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Economics and employment of the sporting activities

These statistics highlight the economy and employment in the sports industry, thus providing a picture of the sport as a profession. These statistics are comparable from 2013 onwards.

Statistical presentation

These statistics are an annual estimate of key economic and employment figures, by sports industries, including turnover, payroll and number of full-time employees.

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Statistical processing

The statistics are based on registry data from the Employment statistics and General Business Statistics for the selected sports industries.

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Relevance

These statistics are available for all to be used for a description of the economy and employment in the sports-related industries.

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Accuracy and reliability

The statistics are based on validated register data, which is considered to be of high quality, cf. the relevant statistics documents. There is no definite quality measurement of the statistics, as well as no calculations on uncertainty.

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Timeliness and punctuality

Publications are made annually approximately twenty months after the end of the reference period.

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Comparability

These statistics can be compared to selected results from the Employment statistics, The Register-Based Labor Force Statistics and the General Company statistics, as well as the Industrial Structure and Labor Market.

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Accessibility and clarity

These statistics are published in the StatBank under Economics and employment of the sporting activitiess.

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