Sport in Zwolle

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

Sport every week

  • Zwolle 64%
  • GGD IJsselland 57%
  • Netherlands 58%

Gets enough exercise

  • Zwolle 57%
  • GGD IJsselland 51%
  • Netherlands 49%

By age

Sport every week

  • 18–64, Zwolle 69%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 63%
  • 65+, Zwolle 46%
  • 65+, Netherlands 42%

Gets enough exercise

  • 18–64, Zwolle 60%
  • 18–64, Netherlands 52%
  • 65+, Zwolle 46%
  • 65+, Netherlands 41%

Pupils

  • Zwolle 81%
  • Netherlands 76%

Since 2016

40%50%60%70% 2016202020222024 Zwolle 64%Nederland 58%

Alongside other municipalities

30%40%50%60%70%80% NederlandOverijssel Zwolle 64%

Comparable municipalities

Pitches and courts

ZwollePer 10.000 residentsNetherlands
Football pitches1128,47,3
Tennis courts634,75,1
Padel courts141,00,6
Hockey pitches80,60,6
Basketball courts282,11,2
Buitenfitness20,10,6
Skate parks60,40,4

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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