Creative Economy: A Feasible Development Option

IMPORTS OF PERSONAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONALSERVICES BY ECONOMIC GROUP AND COUNTRY/TERRITORY,2002-2008TABLE2.5.BEconomic group andcountry/territoryIMPORTS (in millions of $)Annualaveragegrowth rate2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2003-2008TOTAL REPORTING COUNTRIES 20,015 22,605 25,654 27,242 29,761 32,034 35,041 -DEVELOPED ECONOMIES 15,015 17,586 20,650 21,593 23,926 24,854 27,665 -Australia 531 625 781 774 851 934 1,240 12.31Austria 298 467 693 728 750 845 929 12.30Belgium 380 443 494 470 498 566 743 9.13Bermuda - - - - 0 0 0 -Bulgaria 10 17 15 16 19 31 20 8.73Canada 1,598 1,720 1,844 1,838 2,066 2,195 2,302 6.17Cyprus 13 22 49 56 65 81 78 25.46Czech Republic 175 155 118 89 129 160 163 4.49Estonia 1 2 2 5 7 9 15 54.37Faroes 1 1 - - - - - -Finland 61 25 29 23 27 77 82 29.58France 2,081 2,344 2,624 2,821 2,687 3,156 3,671 8.17Germany 2,273 2,955 3,185 3,485 4,722 2,780 2,945 -0.35Greece 182 184 357 185 227 354 456 14.46Hungary 491 845 1,048 1,144 861 976 914 -0.32Iceland 12 11 12 13 14 17 10 2.25Ireland 74 87 - 105 - - - -Italy 933 1,034 1,505 1,639 1,643 2,102 2,246 14.97Japan 1,190 946 1,081 1,115 1,299 1,318 1,215 5.87Latvia 5 7 15 13 15 21 32 28.45Lithuania 4 1 1 2 2 2 8 38.64Luxembourg 309 418 477 333 428 617 820 13.37Malta 6 8 7 8 12 15 18 22.24Netherlands 616 746 880 949 730 706 728 -2.94New Zealand 65 72 57 43 41 51 66 -2.26Norway 218 304 383 508 588 569 730 17.71Poland 155 128 131 160 234 302 328 24.22Portugal 227 264 360 342 474 512 606 17.13Romania 82 101 143 108 94 104 201 6.94Slovakia 22 98 112 92 120 139 144 8.38Slovenia 38 50 59 61 77 99 24 -5.47Spain 1,491 1,699 1,905 1,748 1,916 2,416 2,628 8.91Sweden 70 116 159 160 150 148 287 12.96Switzerland 67 90 95 87 85 94 106 2.17United Kingdom 1,198 1,396 1,619 1,515 1,577 1,907 2,033 7.13United States of America 137 206 409 959 1,520 1,552 1,878 55.79DEVELOPING ECONOMIES 4,761 4,727 4,528 4,873 4,865 5,944 5,871 -Angola 15 11 28 45 65 99 121 58.88Argentina 96 108 143 165 172 208 240 15.90Bangladesh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.56Barbados - 0 1 0 0 1 - -Benin 0 0 0 0 0 2 - -Bolivia 2 4 5 6 8 9 10 18.69Botswana - - - - - - - -Brazil 309 337 409 451 533 651 869 19.75Burkina Faso - - - - - - - -Cambodia 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 10.05Cameroon 1 4 4 2 9 10 6 17.89Cape Verde 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 30.01Chile 44 47 48 53 55 42 47 -1.30China 96 70 176 154 121 154 255 18.19China, Hong Kong SAR 68 68 52 52 56 67 140 13.52China, Macao SAR - - - - - - - -Colombia 28 29 31 44 58 54 41 10.86Congo 5 3 4 - - - - -Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.76Côte d'Ivoire 1 1 1 1 1 1 - -Ecuador 86 92 98 106 116 126 137 8.45Egypt 14 15 15 22 39 29 80 36.34El Salvador 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 -1.03Ethiopia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -40.26Fiji 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 4.98French Polynesia 8 7 10 10 9 6 11 1.96Guatemala 5 0 2 0 5 4 5 66.81Guinea 0 0 1 - - 1 - -Guinea-Bissau - - - - - - - -Guyana - - - - - - - -Honduras 9 4 5 6 6 8 10 20.27India - - 61 105 104 169 296 -Indonesia - - 184 166 124 107 126 -Iraq - - - 151 118 27 - -Jamaica 4 2 3 2 4 6 6 25.04Kenya 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 -19.09Korea, Republic of 283 261 376 477 671 929 891 30.03Lebanon 0 - - 0 - - 0 -Statistical Annex Part 2CREATIVE ECONOMY REPORT 2010337