Key Figures 2025: Household Cultural Consumption (Ministère de la Culture (DEPS))

Summary

• In 2024, households consumed 38.6 billion euros of cultural goods and services and 29 billion euros of culture-related goods and services, a total of 67.6 billion euros.p.1
• The total represents 3.3% of households' final effective consumption, the lowest share since 1980.p.2
• The strict cultural share fell to 1.9% in 2024, while the related share was 1.4%.p.2
• The combined share peaked at 4.5% in 2004 and has contracted continuously to a minimum of 3.3% in 2024.p.2
• Cultural outings represented 22% of consumption in 1980 against 34% in 2024.p.2
• In 2024, culture-related consumption exceeded its 2019 value by 16%.p.3
• Household spending on audiovisual bouquets rose 9%, or 570 million euros, in 2024.p.3

Key insights

1. Cultural goods and services consumption exceeds its 2019 pre-crisis value by 15%, or 5 billion euros.p.3
2. Culture-related consumption exceeds its 2019 value by 17%, or 4.2 billion euros.p.3
3. Household spending on press fell by 14 points between 1980 and 2024.p.2
4. The equipment item fell 5% in value in 2024, a decrease of 805 million euros.p.3
5. Spending on computers and tablets and on mobile phones each fell 3% in value.p.3
6. Spending on audiovisual bouquets and equipment-related services gained 8 percentage points between 1980 and 2024.p.2