Britain has/had the second largest cultural sector in the EU
mainAccording to the latest statistics from Eurostat, more than six million EU citizens work in the cultural industries.
Of these, Germany unsurprisingly has the most with 1.2 million.
The UK is just behind with 1.1m. (Or was.)
The country with the highest percentage of cultural employees in the workforce is Austria, with 3.1%.
Page 59 of the report says, “In individual countries, the percentage of people employed in culture in 2014 varied from 1.1 % in Romania to 5.2 % in Luxembourg. The share was also high (above 3.5 %) in Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Slovenia and Sweden.”
Available here: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-statistical-books/-/KS-04-15-737