Finnish Performing Arts Statistics 2022 (in Finnish Esittävän taiteen tilastot: Teatterin, tanssin ja sirkuksen vuosi 2022)
The Finnish Performing Arts Statistics – Esittävän taiteen tilastot: Teatterin, tanssin ja sirkuksen vuosi 2022 presents some of the most extensive performing arts statistics in the world on theatre, dance, and circus. Statistics on theatre have been collected in Finland since 1944, which today enables the study on changes within the field over the course of almost 80 years.
Theatre Info Finland TINFO, the Finnish ITI center has been responsible for the data collection since 1995. TINFO publishes statistics from the previous year annually in August.
The number of spectators for theatre, dance and circus increased by 89,8 percent from 2021 to 2022, as restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic eased in the spring of 2022. In a country with 5,5 million inhabitants that normally has around 4 million performing arts spectators, 2,8 million spectators in 2022 shows that audiences are coming back to live performances. The statistics include figures from 258 professional theatre, dance, and circus organisations. State support increased by 7 percent, while municipal support increased by 1,9 percent. The revenue generated by the organisations themselves increased by 35,6 percent to 71,1 million euros.
The publication is in Finnish, with a summary (pages 34-36) and select titles in English.
For more information, contact Theatre Info Finland TINFO at tinfo@tinfo.fi
