Physical activity policies for activie societies by country

Countries reporting
191
Highest
32
Eritrea
Lowest
10
Samoa
Median
20
Years covered
9
2015–2023
Data points
970

What the numbers show

Physical activity policies for activie societies is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 32 in Eritrea; the lowest is 10 in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 20, and the mean is 15.82.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 220.0%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 69.7%).

Physical activity policies for activie societies: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eritrea 32 2023 up 220.0% rising
2 Afghanistan 20 2023 unchanged falling
2 Angola 20 2023 unchanged falling
2 Andorra 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Argentina 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Antigua and Barbuda 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Australia 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Burundi 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Benin 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Burkina Faso 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Bangladesh 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Bahrain 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Bahamas 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Belize 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Bolivia 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Barbados 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Bhutan 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Botswana 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Cote d'Ivoire 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Cameroon 20 2023 down 39.4% falling
2 Democratic Republic of Congo 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Congo 20 2023 unchanged rising
2 Comoros 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Costa Rica 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Djibouti 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Dominica 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Dominican Republic 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Ecuador 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Egypt 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Ethiopia 20 2023 down 39.4% falling
2 Fiji 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Micronesia (country) 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Gabon 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Ghana 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Guinea 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Guinea-Bissau 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Equatorial Guinea 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Grenada 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Guatemala 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Guyana 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Honduras 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Haiti 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Iran 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Jordan 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Japan 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Kenya 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Cambodia 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Kiribati 20 2023 unchanged rising
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20 2023 unchanged falling
2 Kuwait 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Laos 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Lebanon 20 2023 unchanged rising
2 Liberia 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Libya 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Lesotho 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Morocco 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Monaco 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Madagascar 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Maldives 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Mexico 20 2023 unchanged rising
2 Marshall Islands 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Mali 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Myanmar 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Mozambique 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Mauritania 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Mauritius 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Malawi 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Namibia 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Niger 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Nigeria 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Nicaragua 20 2023 unchanged falling
2 Nepal 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Nauru 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Oman 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Pakistan 20 2023 down 39.4% falling
2 Panama 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Peru 20 2023 unchanged falling
2 Philippines 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Palau 20 2023 up 100.0% volatile
2 Papua New Guinea 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Paraguay 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Qatar 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Rwanda 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Sudan 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Senegal 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Solomon Islands 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Sierra Leone 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 El Salvador 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Somalia 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 South Sudan 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Sao Tome and Principe 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Eswatini 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Syria 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Chad 20 2023 down 39.4% falling
2 Togo 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Tajikistan 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Turkmenistan 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Tonga 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Tunisia 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Tuvalu 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Uganda 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Uruguay 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Venezuela 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Vietnam 20 2023 unchanged flat
2 Vanuatu 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Yemen 20 2023 unchanged rising
2 Zambia 20 2023 unchanged rising
2 Zimbabwe 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
2 Cook Islands 20 2023 down 35.5% falling
2 Niue 20 2023 up 100.0% rising
113 Albania 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 United Arab Emirates 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Armenia 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Austria 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Azerbaijan 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Belgium 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Bulgaria 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Belarus 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Brazil 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Brunei 10 2023 unchanged rising
113 Canada 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Switzerland 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Chile 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 China 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 Colombia 10 2023 unchanged volatile
113 Cape Verde 10 2023 down 67.7% volatile
113 Cuba 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Cyprus 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Czechia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Germany 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Denmark 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Algeria 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Spain 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Estonia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Finland 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 France 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 United Kingdom 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Georgia 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Gambia 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 Greece 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Croatia 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Hungary 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Indonesia 10 2023 unchanged rising
113 India 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Ireland 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Iraq 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Iceland 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Israel 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Italy 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Jamaica 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Kazakhstan 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 Kyrgyzstan 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 South Korea 10 2023 unchanged volatile
113 Saint Lucia 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Sri Lanka 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 Lithuania 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 Luxembourg 10 2023 down 67.7% volatile
113 Latvia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Moldova 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 North Macedonia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Malta 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Montenegro 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Mongolia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Malaysia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Netherlands 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Norway 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 New Zealand 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Poland 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 North Korea 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 Portugal 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Romania 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Russia 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Saudi Arabia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Singapore 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 San Marino 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Serbia 10 2023 down 69.7% volatile
113 Slovakia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Slovenia 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Sweden 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 Seychelles 10 2023 unchanged rising
113 Thailand 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 East Timor 10 2023 unchanged rising
113 Trinidad and Tobago 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Turkey 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Tanzania 10 2023 down 67.7% falling
113 Ukraine 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 United States 10 2023 unchanged flat
113 Uzbekistan 10 2023 unchanged falling
113 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 2023 down 50.0% falling
113 Samoa 10 2023 down 67.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Physical activity policies for activie societies
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
194 places, 970 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed