Gross value added of sport sector

RecordSTO-01M2NVAMSJ-DKAGMZB1Z3-T0SE6V

46.7 billionGBP

United Kingdom · 2021

Gross value added of sport sector in the United Kingdom was 46.7 billion GBP in 2021 (Sport England).

Original source

Gross value added of sport sector: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
Sport England
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Economic impact: Sport Satellite Account for the UK
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The overall value for the UK of £99.6bn, with the figure for England calculated to be £87bn, with a GVA of £46.7bn.

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APA

Sport England. (2021). Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/social-value-and-return-investment-sport-and-physical-activity. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6V

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
MLA
Sport England. "Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity." 2021, https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/social-value-and-return-investment-sport-and-physical-activity. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6V.
Chicago
Sport England. "Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity." 2021. https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/social-value-and-return-investment-sport-and-physical-activity. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6V.
BibTeX
@misc{sportengland2021grosst0se6v, author = {{Sport England}}, title = {Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity}, year = {2021}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6V}, note = {Original source: https://www.sportengland.org/research-and-data/research/social-value-and-return-investment-sport-and-physical-activity. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Chain of custody
Record: STO-01M2NVAMSJ-DKAGMZB1Z3-T0SE6V T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
Sport England · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Social value and return on investment of sport and physical activity
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Economic impact: Sport Satellite Account for the UK
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
16 September 2026
Last revision
16 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_01M2NVAMSJDKAGMZB1Z3T0SE6V