In 2023-24, around 91.4 percent of children in England participated in a sport. This remained unchanged from the previous year's participation rate.

This statistic depicts the results of a survey about the share of the youth population who participate weekly in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017, by ethnicity. Around ** percent of European children in New Zealand aged between 5 and 17 years old participated in sports or activities in any given week during the survey period.

In 2023-24, around 15.6 percent of children in England participated in basketball. This represented a slight decrease from the previous academic year, which had a participation rate of 16.3 percent.

The statistic shows the share of children aged 6 to 12 who play a team sport at least one day a year in the United States from 2011 to 2017, by household income. According to the source, ** percent of kids with a household income of above 100 thousand U.S. dollars participated in a team sport at least once a year in 2017.

In the 2023-24 academic year, 40 percent of children in England participated in football. This represented little change on the previous year, which had a participation rate of 40.1 percent.

This statistic depicts the results of a survey about the leading barriers for youth to participate in sports and activities in New Zealand in 2017. During the survey period, around 42 percent of youth in New Zealand stated that they were too busy to participate in sports or activities.

In 2023-24, around 7.9 percent of children in England played netball. This represented a decrease on the previous year, when 8.5 percent of children took part in the sport.

In the 2023-24 academic year, only 0.4 percent of children in England participated in golf. This remained unchanged from the previous academic year's participation rate.

In the 2023-24 academic year, around 7.8 percent of children aged between 5 and 16 had played tennis in the week prior to being surveyed. While this was a decrease from the previous year, it was still an increase over 2019-20 and 2020-21, when the figure dropped to as low as 6.3 percent. What is the most popular sport played by children? Although tennis ranks among the top ten most played sports among children in the UK, football sits top of the rankings. It was found that in 2023/24, roughly 40 percent of children in the UK played football, while running, cross-country, jogging, and the Daily Mile came in second place with a share of nearly 27 percent. How many children in the United States play tennis? As the host nation of the Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, the United States has a long and illustrious history with tennis, producing legends of the game such as Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, and the Williams sisters. Accordingly, around one-third of the U.S. population claim to be tennis fans. At the school level, however, there was a smaller share of children aged six to 12 playing tennis in the U.S. in 2023 than in England, totaling 6.5 percent.

When surveyed during the 2023/24 school year, 8.2 percent of children aged 5 to 16 years old said they had participated in rugby in the last week. This marked a decrease from the previous year, when it stood at 8.3 percent. Based on figures going back to 2017/18, participation peaked in 2018/2019, with 9.7 percent. How many individuals overall participate in rugby in the England?   As the birthplace of the sport, there is a strong culture in England of both following and participating in the game of rugby. Among adults who play rugby in England, the number of participants in rugby union totaled around 220,000 in 2023. This was around four times the number of adults who played rugby league, a code of the sport that is primarily played in the north of England. How much money is invested in rugby in England? The Rugby Football Union (RFU) received 30.5 million British pounds for rugby development investment and over double, 65.6 million British pounds, in professional rugby investment in 2023/24. The Union also generates significant amounts of its own revenue, with the RFU's largest source of revenue in 2023/24 coming from hospitality and catering, nearly 50 million British pounds.

According to a survey conducted in 2024, approximately *** thousand children in Australia participated in football or soccer in the country. The number of children participating in football or soccer grew declined compared to the previous year.