Financial results of cultural institutions in 2021



In 2021 assets (liabilities) of the surveyed cultural institutions as of December 31, 2021 amounted to PLN 21,209.4 million. Total revenues were higher by 9.5% and total costs by 10.5% in comparison to 2020.
In 2020 assets amounted to PLN 21,209.4 million. Taking into account the size of cultural institution measured by the number of employees, 49.1% of the total value of assets belonged to entities employing between 50 to 249 people (318 entities), 25.4% of total assets belonged to entities employing between 10 to 49 people (1,607 entities), 20.5% - entities employing 250 and more people (26 entities) and 5.0% - entities employing less than 10 people (2,742 entities).
The highest value of assets was recorded in libraries, archives, museums and in entities conducting other activity in the field of culture - PLN 12,786.1 million (60.3% of the total value of assets).