Will FIFA Surpass $7.65 Billion in Revenue in 2023-2026?

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), one of the most prestigious sports organizations, is hosting the Men’s World Cup 2026 in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The association hosts the World Cup every four years, and in every cycle, it has been making an all-time high revenue.

However, the Men’s World Cup is not the sole event organized by FIFA; it also organizes various events and competitions as well, including the FIFA World Cup, Men’s Olympic Football Tournament (U-23), FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA World Series and many more. Out of all, the FIFA World Cup is one of the most popular, and FIFA generates most of its revenue. In 2019-2022, FIFA earned a total revenue of $7.65 billion, of which 75.34% was made in 2022, during which it organized the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Will FIFA make an all-time high in 2023-2026 as well? This is an intriguing question.

FIFA was established in 1904 A.D. It organized the first World Cup in 1930 A.D., with Uruguay as the host country. FIFA’s revenue and financial record of the First World Cup is unavailable. In the 2019-2022 cycle, FIFA earned total revenue of $7.65 billion. Compared to 2003-2006, the revenue in 2019-2022 increased by 190.71 percent; compared to 2015-2018, revenue increased by 19.26 percent.

FIFA’s revenue trend in every four-year cycle is upward and is expected to continue in 2023-2026. Football is played in over 200 countries, with billions of fans worldwide. Since the sport has a large fan following, it also has the most significant viewers.

FIFA’s primary revenue sources include licensing rights, ticket sales, marketing rights, and World Cup broadcasting rights. In the 2022 World Cup, FIFA earned $3.4 billion, which is 44.7% of total revenue from broadcasting rights, $1.8 billion, which is 23.7% from marketing rights, $949 million, which is 12.39% from ticket sales, and $769 million, which is 10% from licensing rights.

FIFA also has expenses on football and other administrative activities, including organizing competitions, events, football governance, development, and marketing expenses. In 2019-2022, FIFA had $ 6.3 billion in expenses; 40.9% was for development and education, and 40.34% was for competition and events. The costs for other activities include;