In 2022-23, 16.3 percent of children in England participated in basketball. This represented a slight increase from the previous academic year, which had a participation rate of 16.1 percent.
Share of children participating in basketball in England from 2017-18 to 2022-23
all respondents had taken part in basketball within the previous week
all respondents had taken part in netball within the previous week
all respondents had taken part in netball within the previous week
all respondents had taken part in netball within the previous week
all respondents had taken part in netball within the previous week
all respondents had taken part in basketball within the previous week
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (December 7, 2023). Share of children participating in basketball in England from 2017-18 to 2022-23 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/421118/basketball-children-sport-involvment-england-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Share of children participating in basketball in England from 2017-18 to 2022-23." Chart. December 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/421118/basketball-children-sport-involvment-england-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). (2023). Share of children participating in basketball in England from 2017-18 to 2022-23. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 21, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/421118/basketball-children-sport-involvment-england-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK). "Share of Children Participating in Basketball in England from 2017-18 to 2022-23." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/421118/basketball-children-sport-involvment-england-uk/
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), Share of children participating in basketball in England from 2017-18 to 2022-23 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/421118/basketball-children-sport-involvment-england-uk/ (last visited April 21, 2025)
Share of children participating in basketball in England from 2017-18 to 2022-23 [Graph], Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (UK), December 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/421118/basketball-children-sport-involvment-england-uk/
