Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week by country
Countries reporting
138
Highest
4.83
Finland
Lowest
1.7
Cambodia
Median
2.81
Years covered
16
2010–2025
Data points
2,400
What the numbers show
Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 4.83 in Finland; the lowest is 1.7 in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.81, and the mean is 3.03.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 22.3%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 19.6%).
Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 4.83 | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 4.57 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 3 | Ireland | 4.55 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Canada | 4.53 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 5 | Serbia | 4.53 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 4.4 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 7 | New Zealand | 4.36 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Slovenia | 4.29 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 9 | Croatia | 4.27 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 10 | Iceland | 4.25 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 11 | United States | 4.21 | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 12 | Sweden | 4.21 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 4.2 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Netherlands | 4.2 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 15 | Austria | 4.19 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | Norway | 4.18 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 4.18 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 18 | Czechia | 4.16 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 19 | Albania | 4.15 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 20 | Switzerland | 4.14 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 21 | Slovakia | 4.14 | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 4.11 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 23 | Armenia | 4.07 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Hungary | 4.06 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 25 | Lithuania | 4.03 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 26 | Poland | 3.99 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 3.98 | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 28 | Latvia | 3.96 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 29 | Estonia | 3.95 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 3.92 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 31 | Belgium | 3.92 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 3.87 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.85 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 34 | Germany | 3.84 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 35 | China | 3.83 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 3.82 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 37 | Ukraine | 3.8 | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 38 | Moldova | 3.79 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 39 | Greece | 3.77 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 40 | Russia | 3.77 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 3.73 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 3.73 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 43 | Georgia | 3.68 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 44 | Mongolia | 3.67 | 2025 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 45 | Japan | 3.66 | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 46 | Malta | 3.59 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 47 | France | 3.54 | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 48 | Romania | 3.51 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 3.42 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 50 | Italy | 3.3 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 51 | Turkey | 3.21 | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 52 | Palau | 3.2 | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 53 | Uruguay | 3.11 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 54 | Israel | 3.1 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 55 | Ecuador | 3.07 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 56 | Argentina | 3.07 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 3.01 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 58 | Cook Islands | 3 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 2.99 | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 60 | Lebanon | 2.99 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 61 | Peru | 2.98 | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 62 | Mexico | 2.96 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 63 | Jamaica | 2.89 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 2.88 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 65 | Paraguay | 2.86 | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.84 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 67 | Saint Lucia | 2.83 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 68 | Belize | 2.82 | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 69 | Benin | 2.81 | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 70 | Bahrain | 2.81 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.81 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | Fiji | 2.78 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 73 | Tonga | 2.78 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 74 | Niue | 2.78 | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.77 | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 76 | Barbados | 2.77 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 77 | Samoa | 2.72 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 78 | Kuwait | 2.7 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 79 | Chile | 2.69 | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 80 | Mauritius | 2.69 | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 81 | Bahamas | 2.67 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.64 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 83 | Solomon Islands | 2.59 | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Guatemala | 2.59 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 85 | Dominica | 2.58 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 2.55 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 87 | Bolivia | 2.55 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 88 | Panama | 2.55 | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 89 | Colombia | 2.52 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 2.52 | 2025 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 91 | Algeria | 2.5 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 92 | El Salvador | 2.49 | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 93 | Vanuatu | 2.49 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 94 | Sierra Leone | 2.49 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 95 | Oman | 2.47 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 2.46 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 97 | Tanzania | 2.46 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 98 | Brunei | 2.46 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 99 | Seychelles | 2.45 | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 100 | Kenya | 2.42 | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 101 | Botswana | 2.38 | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 102 | Brazil | 2.38 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 103 | Morocco | 2.37 | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 104 | Malaysia | 2.35 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 105 | South Korea | 2.32 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 106 | Bhutan | 2.31 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 107 | Qatar | 2.3 | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 108 | Indonesia | 2.3 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 109 | Egypt | 2.27 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 110 | Palestine | 2.25 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 111 | Nauru | 2.24 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 112 | Eswatini | 2.23 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 113 | Mozambique | 2.19 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 2.17 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 115 | Syria | 2.17 | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.15 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 117 | Yemen | 2.14 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 2.13 | 2025 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 119 | Laos | 2.13 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 120 | Namibia | 2.13 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 121 | Ghana | 2.12 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 122 | Iraq | 2.12 | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 123 | Kiribati | 2.11 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 124 | Lesotho | 2.1 | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 125 | Myanmar | 2.05 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 126 | Sudan | 2 | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 127 | Thailand | 1.99 | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 1.98 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 129 | Jordan | 1.95 | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 130 | Nepal | 1.94 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 1.94 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 132 | Madagascar | 1.92 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 133 | Liberia | 1.92 | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 134 | Gabon | 1.91 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 135 | Vietnam | 1.87 | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 136 | East Timor | 1.81 | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 137 | Philippines | 1.71 | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 138 | Cambodia | 1.7 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
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) 3.81
- Sur 2.63
- Europe (WHO region) 3.81
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 3.21
- Americas (WHO region) 3.19
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 3.03
- World 2.7
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 2.29
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 2.25
- Africa (WHO region) 2.25
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 2.23
- Low income (World Bank) 2.18