Whilst ICT accounts for 5.3% of the EU’s GDP growth and 3.4% of total employment in Europe (2005 figures), the creative sector contributed to 2.6% of the EU’s GDP in 2003[1] and represented in 2004 3.1% of EU total employment.
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[1] latest figures available – source KEA, The Economy of Culture in Europe, study for the European Commission, 2006
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