In the 2020-2021 season, women represented a minority of athletes participating in high level competitions with less than 40 percent.
This rate is roughly equivalent to the feminization rate of sports federations in France. Indeed, out of the thirty or so single-sport Olympic federations registered by the Ministry of Sport in France, women represented
Breakdown of athletes participating in high-level competitions in France over the 2020-2021 season, by gender
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
This statistic is not included in your account.
Single Account
The ideal entry-level account for individual users
- Instant access to 1m statistics
- Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
- Detailed references
$59 $39 / Month *
in the first 12 months
Corporate Account
Full access
Corporate solution including all features.
* Prices do not include sales tax.
Further Content: You might find this interesting as well
Statistics
- Most valuable athletes in Hungary 2020
- Global viewers of women's sports leagues 2018, by age
- Global viewers of women's sports leagues 2018, by gender
- Share of women in top-level sports teams in France 2014
- Budget allocated for women's soccer in Italy 2015-2017
- Women's sports most watched on television by the French 2019
- TV broadcasting of men's and women's sports in France 2012-2014
- Average player salary in selected women's sports leagues 2017/18
- Favourite French female tennis players 2016
- Opinion of the French on the television coverage of female sports 2015
- Number of athletes at sporting events worldwide 2016
- Sports events ranked by attendance in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
- Sports events ranked by attendance in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016
- United Kingdom: aggregate attendance of Royal Ascot 2014-2017
- Overall sporting attendance in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017, by sport
- World Games athletes 2017, by gender
- Subsidies for performance improvement of Tokyo 2020 Olympics athletes FY 2015-2018
- Women's professional sports watching frequency in the U.S. 2021, by age
Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports. (January 19, 2021). Breakdown of athletes participating in high-level competitions in France over the 2020-2021 season, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1199541/top-athletes-by-gender-france/
Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports. "Breakdown of athletes participating in high-level competitions in France over the 2020-2021 season, by gender." Chart. January 19, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1199541/top-athletes-by-gender-france/
Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports. (2021). Breakdown of athletes participating in high-level competitions in France over the 2020-2021 season, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1199541/top-athletes-by-gender-france/
Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports. "Breakdown of Athletes Participating in High-level Competitions in France over The 2020-2021 Season, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1199541/top-athletes-by-gender-france/
Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports, Breakdown of athletes participating in high-level competitions in France over the 2020-2021 season, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1199541/top-athletes-by-gender-france/ (last visited August 18, 2022)