In all the other CEE countries the percentage increased in 2011 compared to 2007 with the most spectacular growth in Lithuania from 28 to 40 percent and Estonia from 36 to 48, according to the latest pocketbook Cultural statistics recently released by Eurostat.

In Bulgaria the percentage of people who went to cinema at least once in 12 months increased from 18 to 26 and in Slovakia from 43 to 50. Other CEE countries had a more steady growth: Poland from 43 to 47%, Czech Republic 48 to 51%, Latvia from 32 to 35% and Slovenia from 41 to 42%.

Austria is the CEE country with the highest rate of people going to cinema from one to six times in 12 months in 2011, followed by the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but Estonia is the CEE country with the biggest rate (almost 10%) of people going to cinema more than six times in the 12 months in 2011. The last positions of the top belong to Latvia, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and Serbia.

In 2014, 43% of extra-EU exports of cultural goods were works of art. Regarding the export of cinematograph films, video games and consoles, the highest ranked among the CEE countries is Slovakia with 23.6%, followed by Bulgaria with 20.4%, Croatia with 18% and Poland with 15.9%. Lithuania has 7.5%, Slovenia 5.2%, Romania 5%, the Czech Republic 4.8%, Austria 2.9%, Malta 1%, Macedonia and Serbia have 0.2 and 0.5 respectively, while Cyprus has 0 percent.

With very few exceptions (UK, Germany, Austria), turnover in cultural sectors generally decreased all over Europe, for example in Poland from 9,700 in 2008 to 7,863 in 2013, and in the Czech Republic from 3,537 in 2008 to 2,712 in 2013. In Romania the turnover decreased almost by half from 2,077 in 2008 to 1,360 in 2013.

The previous editions of the pocketbook Cultural statistics were released by Eurostat in 2007 and 2011.