Physical activity among adolescents, no active days in the past week, prevalence (%) by country
Countries reporting
138
Highest
50.5%
Nepal
Lowest
2.2%
Finland
Median
23.1%
Years covered
16
2010–2025
Data points
2,400
What the numbers show
Physical activity among adolescents, no active days in the past week, prevalence (%) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 50.5% in Nepal; the lowest is 2.2% in Finland.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.1%, and the mean is 20.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 30.2%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 30.8%).
Physical activity among adolescents, no active days in the past week: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepal | 50.5% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 45.7% | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 3 | Nauru | 41.2% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 4 | Mauritania | 40.7% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 40.5% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 6 | Namibia | 40.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 7 | Philippines | 40.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Lesotho | 39.7% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 9 | Liberia | 39.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 10 | Eswatini | 39.2% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | Vietnam | 39.0% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 12 | Iraq | 38.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 37.3% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 14 | Kiribati | 37.0% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 15 | Botswana | 36.5% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Syria | 36.2% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 17 | Cambodia | 36.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 35.9% | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 19 | Ghana | 35.2% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 20 | Jordan | 34.7% | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 21 | Yemen | 34.7% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 22 | Palestine | 32.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 23 | Seychelles | 32.8% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 24 | Dominica | 32.5% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 25 | Tanzania | 32.2% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 32.1% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 27 | Myanmar | 31.9% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 31.9% | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 29 | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.6% | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 30 | Belize | 31.4% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Laos | 31.1% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 32 | East Timor | 31.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 33 | Bhutan | 30.8% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 30.6% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 35 | Kenya | 30.5% | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 30.5% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 30.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 30.0% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 30.0% | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 40 | Madagascar | 29.8% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 41 | Fiji | 29.8% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 42 | Jamaica | 29.6% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 43 | Indonesia | 29.6% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 44 | Barbados | 29.4% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 29.4% | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 46 | Sudan | 29.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 47 | South Korea | 29.0% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 48 | Qatar | 28.9% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 49 | Bahamas | 28.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 50 | Gabon | 28.7% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 28.5% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 52 | El Salvador | 28.2% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.9% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 54 | Egypt | 27.9% | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 55 | Brazil | 27.7% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 56 | Panama | 27.3% | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 57 | Tonga | 27.3% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 58 | Colombia | 27.2% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 59 | Samoa | 26.5% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 60 | Oman | 26.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 25.2% | 2025 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 62 | Guatemala | 24.8% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 63 | Solomon Islands | 24.5% | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 64 | Malaysia | 24.5% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 65 | Bolivia | 24.0% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 66 | Mauritius | 23.9% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 67 | Mozambique | 23.8% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 68 | Kuwait | 23.6% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 69 | Bahrain | 23.4% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 70 | Paraguay | 22.7% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 71 | Niue | 22.4% | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 72 | Morocco | 21.6% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 73 | Benin | 21.1% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 74 | Cook Islands | 20.6% | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 75 | Brunei | 20.5% | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 20.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 77 | Lebanon | 20.2% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 19.9% | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 79 | Ecuador | 17.9% | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 80 | Algeria | 17.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | Peru | 17.0% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 82 | Argentina | 16.5% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 83 | Mongolia | 16.3% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 84 | Uruguay | 16.2% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 85 | Israel | 16.1% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 86 | Mexico | 15.8% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 15.4% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 88 | Japan | 14.5% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 89 | Palau | 14.2% | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 13.1% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 12.7% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 92 | Georgia | 11.2% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 93 | United States | 10.7% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 94 | Malta | 10.6% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 95 | Romania | 10.0% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 96 | Turkey | 9.2% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 97 | Italy | 8.4% | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 99 | Ukraine | 7.9% | 2025 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 7.8% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 101 | Cyprus | 7.7% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 102 | France | 7.0% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 103 | Moldova | 6.5% | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 104 | Greece | 6.5% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 105 | Russia | 6.2% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 106 | China | 6.1% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 107 | Albania | 6.1% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 5.9% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 109 | Belgium | 5.7% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 110 | Poland | 5.5% | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 111 | Armenia | 5.5% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 5.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 113 | Denmark | 5.2% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 114 | Germany | 5.1% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 115 | Latvia | 5.0% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 116 | Portugal | 4.9% | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 117 | Slovakia | 4.7% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 118 | Iceland | 4.7% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 119 | Serbia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 120 | Australia | 4.6% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 121 | Austria | 4.3% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 122 | Spain | 4.3% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 123 | United Kingdom | 4.2% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 124 | Estonia | 4.2% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 4.2% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 126 | Lithuania | 4.1% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 4.0% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 128 | Netherlands | 3.9% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 129 | Croatia | 3.7% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 130 | Czechia | 3.7% | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 131 | Norway | 3.5% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 132 | Canada | 3.5% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 133 | Sweden | 3.4% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 134 | New Zealand | 3.3% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 135 | Ireland | 3.3% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 136 | Slovenia | 3.1% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 137 | Switzerland | 2.9% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 138 | Finland | 2.2% | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 33.2%
- Sur 31.2%
- Africa (WHO region) 32.1%
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 32.1%
- Low income (World Bank) 32.0%
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 30.6%
- World 24.9%
- Americas (WHO region) 18.7%
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 18.4%
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 16.1%
- High income (World Bank) 9.9%
- Europe (WHO region) 6.7%