
February 5 is National Girls and Women in Sports Day in the United States. Celebrated by the Women’s Sport Foundation, this year marks the 39th edition of the event. The following chart takes a look at female participation in soccer among the general population around the world. According to a surveyconducted by Statista Consumer Insights, soccer is particularly popular among women in Mexico, where 20 percent of female respondents aged 18-64 years old said they participated in it at least occasionally.