		   28   53 88 87 87 88 80 72 68 74 67 71 69 69 56  
Number of museums necessary to reach 50 % of total visits (including free entries) 29a                                
75 % of total visits (including free entries) 29b                                
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff 30   134 132 129 127 126 121 120 122 122 125 111 116 107 100  
Average price paid
(in EUR)		   31   2,27 2,61 2,50 2,13 2,07 1,83 1,71 1,75 1,80 1,54       1,00  
Number of museums with at least one publication   32   70 64 79 79 66 72 80 68 81 63 76 74 83 74  
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier   33                                
Museum participation
Source: Eurobarometer 1)		   34                           32,00 32,00 59,00
Population
Source: Eurostat		   35   1.907.675 1.919.968 1.934.379 1.950.116 1.968.957 1.986.096 2.001.468 2.023.825 2.074.605 2.248.374 2.281.305 2.294.590 2.306.434 2.331.480 2.381.715
Density inhabitants/km²
Source: Eurostat		   36     30,20 30,40 31,00 32,00 31,00 31,00 31,00   36,00 36,50 36,70 36,90 37,30 38,10
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR
Source: Eurostat		   37   70,000 69,000 70,000           60,000 55,000 56,000 51,000 48,000 43,000 36,000


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nil or negligible
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provisional or estimated statistical information
1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
2) State and municipal museums.
3) 113.012 (in groups only)
4) 6,7% (in groups only)
5) Normal working hours in Latvia: 40 hours a week
6) 573 (with higher education)
7) There are no public museums with free entrance in Latvia. In many museums there are free entrance days (for all or for some categories of visitors) within the week or within the year.
8) There are currently no overarching categories used in the classification of museum collections – each museum defines their own categories according to the themes of their collection and their own traditions.
9) State and municipal museums
10) in groups only
11) with higher education
12) Latvia: 147.232 (in groups only)
13) Latvia: 6,1% (in groups only)
14) Latvia: 180.575 (in groups only)
15) Latvia: 7,1% (in groups only)
16) Latvia: 223.404 (in groups only)
17) Latvia: 8,5 % (in groups only)
18) Latvia: No KK sadaļas "Informācijas tehnoloģijas"
19) Latvia: 268.235 (in groups only)
20) Latvia: 9,0 % (in groups only)
21) Latvia: data source – The digital Cultural Map of Latvia www.kulturaskarte.lv
22) Latvia: 241,652 (in groups only)
23) Latvia: 7,4 % (in groups only)
24) Latvia: 273.393 (in groups only)
25) Latvia: 7,8 % (in groups only)
26) Latvia: 315.412 (in groups only)
27) Latvia: 348341 (visits in groups only)
28) Latvia: 9,3 % (visits in groups only)
29) Latvia: 368.839 (in groups only).
30) Latvia: 9,9 % (in groups only).
31) Latvia: 35.703 (in groups only).
32) Latvia: 2,1 % (in groups only).