Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Nepal
Nepal: Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week was 1.94 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Nepal, 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 Nepal is 1.94, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Nepal peaked at 2.06 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.94, in 2025.
That places Nepal 130th out of 138 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.06 | — |
| 2011 | 2.05 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 2.05 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2.04 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 2.03 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2.02 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 2.01 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 2 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1.99 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.98 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.97 | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.97 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.96 | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1.95 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1.95 | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 1.94 | -0.3% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1.94 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.27, 86% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.02 | 1.98 | 2.06 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.96 | 1.94 | 1.97 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More health data for Nepal
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8518 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 955 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0451 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0467 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Nepal?
- Physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week in Nepal was 1.94 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 2.06 in 2010.
- What is the lowest physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.94 in 2025.
- How does Nepal rank for physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week?
- Nepal ranks 130th out of 138 countries with data for 2025.
- Is physical activity among adolescents, mean active days per week rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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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