Sport statistics (2016)

Due to its growing economic and social impact, sport has gained an important place in European strategies and programmes. Harmonised and comparable statistics are therefore needed to strengthen evidence-based policies in this field. Under the EU Work Plan for Sport 2014–2017 (Council resolution 2014/C183/03), Eurostat with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC), has initiated the regular dissemination of harmonised statistics on sport. As no Eurostat data collection is devoted specifically to sport, sport statistics are derived from already existing EU surveys.