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The prices of cultural services in Romania recorded the most important decline in the EU over the latest decade
The prices of cultural services (cinemas, museums, theatres, bookshops, zoos, TV radio tax) in the European Union increased on average by1.7% per year between 2010 – 2018, but in three member states these prices dropped and the biggest reductions were recorded in Romania (minus 1.5% per year on average) show the data published on Friday by Eurostat.
According to the quoted source, between 2010 and 2018 the prices of newspapers and periodicals in the EU increased by 34% and in the case of books it increased by 9% as, as a whole, the prices in the EU increased by 12%. In contrast, the price of equipment for the processing of information in the EU dropped by 41% during the same period, while the price for equipment for reception, registering and reproduction of sound and image dropped by 38%.
Between 2010 and 2018, the price of newspapers and periodicals increased in each EU member state with the exception of Cyprus. The biggest increase of price was recorded in Malta and Lithuania with average increases of price per year of 8.2%, 6.9% respectively while in Cyprus the prices dropped on average with 0.6% per year.
When it comes to the percentage from the consumption expenses which the households in the EU allocate for cultural products and services, in 2015 (the last year for which the data are available) this was almost 3%. The first is Sweden, where the share of the cultural products and services in the consumption expenses of the households was 5% while at the other end are the households of Bulgaria (1.6%) Cyprus (1.7%) and Romania (1.8%).