Physical activity among adolescents, active on all 7 days of the past week, prevalence (%) by country
Countries reporting
138
Highest
30.2%
Bangladesh
Lowest
6.5%
Cambodia
Median
16.0%
Years covered
16
2010–2025
Data points
2,400
What the numbers show
Physical activity among adolescents, active on all 7 days of the past week, prevalence (%) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 30.2% in Bangladesh; the lowest is 6.5% in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.0%, and the mean is 16.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 48.1%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 28.8%).
Physical activity among adolescents, active on all 7 days of the past: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 30.2% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 2 | Serbia | 30.1% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 29.8% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 29.7% | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | Finland | 27.6% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 6 | Mongolia | 25.7% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 25.4% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 24.5% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 9 | Ireland | 24.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 10 | Albania | 23.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 23.2% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 12 | Croatia | 21.9% | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 13 | Jamaica | 21.6% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 14 | Belize | 21.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 21.5% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 16 | Hungary | 21.4% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 17 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | Slovakia | 21.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Armenia | 21.0% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 20 | Slovenia | 20.8% | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 20.8% | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 22 | Iceland | 20.7% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 23 | Georgia | 20.6% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 24 | Lebanon | 20.1% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.0% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 26 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.8% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 19.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 29 | Barbados | 19.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 30 | Czechia | 19.4% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 31 | Poland | 19.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 32 | Spain | 19.1% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 33 | Australia | 19.1% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 19.0% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 35 | Bahrain | 18.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Fiji | 18.9% | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 37 | Japan | 18.8% | 2025 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 18.8% | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 39 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.4% | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 40 | Latvia | 17.9% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 17.9% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 42 | Netherlands | 17.8% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 43 | Botswana | 17.7% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 44 | Lithuania | 17.7% | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 45 | Ecuador | 17.5% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 46 | Dominica | 17.4% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 17.4% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 48 | Seychelles | 17.3% | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 49 | Tonga | 17.3% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 50 | Benin | 17.2% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 51 | Bahamas | 17.0% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 52 | Tanzania | 17.0% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 53 | Kuwait | 16.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 16.9% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 55 | Mauritius | 16.9% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 56 | Cook Islands | 16.9% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 57 | Uruguay | 16.8% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 58 | Paraguay | 16.8% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 59 | Sweden | 16.8% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 60 | Moldova | 16.8% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 61 | Norway | 16.8% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 62 | Cyprus | 16.7% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 63 | Luxembourg | 16.5% | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 64 | Estonia | 16.3% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 65 | Eswatini | 16.3% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 66 | Argentina | 16.3% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 67 | Russia | 16.2% | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 16.1% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 69 | Malta | 16.0% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 70 | Romania | 15.9% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 71 | Belgium | 15.9% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 72 | Turkey | 15.9% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 73 | Nepal | 15.8% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 74 | Samoa | 15.7% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 75 | Palau | 15.3% | 2025 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 76 | Nauru | 15.2% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 77 | Kenya | 15.2% | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 78 | Peru | 15.0% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 14.9% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 80 | Namibia | 14.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 81 | Honduras | 14.6% | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 82 | Switzerland | 14.6% | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 14.6% | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 84 | Oman | 14.5% | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 85 | Greece | 14.4% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 86 | Denmark | 14.3% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 87 | Lesotho | 14.2% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 14.1% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 89 | Niue | 14.1% | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 90 | Panama | 14.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 91 | Iraq | 13.9% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 92 | Syria | 13.9% | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 93 | Palestine | 13.8% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 94 | Vanuatu | 13.8% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 95 | Mexico | 13.7% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 96 | El Salvador | 13.7% | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 97 | Colombia | 13.5% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 98 | Tuvalu | 13.5% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 99 | Germany | 13.5% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 100 | Bhutan | 13.4% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 101 | Guatemala | 13.4% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 13.3% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 103 | Qatar | 12.7% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 104 | Indonesia | 12.7% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 105 | Yemen | 12.7% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 106 | Chile | 12.6% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 107 | Ghana | 12.6% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 12.4% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 109 | Israel | 12.4% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 110 | Bolivia | 12.4% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 111 | China | 12.3% | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 112 | Portugal | 12.0% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritania | 11.8% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 114 | Algeria | 11.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 115 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.6% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 116 | Malaysia | 11.4% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 117 | Egypt | 11.4% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 118 | France | 11.4% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 119 | Brunei | 11.2% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 120 | Laos | 11.1% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 121 | Brazil | 11.1% | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 122 | Liberia | 11.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 123 | Kiribati | 10.8% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 124 | Morocco | 10.6% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 125 | Thailand | 10.5% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 126 | Afghanistan | 10.3% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 127 | Myanmar | 9.9% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 128 | Vietnam | 9.9% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 129 | Jordan | 9.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 130 | Mozambique | 9.2% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 131 | Italy | 9.0% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 132 | Sudan | 8.3% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 133 | Philippines | 8.0% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 134 | Madagascar | 7.5% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 135 | Gabon | 7.3% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 136 | South Korea | 7.0% | 2025 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 137 | East Timor | 6.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 138 | Cambodia | 6.5% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- High income (World Bank) 19.7%
- Sur 17.7%
- Americas (WHO region) 18.6%
- Europe (WHO region) 17.1%
- World 13.9%
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 13.8%
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 13.7%
- Africa (WHO region) 13.3%
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 12.8%
- Low income (World Bank) 12.2%
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 12.2%
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 12.1%