Share of sporting expenditure on equipment for sport, camping and open-air recreation

RecordSTO-QQVPX7Y3RG-SVT8JPCPAC-70P0WE

15.6%

European Union · 2020

Share of sporting expenditure on equipment for sport, camping and open-air recreation in the European Union was 15.6% in 2020 (Eurostat).

Original source
Publisher
Eurostat
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
On average, EU households allocated about two thirds of their expenditure on sporting goods and services to recreational and sporting services
Retrieved
21 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

In 2020, on average 67% of EU household expenditure on sporting goods and services went on recreational and sporting services, 15.6% on equipment for sport, camping and open-air recreation, 14.4% on major durables for outdoor recreation and 2.1% on maintenance and repair of other major durables for recreation and culture, leaving the remaining 0.9% for major durables for indoor recreation.

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APA

Statistical Office of the European Union. (2020). Household expenditure on sporting goods and services. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Household_expenditure_on_sporting_goods_and_services. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QQVPX7Y3RGSVT8JPCPAC70P0WE

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MLA
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Household expenditure on sporting goods and services." 2020, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Household_expenditure_on_sporting_goods_and_services. Accessed 21 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QQVPX7Y3RGSVT8JPCPAC70P0WE.
Chicago
Statistical Office of the European Union. "Household expenditure on sporting goods and services." 2020. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Household_expenditure_on_sporting_goods_and_services. Accessed September 21, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QQVPX7Y3RGSVT8JPCPAC70P0WE.
BibTeX
@misc{eurostat2020share70p0we, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Household expenditure on sporting goods and services}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QQVPX7Y3RGSVT8JPCPAC70P0WE}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Household\_expenditure\_on\_sporting\_goods\_and\_services. Accessed September 21, 2026.} }

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Publisher
Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Household expenditure on sporting goods and services
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
On average, EU households allocated about two thirds of their expenditure on sporting goods and services to recreational and sporting services
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_QQVPX7Y3RGSVT8JPCPAC70P0WE