Sports with the highest participation rate in the Netherlands 2022
Sports engagement
The rate of sports participation in the Netherlands in 2022 was highest in September when 63 percent of respondents practiced some form of sport four or more times in a month. The highest participation rates happened in Fall and early Summer, and the lowest in the Winter.In 2020, many sports clubs and organizations in the Netherlands closed or suspended activities due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Over half of Dutch practitioners that reduced or ceased their physical activity cited this as their reason for doing so.