The development of padel continues to accelerate worldwide. According to the latest data published by the International Federation of Padel in its World Padel Report 2025sport has surpassed the symbolic threshold of 77,000 active padel courts worldwide by the end of the first half of 2025.

Continued and structured global growth

At the beginning of 2024, the total number of tracks was estimated at around 62,600. In just 18 months, More than 14,300 new runs have been built, be one Overall growth of +22,8%, corresponding to an annual rate of approximately 15%.

This progression is part of a fundamental trend:

  • 150 countries now have at least one padel infrastructure
  • More than 24,600 clubs or complexes offer padel practice
  • The average global ratio is 3,1 tracks per clubevidence of a progressive structuring of the facilities.

Distribution of padel courts by continent

Europe, the undisputed driving force of world padel

Europe alone concentrates over 51,000 tracksi.e 66,1% of the world's fleetIt remains far ahead, driven by historically strong countries but also by rapidly expanding markets such as France, the United Kingdom and Germany.

Distribution of padel courts by continent

Estimated continental distribution in 2025

  • Europe ~3,400 tracks (66,1%)
  • Amerique du Sud ~3,400 tracks (18,3%)
  • Asia ~3,400 tracks (6,0%)
  • Central and North America ~3,400 tracks (5,1%)
  • Africa ~3,400 tracks (4,4%)
  • Oceania : ~110 tracks (0,1%).

Please note: North America and Asia show the strongest relative growth, with respectively +99% and +45% of leads over the recent period.

Top 15 countries by number of padel courts in 2025

Here the ranking of the 15 countries with the most padel courts, established from consolidated data from World Padel Report 2025 FIP-WPR-2025_DIGITAL.

RankCountryEstimated number of tracks
1Spain~17 300
2Italy~10 220
3Argentina~7 000
4Sweden~4 220
5France~4 000
6Netherlands~3 570
7Mexico~2 560
8Chili~2 150
9Belgium~2 150
10Paraguay~2 000
11Denmark~1 560
12Portugal~1 560
13Egypt~1 210
14Saudi Arabia~1 130
15South Africa~1 100
Top 15 countries by number of padel courts in 2025

Reading the ranking

  • Spain remains ultra-dominant, with only nearly a quarter of the world's tracks.
  • Italy confirms its status as the second largest market in the world, following rapid growth between 2020 and 2023.
  • The France establishes itself permanently in the world's Top 5, with one of the best growth rates recently recorded in Europe.
  • South Africa et Saudi Arabia symbolize the rise of padel outside of Europe and Latin America.

A dynamic that is set to continue

La FIP anticipates continued growth through 2026, with an even greater concentration around affiliated federations, which already hold 96% of the world's runways – an expected figure 99% with the arrival of new national federations.

Padel is no longer content with opportunistic development. It now relies on structured investments, a club offering increasingly professional and sustainable territorial anchoringconfirming its status as a fully mature sport on a global scale.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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