Survey results spark concern over student sports participation

Too many Barbadian children are still missing out on the benefits of organised sport, despite strong participation in a handful of popular disciplines, according to the Ministry of Sports and Community Empowerment’s latest Youth Sports Survey.

The survey, which commenced in January 2025 and covered the 2024/2025 academic year, recorded 24 099 participation instances among a student population of 35 502.

It found that just five sports accounted for nearly three-quarters of all participation, while boys accounted for 56.5 per cent of participation records compared with girls.