The UIS has released new internationally-comparable cultural employment statistics. The collection includes 195 indicators offering a comprehensive perspective of cultural industries in 73 countries...
In most countries, more women than men are employed in the cultural sector but they need to supplement with more than one job, according to a new fact sheet published by the UIS. Entitled “Precarious...
The UIS has published updated indicators for the cinema industry that include the results of the latest Feature Film Survey.
Data from 93 countries and territories cover film production, exhibition...
The UIS has launched a pilot survey on heritage statistics to collect information on Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG 11), Target 11.4.1, which measures how much countries spend on the...
The information collected will serve to better promote and safeguard linguistic diversity, empowering governments to develop protective policies based on evidence and in line with the UN Sustainable...
The Institute, in partnership with the UN Statistics Division, has been mandated to develop the methodology to measure the economic contribution of culture, which can be collected through Culture...
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has introduced a new database on international trade of cultural goods and updated its global database on feature films. For the first time, the UIS has...
In December 2019, the Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) upgraded indicator 11.4.1 to Tier 2 status, confirming that the indicator is conceptually sound and has an...
