The graph illustrates what part of national arts funding was allocated to five different sectors in the United Kingdom between 2000 and 2020.
Overall, only visual arts observed a steady increase of its funding and only literature observed a steady decline of funding. The rest of the categories experienced fluctuations.
The biggest growth can be attributed to visual arts, the least funded sector in 2000. Starting at around 5%, it went up gradually between 2005 and 2010 as well as 2015 amd 2020, reaching almost 18% in 2020 and receiving higher funding than two other sectors in that year. Another sector that increased between 2000 and 2020 is theatre and dance. Starting at 25% in 2000 it peaked at roughly 28% in 2010 and then fell steadily to 26% until 2020.
A similar, but reversed behaviour can be seen in the case of museums and galleries, which was the most funded sector in 2000 at 35%. It then plummeted to 30% in 2010 and bounced back up to slightly less than 35% in 2020, remaining the most funded sector throughout. A steep decline of funding was also the case for music. After an initial increase from 20% to 22% in 2005 it steadily decreased to around 17% in 2020. Lastly, literature declined steadily from around 12% to 4%, becoming the least funded sector in 2020.