Insufficient physical activity

% Adults attaining <150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week, or <75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week, or equivalent. All adults

Key

< 10%
10-20%
20-30%
30-40%
≥ 40%

Africa region

  • Mauritania: 41.3%
  • Mali: 40.4%
  • South Africa: 38.2%
  • Algeria: 33.6%
  • Namibia: 33.4%

Americas region

  • Brazil: 47%
  • Costa Rica: 46.1%
  • Suriname: 44.4%
  • Colombia: 44%
  • Bahamas: 43.3%

Eastern Mediterranean region

  • Kuwait: 67%
  • Saudi Arabia: 53.1%
  • Iraq: 52%
  • United Arab Emirates: 41.4%
  • Qatar: 36.8%

European region

  • Cyprus: 44.4%
  • Portugal: 43.4%
  • Germany: 42.2%
  • Malta: 41.7%
  • Italy: 41.4%

SE Asia region

  • India: 34%
  • Maldives: 30.3%
  • Sri Lanka: 28.9%
  • Bangladesh: 27.8%
  • Thailand: 24.6%

Western Pacific region

  • Marshall Islands: 43.5%
  • New Zealand: 42.4%
  • Nauru: 42.1%
  • Palau: 40.9%
  • Kiribati: 40.4%

Source: Guthold R, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Bull FC. Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1.9 million participants. Lancet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30357-7

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