Country | Spain | ||||||||||||||
Year | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 | 2016 | 2014 | 2012 | 2010 | 2008 | 2006 | 2004 | 2002 | 2000 | |||
Definition | Working group definition | 1a | |||||||||||||
National criteria | 1b | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | X 2) | ||
Number of museums according to type of collection | total | 2a | 1.492 | 1.474 | 1.461 | 1.504 | 1.468 | 1.464 | 1.479 | 1.455 | 1.343 | 1.238 | 1.137 | 1.125 | |
of which | 2b | Art, archaeology and history museums | 690 | 683 | 678 | 740 | 722 | 707 | 717 | 679 | 636 | 595 | 537 | 600 | |
2c | Science and technology museums, ethnology museums | 412 | 406 | 407 | 381 | 372 | 376 | 370 | 355 | 316 | 289 | 242 | 232 | ||
2d | Other museums | 390 | 385 | 376 | 383 | 374 | 381 | 392 | 421 | 391 | 354 | 358 | 293 | ||
Ownership | state-owned museums | 3a | Total | 162 | 166 | 169 | 172 | 171 | 151 | 149 | 156 | 157 | 155 | 151 | 142 |
local-, regional-owned museums | 3b | Total | 914 | 883 | 873 | 861 | 824 | 809 | 809 | 780 | 720 | 639 | 588 | 534 | |
other public-owned museums | 3c | Total | 44 | 39 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 32 | 41 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 31 | ||
private-owned museums | 3d | Total | 348 | 386 | 387 | 439 | 438 | 472 | 480 | 482 | 449 | 431 | 367 | 449 | |
3e | Of which ppp |
24 | 27 | 28 | 33 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 103 | ||
Management | state-managed museums | 4a | Total | 93 | 97 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 92 | 84 | 85 | 68 |
local-, regional-managed museums | 4b | Total | 932 | 900 | 884 | 879 | 852 | 833 | 836 | 810 | 741 | 673 | 615 | 582 | |
other public-managed museums | 4c | Total | 65 | 60 | 55 | 60 | 62 | 59 | 57 | 56 | 32 | 23 | 33 | ||
private-managed museums | 4d | Total | 364 | 417 | 425 | 468 | 459 | 496 | 507 | 509 | 478 | 458 | 404 | 475 | |
4e | Of which ppp |
38 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 135 | ||
Ownership of permanent collection | Public ≤ 50% | 5a | |||||||||||||
Public > 50% | 5b | ||||||||||||||
Number of visits | Total | 6a | 51.634.716 | 20.365.712 | 65.402.970 | 59.909.098 | 58.418.342 | 57.215.857 | 55.978.067 | 54.862.584 | 52.173.104 | 48.889.822 | 42.882.944 | 42.262.225 | |
Of which | 6b | free admissions Total |
30.516.117 | 12.423.084 | 40.419.035 | 38.341.823 | 35.459.934 | 34.730.025 | 33.306.950 | 32.149.474 | 28.695.207 | 25.911.606 | 23.842.917 | 23.751.371 | |
6c | free admissions % |
59,10 | 61,00 | 61,80 | 64,00 | 60,70 | 60,70 | 59,50 | 58,60 | 55,00 | 53,00 | 55,60 | 56,20 | ||
6d | foreigners Total |
9.707.326 | 2.016.205 | 9.221.819 | 7.488.637 | 5.666.579 | 8.124.652 | 7.780.951 | 6.254.335 | 8.973.774 | 7.186.804 | 4.931.539 | |||
6e | foreigners % |
18,80 | 9,90 | 14,10 | 12,50 | 9,70 | 14,20 | 13,90 | 11,40 | 17,20 | 14,70 | 11,50 | |||
6f | temporary exhibitions Total |
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6g | temporary exhibitions % |
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Staff | Paid staff | 7a | Number Total |
15.073 | 14.508 | 15.036 | 14.726 | 14.189 | 14.118 | 14.784 | 14.790 | 14.370 | 13.014 | 12.268 | 10.951 |
7b | Number Of which specialised |
5.007 | 4.883 | 4.836 | 4.577 | 4.569 | 4.504 | 4.511 | 4.122 | 3.857 | 3.269 | 3.324 | 2.417 | ||
7c | FTES a year Total |
10.015 | |||||||||||||
7d | FTES a year Of which specialised |
2.201,00 | |||||||||||||
Volunteers | 7e | Number Total |
648 | 914 | 1.098 | 1.031 | 993 | 1.045 | 902 | 1.021 | 1.796 | 1.457 | 1.423 | 1.438 | |
7f | Number Of which specialised |
253 | 275 | 353 | 315 | 376 | 472 | 353 | 335 | 382 | 330 | 330 | 588 | ||
7g | FTES a year Total |
1.315 | |||||||||||||
7h | FTES a year Of which specialised |
535 | |||||||||||||
Admissions | Total number of museums with paid admissions with a price of tickets (in EUR) | 8a | < 2,5,- | 239 | 264 | 307 | 328 | 361 | 319 | 329 | 354 | 332 | 299 | 338 | 353 |
8b | 2,5 - 5,- | 353 | 369 | 379 | 416 | 396 | 355 | 315 | 246 | 239 | 189 | 155 | 68 | ||
8c | > 5,- | 157 | 137 | 126 | 113 | 108 | 97 | 64 | 92 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 11 | ||
Number of museums | 8d | with free entrance | 743 | 704 | 649 | 647 | 603 | 638 | 637 | 651 | 583 | 497 | 518 | 556 | |
8e | with museum card | ||||||||||||||
Temporary exhibitions | Total | 9a | 3.787 | 1.912 | 4.622 | 4.359 | 4.887 | 3.469 | 2.986 | 3.367 | 3.506 | 2.842 | 3.229 | ||
Of which | 9b | Own production | |||||||||||||
9c | Joined productions | ||||||||||||||
Expenditure (of museums) | Total (In EUR) | 10a | |||||||||||||
Of which | 10b | Ordinary expenditures Total |
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10c | Ordinary expenditures Of which Staff |
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10d | Extraordinary expenditures Total |
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10e | Extraordinary expenditures Of which for new Collections |
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Income (of museums) | Total (in EUR) | 11a | |||||||||||||
Of which | 11b | Entry fees | |||||||||||||
11c | Public subsidies | ||||||||||||||
Public expenditure (for museums) | Total (in EUR) | 12a | |||||||||||||
Of which | 12b | Investments | |||||||||||||
Number of museums making use of computers | Total number of museums equipped with at least one computer | 13a | 1.488 | 1.468 | 1.445 | 1.427 | 1.371 | 1.308 | 1.252 | 1.194 | 1.026 | 906 | 821 | 653 | |
Of which | 13b | for administrative purpose | 1.421 | 1.391 | 1.221 | 1.210 | 1.141 | 1.067 | 932 | 944 | 786 | 658 | 734 | ||
13c | for visitor's information purposes (e.g. interactive gallery system) | 677 | 600 | 571 | 524 | 486 | 515 | 586 | 608 | 555 | 579 | 588 | |||
13d | having a database for electronic inventory | 782 | 761 | 713 | 731 | 686 | 684 | 536 | 457 | 450 | 266 | 238 | |||
13e | having an Internet access | 954 | 944 | 833 | 782 | 708 | 746 | 703 | 683 | 577 | 468 | 498 | |||
Information - Diffusion - Education | Number of museums possessing a web-site | 14 | Total | 1.448 | 1.391 | 1.347 | 1.313 | 1.264 | 1.196 | 1.172 | 1.050 | 768 | 612 | 484 | 317 |
Number of museums possessing an own web-site | 15a | Total | 980 | 826 | 776 | 720 | 646 | 597 | 660 | 498 | |||||
15b | Of wich are updating themselves their web-site |
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Number of museums | 16a | connected to a museum portal Total |
306 | 312 | 242 | 266 | 203 | 198 | 176 | 176 | 221 | 238 | 108 | ||
16b | connected to a museum portal Of which connected to more than one museum portal |
212 | 136 | 100 | 99 | 86 | 90 | 72 | 86 | 67 | 52 | 33 | |||
16c | connected to (an)other portal(s) | ||||||||||||||
Number of museums with at least one special museum education programme | 17a | Total | 910 | 682 | 947 | 888 | 768 | 845 | 783 | 774 | 620 | 514 | 523 | 543 | |
17b | Of which for school children |
841 | 617 | 947 | 823 | 708 | 700 | 631 | 614 | 493 | 390 | 376 | 434 | ||
17c | Of which for ethnic minorities |
104 | 109 | 101 | 85 | 68 | 79 | 78 | 58 | 40 | 30 | 21 | |||
17d | for senior citizens | 441 | 305 | 443 | 417 | 320 | 312 | 302 | 274 | 216 | 175 | 159 | |||
17e | for others | 560 | 368 | 655 | 492 | 451 | 424 | 526 | 511 | 370 | 307 | 312 | 417 | ||
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on working group definition |
18 | ||||||||||||||
Museums per 100.000 inhabitants on natioinal criteria |
19 | 3,10 | 3,10 | 3,10 | 3,20 | 3,20 | 3,10 | 3,20 | 3,20 | 3,10 | 2,90 | 2,80 | 2,80 | ||
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants including free entries |
20 | 108.858,00 | 43.026,81 | 140.174,00 | 128.987,04 | 125.598,00 | 122.209,00 | 120.418,00 | 120.131,00 | 118.548,00 | 114.907,00 | 104.503,00 | 104.211,00 | ||
Visits per 100.000 inhabitants excluding free entries |
21 | 44.523,00 | 16.780,45 | 53.546,00 | 46.435,00 | 49.360,00 | 49.037,00 | 50.088,00 | 50.825,00 | 54.371,00 | 54.932,00 | 46.554,00 | 45.853,00 | ||
Average number of visits per museum according to working group definition |
22 | ||||||||||||||
Average number of visits per museum according to national criteria |
23 | 34.608,00 | 13.817,00 | 44.766,00 | 40.452,00 | 40.766,00 | 40.265,00 | 39.927,00 | 39.929,00 | 38.848,00 | 39.491,00 | 37.716,00 | 37.566,00 | ||
Staff per 100.000 inhabitants | 24 | 31,80 | 30,70 | 32,20 | 31,70 | 30,50 | 30,10 | 32,10 | 32,70 | 32,80 | 30,70 | 29,90 | 30,90 | ||
Expenditure per capita (in EUR) | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Public Expenditure per 100.000 inhabitants (in EUR) | 26 | ||||||||||||||
Number of museums opened 200 days and more a year | 27 | 1.342 | 1.302 | 1.293 | 1.329 | 1.303 | 1.284 | 1.310 | 1.258 | 958 | 855 | 676 | 878 | ||
Number of museums with more than 5.000 visits a year including free entries |
28 | 773 | 535 | 847 | 847 | 822 | 803 | 811 | 778 | 722 | 674 | 643 | 594 | ||
Number of museums necessary to reach | 50 % of total visits (including free entries) | 29a | 48 | 52 | 44 | 49 | 46 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 39 | 35 | 40 | 37 | |
75 % of total visits (including free entries) | 29b | 171 | 183 | 154 | 167 | 161 | 141 | 149 | 149 | 136 | 127 | 143 | 126 | ||
Number of museums employing at least 1 specialised staff | 30 | 1.492 | 1.474 | 1.447 | 1.489 | 1.403 | 1.158 | 1.131 | 1.094 | 976 | 672 | 567 | 588 | ||
Average price paid (in EUR) |
31 | ||||||||||||||
Number of museums with at least one publication | 32 | 1.084 | 756 | 1.043 | 899 | 854 | 734 | 813 | 797 | 672 | 578 | 674 | 627 | ||
Number of museums with at least one publication on an electronic data carrier | 33 | 398 | 274 | 225 | 278 | 260 | 212 | 243 | 322 | ||||||
Museum participation Source: Eurobarometer 1) |
34 | 20,10 8) | 40,50 7) | 46,70 7) | 6) | 39,40 6) | 5) | 30,60 5) | 4) | 31,20 4) | 27,50 3) | 36,40 3) | |||
Population Source: Eurostat |
35 | 47.432.893 | 47.332.614 | 46.658.447 | 46.440.099 | 46.512.199 | 46.818.219 | 45.989.016 | 45.283.259 | 43.758.250 | 42.345.342 | 40.964.244 | 40.049.708 | ||
Density inhabitants/km² Source: Eurostat |
36 | 93,20 | 91,80 | 90,80 | 87,20 | 84,40 | 81,60 | 79,60 | |||||||
Purchasing Power Parity in EUR Source: Eurostat |
37 | 92,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 26,000 | 25,000 | 22,000 | 21,000 |
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1) Eurostat surveys 2001 and 2003, if not otherwise indicated
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3) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2002-2003. Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. Spain.
4) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2006-2007. Ministry of Culture. Spain.
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6) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2014-2015.Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. Spain.
7) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2018-2019. Ministry of Culture and Sport. Spain.
8) Spain: Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain.
2) Spain: Definition National criteria. Both for-profit and non-for-profit institutions are considered. Museum Collections are included. See Spain National Report. February 2024 for further details.
3) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2002-2003. Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. Spain.
4) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2006-2007. Ministry of Culture. Spain.
5) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2010-2011. Ministry of Culture. Spain.
6) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2014-2015.Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. Spain.
7) Spain. Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain 2018-2019. Ministry of Culture and Sport. Spain.
8) Spain: Source: Survey of Cultural Habits and Practices in Spain.