Insufficient physical activity among adults
Share of adults aged 18 and over who do less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity a week, or an equivalent combination. WHO modelled estimate (crude).
Highest in 2022
64.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest in 2022
2.1%
Malawi
Countries ranked for 2022
193
Updated by the source on 21 June 2024
193 countries have a value for 2022, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of adults aged 18+. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United States | China | India | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36.4% | 23.3% | 48.7% | 15.0% |
| 2021 | 36.1% | 23.0% | 47.4% | 15.3% |
| 2020 | 35.9% | 22.8% | 46.0% | 15.6% |
| 2019 | 35.6% | 22.5% | 44.6% | 15.9% |
| 2018 | 35.4% | 22.3% | 43.2% | 16.2% |
| 2017 | 35.2% | 22.1% | 41.8% | 16.5% |
| 2016 | 34.9% | 21.9% | 40.4% | 16.9% |
| 2015 | 34.7% | 21.7% | 39.0% | 17.3% |
| 2014 | 34.5% | 21.5% | 37.6% | 17.7% |
| 2013 | 34.3% | 21.3% | 36.3% | 18.1% |
| 2012 | 34.1% | 21.1% | 34.9% | 18.5% |
| 2011 | 34.0% | 21.0% | 33.6% | 18.9% |
| 2010 | 33.7% | 20.8% | 32.3% | 19.3% |
| 2009 | 33.5% | 20.6% | 31.1% | 19.6% |
| 2008 | 33.2% | 20.5% | 29.8% | 20.0% |
| 2007 | 33.0% | 20.3% | 28.6% | 20.3% |
| 2006 | 32.7% | 20.2% | 27.4% | 20.7% |
| 2005 | 32.4% | 20.0% | 26.2% | 21.0% |
| 2004 | 32.1% | 20.0% | 25.1% | 21.3% |
| 2003 | 31.8% | 19.9% | 24.0% | 21.6% |
| 2002 | 31.5% | 19.9% | 22.9% | 22.0% |
| 2001 | 31.1% | 19.8% | 21.9% | 22.2% |
| 2000 | 30.8% | 19.8% | 20.8% | 22.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 193 countries with a value for 2022, the highest is United Arab Emirates (64.0%) and the lowest Malawi (2.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 26.5% and half below.
- From 2021 to 2022 the value rose in 118 countries and fell in 75.
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All countries in 2022 Every value is for 2022, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 United Arab Emirates 64.0%
- 2 Cuba 63.8%
- 3 Kuwait 63.1%
- 4 South Korea 60.7%
- 5 Lebanon 59.6%
- 6 Panama 58.0%
- 7 Portugal 56.1%
- 8 Qatar 51.1%
- 9 Japan 50.6%
- 10 Costa Rica 50.5%
- 11 Iraq 49.8%
- 12 Saudi Arabia 49.6%
- 13 Serbia 48.9%
- 14 India 48.7%
- 15 Suriname 48.7%
- 16 Barbados 46.7%
- 17 Venezuela 46.2%
- 18 Puerto Rico (US) 45.9%
- 19 Iran 45.9%
- 20 Trinidad and Tobago 45.7%
- 21 Italy 45.2%
- 22 Türkiye 44.5%
- 23 Philippines 44.4%
- 24 Libya 44.3%
- 25 Pakistan 44.2%
- 26 Malta 43.7%
- 27 South Africa 43.6%
- 28 Cyprus 43.0%
- 29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 42.4%
- 30 Brazil 40.9%
- 31 Romania 40.4%
- 32 Poland 40.4%
- 33 Canada 40.4%
- 34 Belize 40.2%
- 35 Argentina 39.8%
- 36 Chile 39.8%
- 37 Greece 39.8%
- 38 Malaysia 39.2%
- 39 Antigua and Barbuda 39.0%
- 40 El Salvador 38.9%
- 41 Sri Lanka 38.5%
- 42 Jamaica 38.2%
- 43 Norway 38.1%
- 44 Oman 38.0%
- 45 Nicaragua 37.4%
- 46 Bahamas 37.4%
- 47 Bulgaria 37.0%
- 48 Bahrain 36.9%
- 49 Dominican Republic 36.8%
- 50 Grenada 36.6%
- 51 United States 36.4%
- 52 Uruguay 36.4%
- 53 Syria 36.3%
- 54 Mauritania 36.2%
- 55 Guatemala 35.2%
- 56 Paraguay 35.1%
- 57 Honduras 35.0%
- 58 Colombia 34.5%
- 59 Peru 34.5%
- 60 Guyana 34.3%
- 61 Tajikistan 33.8%
- 62 Tunisia 33.8%
- 63 Naoero 33.2%
- 64 Hungary 33.1%
- 65 Croatia 33.0%
- 66 Egypt 32.4%
- 67 Mauritius 31.5%
- 68 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.4%
- 69 Thailand 31.2%
- 70 Brunei 31.0%
- 71 Afghanistan 31.0%
- 72 Dominica 30.8%
- 73 Uzbekistan 30.4%
- 74 Kiribati 30.3%
- 75 Tonga 30.2%
- 76 Viet Nam 30.2%
- 77 Cabo Verde 29.8%
- 78 Andorra 29.2%
- 79 San Marino 29.0%
- 80 Belgium 28.8%
- 81 Micronesia 28.5%
- 82 Algeria 28.5%
- 83 Armenia 28.4%
- 84 Kazakhstan 28.4%
- 85 North Korea 28.1%
- 86 Mexico 28.0%
- 87 North Macedonia 28.0%
- 88 Australia 28.0%
- 89 Israel 27.9%
- 90 Iceland 27.7%
- 91 West Bank and Gaza 27.6%
- 92 Czechia 27.1%
- 93 France 27.1%
- 94 Mali 27.1%
- 95 Haiti 26.8%
- 96 Yemen 26.7%
- 97 Albania 26.5%
- 98 Georgia 26.5%
- 99 Jordan 26.4%
- 100 Timor-Leste 26.4%
- 101 Palau 26.4%
- 102 Mongolia 26.3%
- 103 Slovakia 25.8%
- 104 Spain 25.3%
- 105 Montenegro 25.1%
- 106 Singapore 24.6%
- 107 Lithuania 24.3%
- 108 Morocco 24.2%
- 109 Tuvalu 24.1%
- 110 Ireland 23.9%
- 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.8%
- 112 Azerbaijan 23.6%
- 113 Namibia 23.5%
- 114 China 23.3%
- 115 Marshall Islands 23.3%
- 116 Austria 22.9%
- 117 Slovenia 22.7%
- 118 Maldives 22.6%
- 119 Ecuador 22.5%
- 120 Switzerland 21.9%
- 121 United Kingdom 21.9%
- 122 Bolivia 21.3%
- 123 Saint Lucia 21.1%
- 124 Myanmar 21.1%
- 125 New Zealand 20.7%
- 126 Seychelles 20.6%
- 127 Russia 20.3%
- 128 Botswana 20.2%
- 129 Estonia 19.5%
- 130 Bangladesh 19.3%
- 131 Ghana 19.2%
- 132 Gabon 19.2%
- 133 Gambia 18.8%
- 134 Kyrgyzstan 18.6%
- 135 Indonesia 18.3%
- 136 Latvia 18.2%
- 137 Equatorial Guinea 17.6%
- 138 Côte d'Ivoire 17.4%
- 139 Eswatini 17.3%
- 140 Sudan 17.1%
- 141 Cameroon 16.7%
- 142 São Tomé and Príncipe 16.6%
- 143 Belarus 16.3%
- 144 Solomon Islands 16.2%
- 145 Nigeria 16.2%
- 146 Benin 16.1%
- 147 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 16.0%
- 148 Comoros 15.9%
- 149 Zimbabwe 15.7%
- 150 Djibouti 15.6%
- 151 Guinea-Bissau 15.5%
- 152 Chad 15.5%
- 153 Luxembourg 15.5%
- 154 Ukraine 15.4%
- 155 Angola 15.4%
- 156 Germany 15.0%
- 157 Guinea 14.9%
- 158 Fiji 14.9%
- 159 Senegal 14.7%
- 160 Burkina Faso 14.7%
- 161 South Sudan 14.6%
- 162 Laos 14.6%
- 163 Central African Republic 14.5%
- 164 Denmark 14.5%
- 165 Republic of the Congo 14.2%
- 166 Niger 14.1%
- 167 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13.2%
- 168 Togo 13.0%
- 169 Samoa 12.9%
- 170 Liberia 12.9%
- 171 Cambodia 12.4%
- 172 Burundi 12.4%
- 173 Madagascar 12.1%
- 174 Finland 12.0%
- 175 Zambia 11.6%
- 176 Moldova 11.6%
- 177 Netherlands 11.4%
- 178 Sierra Leone 11.3%
- 179 Papua New Guinea 11.3%
- 180 Turkmenistan 11.2%
- 181 Sweden 10.7%
- 182 Eritrea 10.7%
- 183 Bhutan 9.1%
- 184 Mozambique 8.2%
- 185 Ethiopia 8.0%
- 186 Nepal 7.7%
- 187 Rwanda 7.6%
- 188 Kenya 7.5%
- 189 Lesotho 7.0%
- 190 Vanuatu 6.8%
- 191 Uganda 4.2%
- 192 Tanzania 3.5%
- 193 Malawi 2.1%
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Grey: no value for 2022. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.