England: table tennis participation among children 2023

In the 2022/23 academic year, four percent of children in England aged between 5 and 16 had played table tennis in the week prior to being surveyed. This signified a return to participation rates recorded before 2020/21, when they were also at four percent in 2018/19 and 2019/20.

Share of children participating in table tennis/ ping pong in the last week in England from 2017/18 to 2022/23

Characteristic	Share of respondents
2022/23	4%
2021/22	3.8%
2020/21	2.7%
2019/20	4%
2018/19	4%
2017/18	3.3%

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Release date

December 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

September 2017 to July 2023

Number of respondents

122,347*

Age group

5-16 years

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

* Previous base:
2017/18: 109,503; 2018/19: 113,728; 2019/20: 89,303; 2020/21: 86,828; 2021/22: 104,404.

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

See Table 5 in the Excel sheet.

Figures from prior to 2022/23 were taken from previous reports by the same source.

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