00:00Where in Europe are employment levels in the sports industry highest?
00:09The number of sports-related jobs is growing in the European Union.
00:14Between 2023 and 2024, employment in the sector rose by 6.5%,
00:20reaching 1.6 million employed people last year.
00:24Sweden leads the way, with 1.50% of its workforce being employed in the sports industry.
00:30Followed by Denmark, with 1.37%, and Spain, with 1.17%.
00:35By contrast, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechia recorded the fewest people working in this sector.
00:42Last year, more than one-third of all people working in the sports sector were aged between 15 and 29 years old.
00:48Both men and women saw a drop in employment in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but numbers recovered in 2022.
00:57Gender inequality is, however, a long-standing problem here, and it has even widened since 2011.
01:04In 2024, over 900,000 men were working in sport, compared to just over 700,000 women.
01:11Women also remain underrepresented in top positions.
01:15In 2024, women held fewer than a quarter of top decision-making roles in national sports federations
01:21across the EU's 10 most popular sports, ranging from just under 8% in Slovenia to 51% in Sweden.
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