Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ years (age-standardized estimate) (%) by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
66.1%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
2.7%
Malawi
Median
25.4%
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
4,761
What the numbers show
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ years (age-standardized estimate) (%) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 66.1% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 2.7% in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 25.4%, and the mean is 27.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.
Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 70.1%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 56.8%).
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 66.1% | 2022 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 2 | Kuwait | 63.3% | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 3 | Cuba | 61.1% | 2022 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 4 | Lebanon | 58.6% | 2022 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 58.1% | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 6 | Panama | 57.6% | 2022 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 7 | Qatar | 53.5% | 2022 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 8 | Iraq | 52.0% | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 9 | Portugal | 51.7% | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 51.5% | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 49.7% | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 12 | India | 49.4% | 2022 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 13 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 46.3% | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 14 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 45.7% | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 15 | Pakistan | 45.7% | 2022 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 16 | Libya | 45.6% | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 17 | Philippines | 45.5% | 2022 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 18 | Serbia | 44.9% | 2022 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 19 | South Africa | 44.8% | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 20 | Japan | 44.7% | 2022 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.5% | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 22 | Türkiye | 44.4% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 23 | Barbados | 44.0% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 24 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 41.7% | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 25 | Puerto Rico | 41.6% | 2022 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 26 | Belize | 41.5% | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 27 | Oman | 40.9% | 2022 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 28 | Cyprus | 40.8% | 2022 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 29 | Malta | 40.7% | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 30 | Brazil | 40.4% | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 31 | Italy | 40.1% | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 32 | Malaysia | 39.9% | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 33 | El Salvador | 39.2% | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 34 | Nicaragua | 38.7% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 35 | Jamaica | 38.6% | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 36 | Bahrain | 38.6% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 38.5% | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 38 | Argentina | 38.5% | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 38.2% | 2022 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 38.1% | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 41 | Syria | 37.8% | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 37.2% | 2022 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 43 | Canada | 37.2% | 2022 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 44 | Bahamas | 37.2% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 37.0% | 2022 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 46 | Poland | 37.0% | 2022 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 47 | Guatemala | 36.8% | 2022 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 48 | Honduras | 36.8% | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 49 | Romania | 36.8% | 2022 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 50 | Paraguay | 36.0% | 2022 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 51 | Grenada | 35.9% | 2022 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 35.7% | 2022 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 53 | Naoero | 35.5% | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 54 | Greece | 35.2% | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 55 | Norway | 35.1% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 56 | Guyana | 35.1% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 57 | Peru | 34.5% | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 58 | Colombia | 34.4% | 2022 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 59 | Uruguay | 33.8% | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 60 | Egypt | 33.8% | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 61 | United States of America | 33.7% | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 62 | Tunisia | 33.4% | 2022 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 63 | Afghanistan | 33.4% | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 64 | Brunei Darussalam | 32.5% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 32.3% | 2022 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 66 | Kiribati | 31.9% | 2022 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 31.7% | 2022 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 68 | Cape Verde | 31.2% | 2022 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 69 | Tonga | 30.7% | 2022 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 70 | Dominica | 30.5% | 2022 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 30.5% | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 72 | Viet Nam | 30.3% | 2022 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 73 | Mauritius | 29.9% | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 74 | Mali | 29.8% | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 75 | Palestine, State of | 29.7% | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 76 | Hungary | 29.4% | 2022 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 77 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 29.3% | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 78 | Yemen | 29.2% | 2022 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 79 | Algeria | 29.0% | 2022 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 80 | Thailand | 28.9% | 2022 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 81 | Croatia | 28.4% | 2022 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 82 | Haiti | 28.3% | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 83 | Jordan | 28.2% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 28.2% | 2022 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 85 | Mexico | 28.0% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 86 | Mongolia | 27.5% | 2022 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 87 | Andorra | 27.2% | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 88 | North Korea | 27.0% | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 89 | Timor-Leste | 26.9% | 2022 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 90 | Armenia | 26.6% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 91 | Israel | 26.6% | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 26.1% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 93 | Palau | 26.0% | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 94 | Iceland | 25.9% | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 95 | San Marino | 25.7% | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 96 | Australia | 25.5% | 2022 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 97 | Cook Islands | 25.4% | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 98 | Belgium | 25.4% | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 99 | Namibia | 25.4% | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 100 | Maldives | 24.6% | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 101 | Morocco | 24.5% | 2022 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 102 | Tuvalu | 24.4% | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 24.4% | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 104 | Albania | 24.3% | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 105 | Georgia | 24.0% | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 23.9% | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 107 | China | 23.8% | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 108 | Czechia | 23.4% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 109 | Slovakia | 23.3% | 2022 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 110 | France | 23.2% | 2022 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 111 | Singapore | 23.2% | 2022 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 112 | Ecuador | 22.8% | 2022 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 113 | Montenegro | 22.8% | 2022 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 114 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.6% | 2022 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 115 | Botswana | 22.3% | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 116 | Myanmar | 22.0% | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 117 | Ireland | 21.9% | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 118 | Spain | 21.8% | 2022 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 119 | Ghana | 21.2% | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 120 | Gambia | 21.2% | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.1% | 2022 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 122 | Saint Lucia | 20.9% | 2022 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 123 | Gabon | 20.8% | 2022 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 124 | Seychelles | 20.4% | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 125 | Bangladesh | 20.3% | 2022 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 126 | Lithuania | 20.2% | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.9% | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 128 | Austria | 19.8% | 2022 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 129 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19.7% | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 130 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.5% | 2022 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 131 | Eswatini | 19.2% | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 132 | Sudan | 19.1% | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 133 | Switzerland | 19.0% | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 134 | Indonesia | 19.0% | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 135 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 19.0% | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 136 | Slovenia | 19.0% | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 137 | Cameroon | 18.8% | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 138 | New Zealand | 18.7% | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.2% | 2022 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 140 | Russian Federation | 18.1% | 2022 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 141 | Somalia | 18.1% | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 142 | Nigeria | 18.1% | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 143 | Benin | 18.0% | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 144 | Chad | 17.8% | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 17.7% | 2022 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.6% | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 17.5% | 2022 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 148 | Angola | 17.3% | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 149 | Comoros | 17.2% | 2022 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 150 | Djibouti | 17.0% | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 16.9% | 2022 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 152 | Guinea | 16.7% | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 153 | Senegal | 16.6% | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 154 | Central African Republic | 16.5% | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 155 | South Sudan | 16.3% | 2022 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 156 | Niger | 16.2% | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 157 | Congo | 16.0% | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 158 | Estonia | 15.9% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 159 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15.8% | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 160 | Fiji | 15.5% | 2022 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14.9% | 2022 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 162 | Togo | 14.8% | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 14.6% | 2022 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 164 | Latvia | 14.5% | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 165 | Burundi | 14.3% | 2022 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 166 | Zambia | 14.1% | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 167 | Belarus | 14.0% | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 13.9% | 2022 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 169 | Madagascar | 13.6% | 2022 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 170 | Samoa | 13.5% | 2022 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 171 | Cambodia | 13.3% | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 13.0% | 2022 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 173 | Ukraine | 12.8% | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 12.5% | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 175 | Denmark | 12.1% | 2022 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 176 | Turkmenistan | 12.1% | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 177 | Germany | 12.0% | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 178 | Eritrea | 11.8% | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 179 | Republic of Moldova | 10.8% | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 180 | Bhutan | 9.9% | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 181 | Mozambique | 9.7% | 2022 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 182 | Finland | 9.6% | 2022 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 9.4% | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 184 | Netherlands | 9.4% | 2022 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 185 | Rwanda | 9.0% | 2022 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 186 | Kenya | 8.9% | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 187 | Sweden | 8.7% | 2022 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 188 | Nepal | 8.2% | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 189 | Lesotho | 8.0% | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 190 | Vanuatu | 7.5% | 2022 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 191 | Niue | 7.4% | 2022 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 192 | Uganda | 5.5% | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 193 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.3% | 2022 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 194 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2022 | down 56.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sur 48.9%
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 43.7%
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 40.3%
- Mus 29.9%
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 38.2%
- Americas (WHO region) 35.6%
- High income (World Bank) 32.7%
- World 31.3%
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 26.9%
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 26.5%
- Europe (WHO region) 25.0%
- Africa (WHO region) 17.3%
- Low income (World Bank) 17.0%