Employment levels in the culture sector are rising across Europe including in Italy, according to the third annual report by Associazione Civita. The report, entitled "L'Arte di produrre Arte. Competitività e Innovazione nella Cultura e nel Turismo" ('Art Produces Art, Competition and Innovation in Culture and Tourism'), noted that 614 people were employed in the sector in 2015, a 3.7% rise on 2011.

In Germany, double the number of people are employed in the sector and 84% more in the UK , while a sizeable part of the jobs in the culture sector are not generated by the state and other sectors and not by Culture and Creative Industries (CCI) .