Key data on cultural and creative industries during COVID-19 worldwide 2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 7, 2024
According to a report published by UNESCO in February 2022, cultural and creative industries accounted for 3.1 percent of the global gross domestic product and 6.2 percent of global employment in 2020. That year, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic set unprecedented challenges for this market. Overall, due to the pandemic, it was estimated that cultural and creative industries worldwide lost around 750 billion U.S. dollars in gross value added (GVA) and 10 million jobs in 2020.

Key figures on cultural and creative industries during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic worldwide in 2020

CharacteristicCharacteristic
Share of global GDP contributed by cultural and creative industries (in %) 3.1
Share of global employment contributed by cultural and creative industries (in %) 6.2
Loss of gross value added (GVA) due to COVID-19 (in billion U.S. dollars) 750
Number of jobs lost due to COVID-19 (in millions) 10
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February 2022

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2020

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loss of GVA and number of jobs lost in 2020 over the previous year

Supplementary notes

Figures are based on an analysis of responses from 96 quadrennial periodic reports (QPRs) in the 2020 QPR form. Please find here more information about the methodology of the study (page 293).

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