Did you know that in 2025, there were 1.8 million people employed in the sport sector across the EU? Or that, in tertiary education, there were only 2 female students for every 5 male students studying sports in 2024? Were you aware that in 2024 there were 5 380 EU manufacturers producing sporting goods, generating a total turnover of €8 billion?
Learn key facts on sport in the EU, including employment, participation, economic impact and more, in Eurostat’s infographic on EU sports, released to mark the European week of sport (23-30 September).
Source datasets: sprt_emp_age, sprt_emp_sex and lfsa_egan
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