Sport in Meppel

How many residents of Meppel exercise every week and get enough movement: by age group, among schoolchildren and how that has changed since 2016. You can see Meppel alongside the rest of the Netherlands and alongside similar municipalities, and which sports fields and facilities there are.

Sport every week

Meppel 56%
GGD Drenthe 51%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Meppel 50%
GGD Drenthe 46%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Meppel 61%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Meppel 40%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Meppel 52%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Meppel 41%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Meppel 79%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

	Meppel	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	23	6,3	7,3
Tennis courts	14	3,9	5,1
Padel courts	3	0,8	0,6
Hockey pitches	2	0,6	0,6
Basketball courts	6	1,7	1,2
Buitenfitness	0	0,0	0,6
Skate parks	4	1,1	0,4

Sources: CBS/RIVM/GGD's, Health Monitor for Adults and Older People 2024, adults; in 2016 from 19 years old. The line on a bar is the margin of error (95%); pupils: Youth Health Monitor 2023, grades 2 and 4, weekly sport at a club or gym; comparable = equally urban and roughly equal in size, CBS, Key Figures for Neighbourhoods and Districts; pitches and courts: © OpenStreetMap contributors, as they appear on the map.

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