Women Secure 28.5% of Andorra Sports Licences in 2024-2025 Season

Women now hold 28.5% of sports federation licences in Andorra for the 2024-2025 season, with 2,806 out of 9,857 total licences, according to Department of Statistics data.

The figure marks a 7.2% rise from 9,193 licences the previous year. Collective sports federations accounted for 4,156 licences, up 8.8%, while individual sports issued 4,766, increasing 5.7%. Historic clubs granted 935 licences, a gain of 11.8%.

Football remains dominant in collective sports, with the Andorran Football Federation issuing 2,875 licences—a 9.9% increase. Overall football licences reached 2,973 when including FC Andorra's 98. Skiing led individual sports through the Andorran Ski Federation's 1,109 licences, up 40.4% or 319 participants. Basketball followed with 771 licences (435 from the Andorran Basketball Federation and 336 from MoraBanc Andorra), rising 18.6%, while rugby had 527, down 4.5%.

Men secured 7,051 licences (71.5%), growing 8.1% from 6,524, compared to women's 5.1% rise from 2,669. By age, those over 17 held the most at 3,733 (37.9%), followed by under-11s at 2,935 (29.8%), 11-14s at 1,678 (down 12.9%), and 15-17s at 1,511.

The ARA high-performance programme awarded 53 scholarships to elite athletes, up 20.5% from 44. Andorra's rate stands at roughly one licence per 10 residents or 113.2 per 1,000 inhabitants—higher than Spain's 88.8 but below France's 250.6. The total has climbed 78% since the 2020-2021 season's 7,698 licences.