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Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ years (crude estimate) (%) by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
64.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
2.1%
Malawi
Median
26.5%
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
4,761

What the numbers show

Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ years (crude estimate) (%) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 64.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 2.1% in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 26.5%, and the mean is 27.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 31.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 81.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 61.4%).

Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 64.0% 2022 up 20.5% rising
2 Cuba 63.8% 2022 up 27.6% rising
3 Kuwait 63.1% 2022 up 5.3% rising
4 Republic of Korea 60.7% 2022 up 38.2% rising
5 Lebanon 59.6% 2022 up 25.6% rising
6 Panama 58.0% 2022 up 23.9% rising
7 Portugal 56.1% 2022 up 9.8% rising
8 Qatar 51.1% 2022 up 10.7% rising
9 Japan 50.6% 2022 up 21.5% rising
10 Costa Rica 50.5% 2022 up 9.9% rising
11 Iraq 49.8% 2022 up 11.2% rising
12 Saudi Arabia 49.6% 2022 down 5.2% falling
13 Serbia 48.9% 2022 down 1.8% flat
14 India 48.7% 2022 up 39.4% rising
15 Barbados 46.7% 2022 up 12.5% rising
16 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 46.2% 2022 up 13.2% rising
17 Puerto Rico 45.9% 2022 up 13.7% rising
18 Iran, Islamic Republic of 45.9% 2022 up 25.3% rising
19 Trinidad and Tobago 45.7% 2022 up 12.9% rising
20 Italy 45.2% 2022 down 2.3% flat
21 Türkiye 44.5% 2022 up 7.7% rising
22 Philippines 44.4% 2022 up 62.7% rising
23 Libya 44.3% 2022 up 14.6% rising
24 Pakistan 44.2% 2022 up 28.5% rising
25 Malta 43.7% 2022 down 12.9% falling
26 South Africa 43.6% 2022 down 5.0% falling
27 Cyprus 43.0% 2022 up 0.5% flat
28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.4% 2022 up 13.9% rising
29 Brazil 40.9% 2022 up 15.7% rising
30 Romania 40.4% 2022 up 35.0% rising
31 Poland 40.4% 2022 up 26.8% rising
32 Canada 40.4% 2022 up 18.0% rising
33 Belize 40.2% 2022 up 12.4% rising
34 Argentina 39.8% 2022 up 8.1% rising
35 Chile 39.8% 2022 up 27.5% rising
36 Greece 39.8% 2022 up 10.0% rising
37 Malaysia 39.2% 2022 down 1.4% flat
38 Antigua and Barbuda 39.0% 2022 up 14.6% rising
39 El Salvador 38.9% 2022 up 12.9% rising
40 Sri Lanka 38.5% 2022 up 39.6% rising
41 Jamaica 38.2% 2022 up 17.2% rising
42 Norway 38.1% 2022 up 4.7% rising
43 Oman 38.0% 2022 up 16.4% rising
44 Nicaragua 37.4% 2022 up 12.8% rising
45 Bahamas 37.4% 2022 up 1.4% flat
46 Bulgaria 37.0% 2022 up 24.8% rising
47 Bahrain 36.9% 2022 up 13.4% rising
48 Dominican Republic 36.8% 2022 up 16.6% rising
49 Grenada 36.6% 2022 up 15.2% rising
50 United States of America 36.4% 2022 up 6.6% rising
51 Uruguay 36.4% 2022 up 8.4% rising
52 Syrian Arab Republic 36.3% 2022 up 11.8% rising
53 Mauritania 36.2% 2022 down 22.9% falling
54 Guatemala 35.2% 2022 up 68.0% rising
55 Paraguay 35.1% 2022 up 24.1% rising
56 Honduras 35.0% 2022 up 15.5% rising
57 Colombia 34.5% 2022 up 16.0% rising
58 Peru 34.5% 2022 up 18.0% rising
59 Guyana 34.3% 2022 up 16.7% rising
60 Tajikistan 33.8% 2022 up 19.3% rising
61 Tunisia 33.8% 2022 up 22.6% rising
62 Naoero 33.2% 2022 down 8.3% falling
63 Hungary 33.1% 2022 up 24.7% rising
64 Croatia 33.0% 2022 up 43.2% rising
65 Egypt 32.4% 2022 up 6.2% rising
66 Mauritius 31.5% 2022 up 10.6% rising
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.4% 2022 up 13.3% rising
68 Thailand 31.2% 2022 up 40.3% rising
69 Brunei Darussalam 31.0% 2022 up 14.0% rising
70 Afghanistan 31.0% 2022 up 23.1% rising
71 Dominica 30.8% 2022 up 19.4% rising
72 Uzbekistan 30.4% 2022 up 77.0% rising
73 Kiribati 30.3% 2022 down 11.8% falling
74 Tonga 30.2% 2022 up 0.5% flat
75 Viet Nam 30.2% 2022 up 36.2% rising
76 Cape Verde 29.8% 2022 up 17.6% rising
77 Andorra 29.2% 2022 down 9.3% falling
78 San Marino 29.0% 2022 down 9.0% falling
79 Belgium 28.8% 2022 down 24.3% falling
80 Micronesia, Federated States of 28.5% 2022 down 15.7% falling
81 Algeria 28.5% 2022 up 14.9% rising
82 Armenia 28.4% 2022 up 11.5% rising
83 Kazakhstan 28.4% 2022 up 28.3% rising
84 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 28.1% 2022 up 20.4% rising
85 Mexico 28.0% 2022 up 13.6% rising
86 North Macedonia 28.0% 2022 up 13.6% rising
87 Australia 28.0% 2022 up 0.3% flat
88 Israel 27.9% 2022 down 10.5% falling
89 Iceland 27.7% 2022 down 8.1% falling
90 Palestine, State of 27.6% 2022 down 16.4% falling
91 Czechia 27.1% 2022 up 5.6% rising
92 France 27.1% 2022 down 20.2% falling
93 Mali 27.1% 2022 down 10.6% falling
94 Haiti 26.8% 2022 up 15.3% rising
95 Yemen 26.7% 2022 up 19.1% rising
96 Cook Islands 26.6% 2022 down 31.5% falling
97 Albania 26.5% 2022 up 16.8% rising
98 Georgia 26.5% 2022 up 23.7% rising
99 Jordan 26.4% 2022 up 2.8% rising
100 Timor-Leste 26.4% 2022 up 25.4% rising
101 Palau 26.4% 2022 down 8.8% falling
102 Mongolia 26.3% 2022 up 81.0% rising
103 Slovakia 25.8% 2022 down 0.8% falling
104 Spain 25.3% 2022 down 25.0% falling
105 Montenegro 25.1% 2022 up 12.6% rising
106 Singapore 24.6% 2022 up 3.8% flat
107 Lithuania 24.3% 2022 down 3.1% falling
108 Morocco 24.2% 2022 up 11.8% rising
109 Tuvalu 24.1% 2022 down 16.5% falling
110 Ireland 23.9% 2022 down 22.7% falling
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.8% 2022 up 23.1% rising
112 Azerbaijan 23.6% 2022 up 9.5% rising
113 Namibia 23.5% 2022 down 16.2% falling
114 China 23.3% 2022 up 10.3% rising
115 Marshall Islands 23.3% 2022 down 17.7% falling
116 Austria 22.9% 2022 down 19.3% falling
117 Slovenia 22.7% 2022 up 6.6% rising
118 Maldives 22.6% 2022 down 1.9% falling
119 Ecuador 22.5% 2022 up 7.3% rising
120 Switzerland 21.9% 2022 down 13.3% falling
121 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21.9% 2022 down 26.6% falling
122 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 21.3% 2022 up 3.4% flat
123 Saint Lucia 21.1% 2022 down 4.3% falling
124 Myanmar 21.1% 2022 up 4.3% flat
125 New Zealand 20.7% 2022 down 4.8% falling
126 Seychelles 20.6% 2022 up 0.8% flat
127 Russian Federation 20.3% 2022 up 31.2% rising
128 Botswana 20.2% 2022 down 9.4% falling
129 Estonia 19.5% 2022 up 14.9% rising
130 Bangladesh 19.3% 2022 down 0.0% falling
131 Ghana 19.2% 2022 up 12.6% rising
132 Gabon 19.2% 2022 down 7.2% falling
133 Gambia 18.8% 2022 down 2.2% falling
134 Kyrgyzstan 18.6% 2022 up 12.9% rising
135 Indonesia 18.3% 2022 up 16.9% rising
136 Latvia 18.2% 2022 down 9.6% falling
137 Equatorial Guinea 17.6% 2022 down 8.1% falling
138 Côte d'Ivoire 17.4% 2022 down 9.2% falling
139 Eswatini 17.3% 2022 down 7.3% falling
140 Sudan 17.1% 2022 down 3.9% falling
141 Cameroon 16.7% 2022 down 11.0% falling
142 Sao Tome and Principe 16.6% 2022 up 3.9% flat
143 Belarus 16.3% 2022 down 7.9% falling
144 Solomon Islands 16.2% 2022 down 29.6% falling
145 Nigeria 16.2% 2022 down 6.9% falling
146 Benin 16.1% 2022 up 6.0% rising
147 Somalia 16.0% 2022 down 4.0% falling
148 Comoros 15.9% 2022 up 34.4% rising
149 Zimbabwe 15.7% 2022 down 2.1% falling
150 Djibouti 15.6% 2022 down 2.2% falling
151 Guinea-Bissau 15.5% 2022 down 6.4% falling
152 Chad 15.5% 2022 down 11.2% falling
153 Luxembourg 15.5% 2022 down 27.2% falling
154 Ukraine 15.4% 2022 up 18.1% rising
155 Angola 15.4% 2022 down 8.4% falling
156 Germany 15.0% 2022 down 18.8% falling
157 Guinea 14.9% 2022 down 6.4% falling
158 Fiji 14.9% 2022 down 12.8% falling
159 Senegal 14.7% 2022 down 9.3% falling
160 Burkina Faso 14.7% 2022 up 2.7% flat
161 South Sudan 14.6% 2022 down 0.3% falling
162 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14.6% 2022 up 0.1% falling
163 Central African Republic 14.5% 2022 down 3.9% falling
164 Denmark 14.5% 2022 down 28.0% falling
165 Congo 14.2% 2022 down 10.9% falling
166 Niger 14.1% 2022 down 14.9% falling
167 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.2% 2022 down 7.3% falling
168 Togo 13.0% 2022 up 7.5% rising
169 Samoa 12.9% 2022 down 40.8% falling
170 Liberia 12.9% 2022 down 33.3% falling
171 Cambodia 12.4% 2022 up 3.9% flat
172 Burundi 12.4% 2022 down 3.7% falling
173 Madagascar 12.1% 2022 down 1.8% falling
174 Finland 12.0% 2022 down 35.2% falling
175 Zambia 11.6% 2022 down 7.8% falling
176 Republic of Moldova 11.6% 2022 down 13.7% falling
177 Netherlands 11.4% 2022 down 26.4% falling
178 Sierra Leone 11.3% 2022 down 12.5% falling
179 Papua New Guinea 11.3% 2022 down 10.1% falling
180 Turkmenistan 11.2% 2022 down 10.5% falling
181 Sweden 10.7% 2022 down 43.4% falling
182 Eritrea 10.7% 2022 down 0.2% falling
183 Bhutan 9.1% 2022 down 5.3% falling
184 Niue 8.6% 2022 down 24.4% falling
185 Mozambique 8.2% 2022 up 21.4% rising
186 Ethiopia 8.0% 2022 down 14.2% falling
187 Nepal 7.7% 2022 down 10.0% falling
188 Rwanda 7.6% 2022 down 33.0% falling
189 Kenya 7.5% 2022 down 12.0% falling
190 Lesotho 7.0% 2022 down 14.7% falling
191 Vanuatu 6.8% 2022 down 24.1% falling
192 Uganda 4.2% 2022 down 27.1% falling
193 Tanzania, United Republic of 3.5% 2022 down 42.5% falling
194 Malawi 2.1% 2022 down 61.4% volatile

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

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Indicator
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ years (crude estimate) (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
207 places, 4,761 data points, 2000–2022
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