Formal sports and outdoor voluntary activity participation rate

RecordSTO-FFMZNY5N9H-ZXRDBR3TG1-96EBGA

39%

Ireland · 2022

Formal sports and outdoor voluntary activity participation rate in Ireland was 39% in 2022 (Eurostat).

Original source

Publisher: Eurostat
Authority tier: T1 Official
Report: Sport participation - attending live sporting events
Locator: Participation in formal sports and outdoor voluntary activities
Retrieved: 21 Sep 2026
Status: Verified

What the source says

This share was above 30% in Ireland (39%) and the three Nordic countries.
Statistical Office of the European Union, Sport participation - attending live sporting events, Participation in formal sports and outdoor voluntary activities

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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_FFMZNY5N9HZXRDBR3TG196EBGA

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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_FFMZNY5N9HZXRDBR3TG196EBGA.
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_FFMZNY5N9HZXRDBR3TG196EBGA.
BibTeX: @misc{eurostat2022formal96ebga, 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_FFMZNY5N9HZXRDBR3TG196EBGA}, 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: —
Locator: Participation in formal sports and outdoor voluntary activities
Retrieved: 21 September 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: See source

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on: 27 September 2026
Last revision: 27 September 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_FFMZNY5N9HZXRDBR3TG196EBGA

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Record last modified 27 September 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_FFMZNY5N9HZXRDBR3TG196EBGA.