Expenditure of voivodships budgets - Expenditure on culture and art
This API provides access to subject P1583 of Poland's Local Data Bank (Bank Danych Lokalnych, BDL), covering voivodship budget expenditure on culture and art. It offers yearly territorial statistical series, structured from voivodship down to gmina level, with administrative units identified by TERYT codes. The data falls under the public finance and archival data category and is maintained by Statistics Poland (GUS). It is intended for retrieving historical regional public spending figures on cultural and artistic activities across Poland's territorial divisions, supporting analysis of local government finance over time.','}].join('')PUBLIC FINANCE › ARCHIVAL DATA. Local Data Bank (BDL) subject P1583: yearly territorial series for Poland (voivodship to gmina level), units keyed by TERYT ids.
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Data schema (8 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| variable_idVariable id | string | GUS variable code identifying the specific culture/art expenditure measure.GUS variable id selecting the measured series of subject P1583 (the n1/n2 dimension combination): 6502=total [PLN]; 6503=current expenditure of budgetary units, total [PLN]; 6504=property expenditure [PLN]; 6505=expenditure in chapter 92116 - Libraries [PLN]; 6506=culture centres [PLN]. |
| unit_levelUnit level | integer | Territorial aggregation level, from country (0) down to gmina (6).Territorial aggregation level: 0=Poland, 1=macroregion, 2=voivodship (województwo), 3=region, 4=subregion, 5=powiat, 6=gmina. |
| year | integer | Reference year for the reported value.Reference year of the value (yearly series, back to 1995 for the oldest subjects). Filters server-side via the API's year parameter. |
| unit_idUnit id | string | 12-digit BDL territorial unit identifier.12-digit BDL territorial-unit id (macroregion+voivodship+region+subregion+powiat+gmina+type digits). An equality filter pins the unit server-side (unit-parent-id). |
| unit_nameUnit name | string | Name of the territorial unit.Name of the territorial unit. |
| teryt_tercTeryt terc | string | TERYT TERC territorial code for the unit.TERYT TERC territorial code derived from the unit id (2 digits = voivodship, 4 = powiat, 7 = gmina incl. type digit; empty for NUTS-only units). |
| value | number | Expenditure amount in PLN for the selected variable and unit.Expenditure amount in PLN for the selected variable and unit. |
| attr_idAttr id | integer | GUS data quality/annotation flag for the value.GUS value-attribute id (data quality/annotation flag). |
Schema captured from bdl 7 days ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (8 records)
| variable_id | unit_level | year | unit_id | unit_name | teryt_terc | value | attr_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6502 | — | 1999 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 499438354 | 1 |
| 6502 | — | 2000 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 571468997 | 1 |
| 6502 | — | 1999 | 010000000000 | MACROREGION POŁUDNIOWY | — | 77888930 | 1 |
| 6502 | — | 2000 | 010000000000 | MACROREGION POŁUDNIOWY | — | 97715508 | 1 |
| 6502 | — | 1999 | 011200000000 | MAŁOPOLSKIE | 12 | 37493744 | 1 |
| 6502 | — | 2000 | 011200000000 | MAŁOPOLSKIE | 12 | 47103038 | 1 |
| 6502 | — | 1999 | 011210000000 | REGION MAŁOPOLSKIE | — | 37493744 | 1 |
| 6502 | — | 2000 | 011210000000 | REGION MAŁOPOLSKIE | — | 47103038 | 1 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/subjects/P1583
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Query examples
curl -s 'https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-variable/6502?page-size=10&format=json&lang=en'Yearly values of variable 6502 (total [PLN]) per territorial unit. Filters: unit-level=0–6, year=YYYY, unit-parent-id={12-digit unit id}; page-size ≤ 100. Anonymous limits: 5 req/s, 100 req/15 min.
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