Key Performance Indicators for Sports Development

As of July 1, 2026, 14,890 sports sections by sport type have been organized, which is 1,192 sections less than the level of the first half of 2025, or a decrease of 7.4% (2024 – 16,082 sections).

Of the total number of sports sections, 6,460 sections operate in rural areas (2025 – 6,893 sections).

The number of participants in sports sections is 316,118 people, which is 3,663 people more than the level of the first half of 2025, or an increase of 1.2% (2025 – 312,455 people).

Key Performance Indicators for Physical Fitness, Health, and Sports Activities

1,664 physical culture collectives have been organized, including 1,086 collectives in rural areas.

The number of citizens engaged in physical culture and mass sports amounted to 348,456 people, or 46.7% of the total population of the region, an increase of 16,469 people compared to the first half of 2025 (2025 – 367,987 people – 44.5%).

Key Performance Indicators for the Number of Full-Time Employees in the Field of Physical Culture and Sports

Currently, 2,964 people work in the field of physical culture and sports, which is 21 people more than the level of the first half of 2025, or 100.7%, and 20 people less than the level of 2024, or 99.3% (2024 - 2,984 people).

The number of full-time employees in rural areas decreased by 31 people and amounted to 1,389 physical culture workers.

Of the total number of physical culture workers, 2,912 people, or 98.2%, have physical education qualifications (in 2025 – 2,900 people).

In rural areas, out of 1,389 physical culture workers, 1,372 have physical education qualifications – 98.7%.