Swimming: interest in Germany 2024

In 2024, around 5.59 million people in Germany were very interested in swimming, which was an increase compared to the year before. Around 48 million were barely or not at all interested. The figures are based on a survey conducted in Germany.

Number of people interested in the sports discipline swimming in Germany from 2019 to 2024, by degree of interest (in millions)

Characteristic	Very much interested in swimming	Interested in swimming, but not very much so	Hardly or not at all interested in swimming
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Release date

June 2024

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2019 to 2024

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

People who know of swimming as a sport

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Information on the population:
Base: German-speaking population, 14 years and older in private households in the place of their principle residence in Germany.

Samples:
2019: 25,318 respondents, representing 70.60 million people
2020: 23,191 respondents, representing 70.63 million people
2021: 22,563 respondents, representing 70.54 million people
2022: 23,015 respondents, representing 70.60 million people
2023: 23,524 respondents, representing 70.08 million people

2024: 23,485 respondents, representing 70.48 million people

You can find further information on the methodology of the study here.

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "On these cards, you have the names of differents sports disciplines. Please distribute them on this sheet according to how much you are interested [in swimming], or if you don't know the sports at all."

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