2025

EU Sport Satellite Account: Research into estimating the economic value of sport in the EU (2025 edition)

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Publication year: 2025

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Original URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-statistical-working-papers/w/ks-01-25-041

Insights 41

Title	Sport	Value	Category	Year	Country
Sport-related GDP EU-28 2019 (total)	—	627 500 000 000 €	Finance	2019	EU
Sport-related GDP EU-28 2019 (direct effect)	—	368 800 000 000 €	Finance	2019	EU
Sport-related GDP EU-28 2019 (indirect effect)	—	258 700 000 000 €	Finance	2019	EU
Sport share of GDP EU-28 2019 (%)	—	3.4%	Finance	2019	EU
Sport-related GVA EU-28 2019 (total)	—	503 300 000 000 €	Finance	2019	EU
Sport-related GVA EU-28 2019 (direct effect)	—	295 800 000 000 €	Finance	2019	EU
Sport-related employment EU-28 2019 (total)	—	9 274 592	Finance	2019	EU
Sport-related employment EU-28 2019 (direct)	—	6 053 784	Finance	2019	EU
Sport share of employment EU-28 2019 (%)	—	3.8%	Finance	2019	EU
Sport share of GVA Austria 2019 (direct %)	—	4.82%	Finance	2019	Austria
Sport share of GVA Croatia 2019 (direct %)	—	2.48%	Finance	2019	Croatia
Sport share of GVA Belgium 2019 (direct %)	—	2.40%	Finance	2019	Belgium
Sport share of GVA UK 2019 (direct %)	—	2.35%	Finance	2019	United Kingdom
Sport share of GVA Poland 2019 (direct %)	—	2.23%	Finance	2019	Poland
Sport share of GVA France 2019 (direct %)	—	2.06%	Finance	2019	France
Sport share of GVA Cyprus 2019 (direct %)	—	2.05%	Finance	2019	Cyprus
Sport share of GVA Germany 2019 (direct %)	—	2.03%	Finance	2019	Germany
Sport share of GVA Spain 2019 (direct %)	—	2.02%	Finance	2019	Spain
Sport share of GVA Italy 2019 (direct %)	—	1.81%	Finance	2019	Italy
Sport share of GVA Denmark 2019 (direct %)	—	1.79%	Finance	2019	Denmark
Sport share of GVA Malta 2019 (direct %)	—	1.74%	Finance	2019	Malta
Sport share of GVA Sweden 2019 (direct %)	—	1.64%	Finance	2019	Sweden
Sport share of GVA Finland 2019 (direct %)	—	1.58%	Finance	2019	Finland
Sport share of GVA Czechia 2019 (direct %)	—	1.54%	Finance	2019	Czechia
Sport share of GVA Estonia 2019 (direct %)	—	1.54%	Finance	2019	Estonia
Sport share of GVA Slovakia 2019 (direct %)	—	1.50%	Finance	2019	Slovakia
Sport share of GVA Slovenia 2019 (direct %)	—	1.49%	Finance	2019	Slovenia
Sport share of GVA Ireland 2019 (direct %)	—	1.40%	Finance	2019	Ireland
Sport share of GVA Greece 2019 (direct %)	—	1.37%	Finance	2019	EL
Sport share of GVA Hungary 2019 (direct %)	—	1.34%	Finance	2019	Hungary
Sport share of GVA Netherlands 2019 (direct %)	—	1.30%	Finance	2019	Netherlands
Sport share of GVA Romania 2019 (direct %)	—	1.28%	Finance	2019	Romania
Sport share of GVA Luxembourg 2019 (direct %)	—	1.28%	Finance	2019	Luxembourg
Sport share of GVA Portugal 2019 (direct %)	—	1.23%	Finance	2019	Portugal
Sport share of GVA Bulgaria 2019 (direct %)	—	1.18%	Finance	2019	Bulgaria
Sport share of GVA Lithuania 2019 (direct %)	—	1.05%	Finance	2019	Lithuania
Sport share of GVA Latvia 2019 (direct %)	—	1.02%	Finance	2019	Latvia
Sport-related GDP EU-28 2012 (direct effect)	—	279 700 000 000 €	Finance	2012	EU
Sport share of GDP EU-28 2012 (%)	—	2.12%	Finance	2012	EU
Sport-related employment EU-28 2012 (direct)	—	5 670 000	Finance	2012	EU
Sport share of employment EU-28 2012 (%)	—	2.72%	Finance	2012	EU