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EU sport in focus
Did you know that in 2024, there were 1.6 million people employed in the sport sector across the EU, with 37% aged between 15 and 29? Or that, in tertiary education, there were only two female students for every five male students studying sports? Did you know that there were over 5,000 manufacturers producing sporting goods in 2023, 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 sport, released to mark the European week of sports (23-30 September).
Source datasets: lfsa_ega, sprt_emp_sex and sprt_emp_age
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