Insufficiently active in Americas (WHO region)
Americas (WHO region): Insufficiently active was 80.67 in 2016. ▬ Flat
Latest (2016)
80.67
Change on year
down 0.2%
Rank
8th
of 11 groups
All-time high
82.03
in 2001
All-time low
80.67
in 2016
Years of data
16
2001–2016
Insufficiently active in Americas (WHO region), 2001–2016
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2016, insufficiently active in Americas (WHO region) stood at 80.67. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insufficiently active in Americas (WHO region) peaked at 82.03 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 80.67, in 2016.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.62 | 81.26 | 82.03 | 9 |
| 2010s | 80.95 | 80.67 | 81.18 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Americas (WHO region)
- 5 Timor-Leste 89.37 compare
- 6 Zambia 89.27 compare
- 7 Australia 89.02 compare
- 8 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 88.76 compare
- 9 New Zealand 88.74 compare
- 10 Italy 88.62 compare
- 11 Senegal 88.47 compare
More health data for Americas (WHO region)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases 24,640 (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases 12,380 (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases 72 (2025)
- Total tetanus - number of reported cases 385 (2025)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases 23 (2025)
- Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1) 10.91 (2024)
- Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 2.3% (2024)
- Under-five mortality rate 12.64 (2024)
- Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard 39.2% (2024)
- Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 35.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insufficiently active in Americas (WHO region)?
- Insufficiently active in Americas (WHO region) was 80.67 in 2016, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest insufficiently active recorded in Americas (WHO region)?
- The highest recorded value was 82.03 in 2001.
- What is the lowest insufficiently active recorded in Americas (WHO region)?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.67 in 2016.
- How does Americas (WHO region) rank for insufficiently active?
- Americas (WHO region) ranks 8th out of 11 groups with data for 2016.
- Is insufficiently active rising or falling in Americas (WHO region)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas (WHO region) data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Insufficiently active (crude estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).