Sport in Rotterdam

How many residents of Rotterdam play sport every week and get enough exercise: by age group, among schoolchildren, and how that has changed since 2016. See Rotterdam alongside the rest of the Netherlands and municipalities that resemble it, plus which sports fields and courts there are.

Sport every week

Rotterdam 55%
GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond 54%
Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

Rotterdam 47%
GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond 44%
Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

18–64, Rotterdam 60%
18–64, Netherlands 63%
65+, Rotterdam 34%
65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

18–64, Rotterdam 50%
18–64, Netherlands 52%
65+, Rotterdam 32%
65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

Rotterdam 65%
Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

Alongside other municipalities

Comparable municipalities

Utrecht 71%
Groningen 67%
Amsterdam 66%
Eindhoven 61%
's-Gravenhage 60%
Rotterdam 55%

Pitches and courts

	Rotterdam	Per 10.000 residents	Netherlands
Football pitches	294	4,4	7,3
Tennis courts	145	2,2	5,1
Padel courts	5	0,1	0,6
Hockey pitches	33	0,5	0,6
Basketball courts	103	1,5	1,2
Buitenfitness	50	0,7	0,6
Skate parks	24	0,4	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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