Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of total government expenditure
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0.8%
European Union · 2024
Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of total government expenditure in the European Union stood at 0.8% in 2024 (Eurostat).
- Publisher
- Eurostat
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Highlights
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In 2024, general government expenditure across the EU on recreational and sporting services amounted to €70.2 billion or 0.8% of all general government total expenditure.
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- APA
- Statistical Office of the European Union. (2024). Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Government_expenditure_on_recreational_and_sporting_services. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6B
- MLA
- Statistical Office of the European Union. "Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services." 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Government_expenditure_on_recreational_and_sporting_services. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6B.
- Chicago
- Statistical Office of the European Union. "Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services." 2024. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Government_expenditure_on_recreational_and_sporting_services. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6B.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eurostat2024governmentt0se6b, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6B}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Government\_expenditure\_on\_recreational\_and\_sporting\_services. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Highlights
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 16 September 2026
- Last revision
- 16 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6B