The French public budget › Culture · State · 2026
Transmission of knowledge and democratisation of culture
Support functions, support functions, research…: the 4th largest of the 4 parts of “Culture”.
741M€
voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)
Year by year
Spent in 2024807M€
Spent in 2025756M€
Voted for 2026741M€
What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025
Support functions47%376M€
Support functions38%309M€
Research15%118M€
French language and languages of France< 1%4M€
Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.