In 2023, 1.55 million people were employed in the sports sector in the EU, representing 0.76% of total employment. Compared with 2022 (1.51 million), the number of people employed in the sports sector increased by 2.2%.
Among the EU countries, Sweden had the highest share of people working in the field of sports (1.33% of total employment), followed by Denmark (1.25%) and Spain (1.16%).
In contrast, the lowest shares of people employed in the sports sector were registered in Romania (0.28% of total employment), Bulgaria (0.37%) and Slovakia (0.40%).
More men were employed in the sports sector than women (55.2% and 44.8%, respectively), leading to a slightly larger gender employment gap of the population employed in this sector compared with overall employment (53.6% and 46.4%, respectively).
In terms of educational attainment level, sports workers exhibited characteristics similar to those in the total employment. Nearly half (45.9%) of those employed in sport had a medium level of education (International standard classification of education (ISCED), levels 3-4), 0.3 pp more than in total employment.
Those with higher (tertiary) education (ISCED levels 5-8) made up 39.6% of sport workers, which was 1.8 pp higher in sport than in total employment.
People with lower education (ISCED levels 0-2), accounted for 14.4% of employment in sport (2.1 pp lower than in total employment).
This article is published to mark the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games
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