Government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as share of GDP

In 2024, the highest shares of general government expenditure on recreational and sporting services as a percentage of GDP were recorded in Sweden (0.7%), Hungary, Finland and Luxembourg (all 0.6%) and among EFTA countries, in Iceland (1.5%).

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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_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6E

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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_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6E.

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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_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6E.

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BibTeX

@misc{eurostat2024governmentt0se6e, 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_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6E}, 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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Record last modified 16 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6E.