The charts illustrate the proportion of money allocated to arts and how many people took part in them.
Overall, the government spent most of its money on music in both years. Regarding the number of participants, the majority of people took part in music and theatre events.
Looking first at proportional government spending on the arts, music figure represented roughly 50% of the total in both 1995 and 2005, making it by far the dominant category. In 1995, visual arts stood at almost quarter, and by 2005, it had dropped to approximately 8%.
Turning to theatre, this rose significantly from around 16% in 1995 to roughly 35% in 2005. Meanwhile, literature accounted for the smallest proportion of spending, remaining almost unchanged at roughly 8% in both years.
Moving to the number of people participating in Arts Events, music events were prevalent among people, 120,000 attendees in 1995 and 150,000 in 2005. Meanwhile, the opposite was true for literature. It was only just 20,000 people participated in 1995. Over the decade, this figure only edge up by 10,000 people. In terms of theatre, it came second with 80,000 attendees, but in 2005, it slightly increased to 90,000 people. Turning to visual arts, 50,000 people attended these events in 1995, but in 2005, this figure almost stayed unchanged at just under 50,000.