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Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by country 2024

5 countries ranked by government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP for 2024, the latest period that most reporting countries share. Built from the Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP indicator; every row links to its record.

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How this ranking is built. Indicator: Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP · Topic: Government spending on sport · Industry: Fitness and Sports · Period: 2024. Only verified actual figures for that one period are ranked, so every row is comparable; forecasts are not ranked, and world or regional totals are shown as reference, not ranked.

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Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by country

2024

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European Union: 0.4%: 0.4%

Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by countryGovernment expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by country. 5 categories, highest is Iceland at 1.5%. Luxembourg Hungary Finland Sweden Iceland 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 1.5%
Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by countryGovernment expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by country. 5 categories, highest is Iceland at 1.5%. Luxembourg Hungary Finland Sweden Iceland 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 1.5%
Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by countryGovernment expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by country. 5 categories, highest is Iceland at 1.5%. Luxembourg Hungary Finland Sweden Iceland 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 1.5%
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Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by country
Category Source Type Value
Iceland Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 1.5%
Sweden Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 0.7%
Finland Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 0.6%
Hungary Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 0.6%
Luxembourg Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 0.6%
Source: Statistical Office of the European Union · percent · CC BY 4.0 · statorigin.org

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# Country Value Period Source
1 Iceland IS 1.5% 2024 Statistical Office of the European Union
2 Sweden SE 0.7% 2024 Statistical Office of the European Union
3 Finland FI 0.6% 2024 Statistical Office of the European Union
4 Hungary HU 0.6% 2024 Statistical Office of the European Union
5 Luxembourg LU 0.6% 2024 Statistical Office of the European Union
— European Union Reference total, not ranked 0.4% 2024 Statistical Office of the European Union

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StatOrigin. (2026). Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP by country, 2024. Retrieved from https://statorigin.org/rankings/government-expenditure-on-recreational-and-sporting-services-as-share-of-gdp-by-country