Eurostat

Statistics of the E.U. on sport in E.U. countries

Some features that we found on http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu :

As for sports, 78% of Luxemburgers and 76% of Finns exercised at least twice a week, compared with an EU average of 40%. [in “Eurostat News release – 34/2004 – 8 March 2004]

Meeting with friends, watching TV and listening to music are the main activities of young people aged 15 to 24 in the EU [in ” Young Europeans – 21 March 2003: Spring Day in Europe – 35/2003 – 20 March 2003″]

2001 (%)	Meeting with friends	Watching television	Listening to music	Practising sports	Going to cinema, theater, concerts	Using PC, video games, internet	Reading	Going shopping
EU-15	74	69	66	50	45	43	40	38
Belgium	59	56	52	37	42	36	36	33
Denmark	:	71	:	50	41	47	39	47
Germany	83	74	73	53	47	46	41	37
Greece	68	58	59	38	34	23	36	22
Spain	76	69	65	49	58	38	49	34
France	72	74	70	56	61	46	40	41
Ireland	79	78	70	49	49	38	45	41
Italy	66	46	53	51	27	38	29	28
Luxembourg	72	71	75	63	69	48	40	43
Netherlands	82	75	74	54	47	60	51	50
Austria	73	70	70	55	51	51	40	44
Portugal	76	78	69	44	40	29	41	31
Finland	76	73	64	50	25	42	47	31
Sweden	85	80	76	55	34	63	47	46
United Kingdom	77	75	68	44	38	41	39	51

Source: European Commission (Eurobarometer)
: Data not available
NB: Multiple answers were possible, i.e. “Meeting with friends” and “Watching television”. Thus, total is over 100%.

The Sport Unit of the European Commission