Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Madagascar
Madagascar: Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week was 1.92 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Madagascar, 2010–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Madagascar is 1.92, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Madagascar peaked at 2.07 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.92, in 2025.
Madagascar ranks 132nd of 138 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.07 | — |
| 2011 | 2.06 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 2.05 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 2.04 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 2.03 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2.02 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 2.01 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 2 | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 1.99 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.98 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.97 | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.96 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.95 | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.94 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1.93 | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 1.92 | -0.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1.92 is below the median for low income countries, which is 2.14, 90% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1.92 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.15, 89% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.02 | 1.98 | 2.07 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.94 | 1.92 | 1.97 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More health data for Madagascar
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.87 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4912 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 14,569 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 63 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.071 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0731 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Madagascar?
- Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Madagascar was 1.92 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 2.07 in 2010.
- What is the lowest physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.92 in 2025.
- How does Madagascar rank for physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week?
- Madagascar ranks 132nd out of 138 countries with data for 2025.
- Is physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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