Share of live sports event non-attendees citing lack of interest

RecordSTO-685WNFYSYN-HMYHSG3JQ8-BB42J5

58%

Netherlands · 2022

Share of live sports event non-attendees citing lack of interest in the Netherlands was 58% in 2022 (Eurostat).

Original source
Publisher
Eurostat
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
In most EU countries, the main reason for not participating in live sports events was lack of interest
Retrieved
21 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

In 20 EU countries the main reported reason for not attending live sports events was ‘lack of interest’, with the highest values recorded in Belgium (68% of non-participants), Cyprus (60%) and the Netherlands (58%) (see Table 2).

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APA

Statistical Office of the European Union. (2022). Sport participation - attending live sporting events. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Sport_participation_-_attending_live_sporting_events. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_685WNFYSYNHMYHSG3JQ8BB42J5

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MLA
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Sport participation - attending live sporting events." 2022, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Sport_participation_-_attending_live_sporting_events. Accessed 21 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_685WNFYSYNHMYHSG3JQ8BB42J5.
Chicago
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Sport participation - attending live sporting events." 2022. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Sport_participation_-_attending_live_sporting_events. Accessed September 21, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_685WNFYSYNHMYHSG3JQ8BB42J5.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2022sharebb42j5, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Sport participation - attending live sporting events}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_685WNFYSYNHMYHSG3JQ8BB42J5}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Sport\_participation\_-\_attending\_live\_sporting\_events. Accessed September 21, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Sport participation - attending live sporting events
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
In most EU countries, the main reason for not participating in live sports events was lack of interest
Retrieved
21 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_685WNFYSYNHMYHSG3JQ8BB42J5