This paper is an attempt, based on international experience, to identify the creative and cultural economic activities in Belarus and to assess their size and development trends from the perspectives of output, employment (including regional dimension) and trade, based on open-source data for 2016-2023 period, as well as their impact on economic growth using “Input-Output” and CGE model calculations based on 2020 data.

The structure of Belarusian economy and labor market situation are facing considerable changes after COVID-19 pandemic, intra- and geopolitical destabilization.