Physical activity policies focused on active systems by country
Countries reporting
193
Highest
33
Burkina Faso
Lowest
10
Samoa
Median
20
Years covered
9
2015–2023
Data points
970
What the numbers show
Physical activity policies focused on active systems is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 33 in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 10 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 20, and the mean is 15.45.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in South Korea (up 230.0%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 67.7%).
Physical activity policies focused on active systems: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 33 | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 1 | Bolivia | 33 | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 33 | 2023 | up 230.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Eritrea | 32 | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 5 | Afghanistan | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Angola | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Andorra | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Armenia | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Australia | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Burundi | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Belize | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Bhutan | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Canada | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Cameroon | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Congo | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Colombia | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Comoros | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Cape Verde | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Cyprus | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Czechia | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Djibouti | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Dominica | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Denmark | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Spain | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Estonia | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Finland | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Fiji | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Micronesia (country) | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Gabon | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Greece | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Honduras | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Croatia | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Haiti | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Hungary | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Iceland | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Israel | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Italy | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Jordan | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Japan | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Lebanon | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Libya | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Lesotho | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Monaco | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Madagascar | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Mexico | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | North Macedonia | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Mali | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Mozambique | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Mauritania | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Namibia | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Netherlands | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | New Zealand | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Peru | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Philippines | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | North Korea | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Paraguay | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Romania | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Rwanda | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Sudan | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | San Marino | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Somalia | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Serbia | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | South Sudan | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Slovakia | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Sweden | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Syria | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Chad | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | East Timor | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Tanzania | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Uganda | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Venezuela | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Vietnam | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Yemen | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | South Africa | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Zambia | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 20 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 20 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 5 | Niue | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 101 | Albania | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Argentina | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 101 | Austria | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Belgium | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Benin | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Bangladesh | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Bahrain | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Bahamas | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Belarus | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Brazil | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Barbados | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Brunei | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Botswana | 10 | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 101 | Switzerland | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Chile | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | China | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10 | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Cuba | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Germany | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Algeria | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Egypt | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | France | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | United Kingdom | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Georgia | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Ghana | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Gambia | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Grenada | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Guatemala | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Guyana | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Indonesia | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | India | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Ireland | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Iran | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Iraq | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Jamaica | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Kenya | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Cambodia | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Kiribati | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Kuwait | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Laos | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Liberia | 10 | 2023 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Lithuania | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Latvia | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Morocco | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Moldova | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Maldives | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Marshall Islands | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Malta | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Myanmar | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Montenegro | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Mongolia | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Mauritius | 10 | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |
| 101 | Malawi | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Malaysia | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Niger | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Nigeria | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Norway | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Nepal | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Nauru | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Oman | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Pakistan | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Panama | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Palau | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Poland | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Portugal | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Qatar | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Russia | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Senegal | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Singapore | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | El Salvador | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Slovenia | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Eswatini | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Seychelles | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Togo | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Thailand | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Tonga | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Tunisia | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Turkey | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Tuvalu | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Ukraine | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | United States | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 10 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Samoa | 10 | 2023 | down 67.7% | falling |