Sport in Northern Ireland

Statistics report about sport activities in Northern Ireland

Sport in Northern Ireland

This report presents a range of statistics and facts about sports in Northern Ireland. The chapters include an overview as well as statistics on the participation and prevalence of sports before following up with information on spectating audiences as well income and expenditure figures of sports associations of which most cover Northern Ireland as well as the Republic of Ireland.

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Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Northern Ireland: leading sports & physical activities in 2020, by participation
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: leading sports & physical activities among males 2021
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: leading sports & physical activities among females 2021
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: shares of people satisfied with the sports provision 2018

Participation

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  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: sport participation 2007-2021
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: sport participation in the last 4 weeks 2014-20, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: share of 3 days a week sport participants 2014-2020, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: share of people who walk recreationally 2020, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: males participation in sport or physical activity per week 2014-20
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: female sport participation or physical activity per week 2014-20
  • Premium Statistic NI: share of disabled people participating at least weekly in sport from 2010 to 2017
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: share of seven days a week sport participants 2014-20, by age group
  • Premium Statistic NI: share of participation in sport outside of school last 4 weeks 2018/2019, by type

Spectating

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  • Basic Statistic Highest priced season tickets in the Irish Premiership 2017/2018, by club
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: national football team match attendance in 2016
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: national football team match attendance in 2017
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: national football team match attendance in 2018
  • Premium Statistic Matches of the Northern Ireland national football team with most attendees as of 2021
  • Premium Statistic Ireland: matches of the national football team with most attendees as of 2022

Prevalence

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  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: share of sport club members from 2010 to 2019
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: share of sport club members 2014-2020, by age group
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: share of people who usually don't participate in sport in 2014-2020
  • Premium Statistic NI: share of sport participants in the previous year 2014-2020, by marital status
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: common reasons for physical inactivity 2017

Assiociation income

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  • Premium Statistic Ireland: Sport Ireland's investment plans for national governing bodies in 2021
  • Premium Statistic Ireland: income of Cricket Ireland from 2014 to 2022
  • Premium Statistic Ireland: total annual income of the Irish Rugby Football Union 2012/2013 to 2022/23
  • Premium Statistic Ireland: income of Table Tennis Ireland in Ireland 2018, by source
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: income of the Irish Table Tennis Association from 2015 to 2019
  • Premium Statistic Horse Sport Ireland: income breakdown in Ireland 2014-16, by source
  • Premium Statistic Ireland: Sport Ireland's investment plans for Women in Sport program 2020
  • Premium Statistic Disability Sports Northern Ireland: income distribution in 2018/2019, by source

Association expenditure

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  • Premium Statistic Expenses of the Irish Rugby Football Union in Ireland from 2013-2023
  • Premium Statistic Ireland: expenses of Cricket Ireland from 2014 to 2022, by type
  • Premium Statistic Ireland: expenditures of Table Tennis Ireland 2018, by type
  • Premium Statistic Northern Ireland: expenses of the Irish Table Tennis Association Ulster Branch 2019
  • Premium Statistic Disability Sports Northern Ireland: expenditure distribution in 2018/2019, by type
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