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Countries by Insufficient Physical Activity

Complete ranking of 195 countries • % adults • Data refreshed May 28, 2026

Leader

Kuwait

Field size

195 countries

Lowest rank

Malawi

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Kuwait leads all 195 countries in Insufficient Physical Activity with a value of 63.27% of adults, while Malawi ranks last at 3.44% of adults. This represents a 18-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Insufficient Physical Activity Measures

Age-standardized share of adults aged 18+ with insufficient physical activity, from WHO data.who.int.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Insufficient Physical Activity across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 3.44% of adults (Malawi) to 63.27% of adults (Kuwait) — a 18-fold difference across 195 countries.

Regional Patterns

Asian countries dominate this ranking, holding 10 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 17.76% of adults to 35.2% of adults. The overall spread from 3.44% of adults to 63.27% of adults reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Kuwait and United Arab Emirates are separated by only 4%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Asia

Kuwait

63.27% of adults

North America

Panama

54.63% of adults

Africa

Mauritania

52.42% of adults

Europe

Portugal

51.65% of adults

South America

Chile

38.21% of adults

Oceania

Nauru

36.76% of adults

Highest Insufficient Physical Activity

The 5 strongest Insufficient Physical Activity reads.

Kuwait63.27% of adults United Arab Emirates60.93% of adults South Korea56.48% of adults Panama54.63% of adults Lebanon54.63% of adults

Lowest Insufficient Physical Activity

The 5 lowest Insufficient Physical Activity reads.

Malawi3.44% of adults Tanzania4.51% of adults Uganda6.24% of adults Vanuatu7.52% of adults Niue7.77% of adults

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from WHO data.who.int, covering 195 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stKuwait63.27% of adults

2ndUnited Arab Emirates60.93% of adults

3rdSouth Korea56.48% of adults

4thPanama54.63% of adults

5thLebanon54.63% of adults

6thSaudi Arabia54.13% of adults

7thMauritania52.42% of adults

8thIraq52.02% of adults

9thPortugal51.65% of adults

10thQatar50.93% of adults

Country Ladder

1stKuwaitAsia63.27% of adults 2ndUnited Arab EmiratesAsia60.93% of adults 3rdSouth KoreaAsia56.48% of adults 4thPanamaNorth America54.63% of adults 5thLebanonAsia54.63% of adults 6thSaudi ArabiaAsia54.13% of adults 7thMauritaniaAfrica52.42% of adults 8thIraqAsia52.02% of adults 9thPortugalEurope51.65% of adults 10thQatarAsia50.93% of adults 11thIndiaAsia49.42% of adults 12thCosta RicaNorth America49.32% of adults 13thCubaNorth America46.91% of adults 14thLibyaAfrica45.56% of adults 15thSerbiaEurope45.49% of adults 16thBelgiumEurope45.13% of adults 17thVenezuelaNorth America44.96% of adults 18thSouth AfricaAfrica44.8% of adults 19thJapanAsia44.75% of adults 20thIranAsia44.73% of adults 21stTurkeyEurope44.39% of adults 22ndSurinameNorth America44% of adults 23rdMaltaEurope43.4% of adults 24thTrinidad and TobagoNorth America42.98% of adults 25thPakistanAsia42.83% of adults 26thBarbadosNorth America42.8% of adults 27thPhilippinesAsia41.96% of adults 28thOmanAsia40.88% of adults 29thCyprusEurope40.83% of adults 30thItalyEurope40.8% of adults 31stBelizeNorth America40.68% of adults 32ndMalaysiaAsia40.6% of adults 33rdPuerto RicoNorth America38.9% of adults 34thSaint Kitts and NevisNorth America38.65% of adults 35thChileSouth America38.21% of adults 36thArgentinaSouth America38.21% of adults 37thJamaicaNorth America38.11% of adults 38thBahrainAsia37.94% of adults 39thSyriaAsia37.51% of adults 40thBahamasNorth America37.29% of adults 41stSri LankaAsia37.18% of adults 42ndNicaraguaNorth America36.91% of adults 43rdNauruOceania36.76% of adults 44thBrazilSouth America36.74% of adults 45thParaguaySouth America35.96% of adults 46thGrenadaNorth America35.87% of adults 47thEl SalvadorNorth America35.37% of adults 48thTajikistanAsia35.2% of adults 49thGreeceEurope35.2% of adults 50thNorwayEurope34.83% of adults 51stAntigua and BarbudaNorth America34.24% of adults 52ndGuyanaNorth America34.17% of adults 53rdColombiaNorth America34.02% of adults 54thPolandEurope33.9% of adults 55thUnited StatesNorth America33.74% of adults 56thEgyptAfrica33.64% of adults 57thUruguaySouth America33.55% of adults 58thCanadaNorth America33.55% of adults 59thHondurasNorth America33.3% of adults 60thDominican RepublicNorth America32.9% of adults 61stPeruSouth America32.85% of adults 62ndMaliAfrica32.65% of adults 63rdKiribatiOceania31.89% of adults 64thAfghanistanAsia31.5% of adults 65thCabo VerdeAfrica31.23% of adults 66thBulgariaEurope30.99% of adults 67thPalestineAsia30.85% of adults 68thBruneiAsia30.62% of adults 69thTongaOceania30.6% of adults 70thDominicaNorth America30.52% of adults 71stSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America30.46% of adults 72ndVietnamAsia30.32% of adults 73rdFranceEurope29.74% of adults 74thHungaryEurope29.41% of adults 75thMicronesiaOceania29.31% of adults 76thGuatemalaNorth America29.3% of adults 77thTunisiaAfrica29.2% of adults 78thAlgeriaAfrica29.04% of adults 79thMauritiusAfrica28.98% of adults 80thUzbekistanAsia28.91% of adults 81stYemenAsia28.72% of adults 82ndKazakhstanAsia28.23% of adults 83rdJordanAsia28.12% of adults 84thHaitiNorth America27.91% of adults 85thIsraelAsia27.46% of adults 86thAndorraEurope27.21% of adults 87thNorth KoreaAsia26.99% of adults 88thIcelandEurope26.8% of adults 89thArmeniaEurope26.58% of adults 90thRomaniaEurope26.38% of adults 91stSan MarinoEurope26.37% of adults 92ndTuvaluOceania26.22% of adults 93rdPalauOceania26.22% of adults 94thNamibiaAfrica26.21% of adults 95thNorth MacedoniaEurope25.8% of adults 96thCroatiaEurope25.69% of adults 97thMexicoNorth America25.57% of adults 98thAustraliaOceania25.55% of adults 99thCook IslandsOceania25.42% of adults 100thTimor-LesteAsia25.07% of adults 101stThailandAsia24.64% of adults 102ndMarshall IslandsOceania24.38% of adults 103rdMaldivesAsia24.31% of adults 104thChinaAsia23.84% of adults 105thAlbaniaEurope23.62% of adults 106thGeorgiaEurope23.55% of adults 107thSlovakiaEurope23.45% of adults 108thCzechiaEurope23.37% of adults 109thIrelandEurope23.32% of adults 110thSingaporeAsia23.18% of adults 111stAzerbaijanEurope22.84% of adults 112ndMoroccoAfrica22.82% of adults 113rdBotswanaAfrica22.67% of adults 114thSpainEurope22.64% of adults 115thMongoliaAsia22.57% of adults 116thEcuadorSouth America22.46% of adults 117thLiberiaAfrica22.24% of adults 118thBoliviaSouth America21.86% of adults 119thMyanmarAsia21.62% of adults 120thSaint LuciaNorth America21.48% of adults 121stMontenegroEurope21.39% of adults 122ndSeychellesAfrica21.38% of adults 123rdUnited KingdomEurope21.22% of adults 124thGabonAfrica21.13% of adults 125thGambiaAfrica21.12% of adults 126thSwitzerlandEurope21.05% of adults 127thGhanaAfrica20.89% of adults 128thLithuaniaEurope20.67% of adults 129thBangladeshAsia20.31% of adults 130thAustriaEurope20.26% of adults 131stCôte d'IvoireAfrica20.05% of adults 132ndEquatorial GuineaAfrica19.7% of adults 133rdChadAfrica19.4% of adults 134thSolomon IslandsOceania19.27% of adults 135thEswatiniAfrica19.22% of adults 136thSudanAfrica19.11% of adults 137thCameroonAfrica18.95% of adults 138thSloveniaEurope18.86% of adults 139thNew ZealandOceania18.8% of adults 140thIndonesiaAsia18.72% of adults 141stNigeriaAfrica18.16% of adults 142ndSomaliaAfrica18.1% of adults 143rdBeninAfrica18.02% of adults 144thSao Tome and PrincipeAfrica17.96% of adults 145thKyrgyzstanAsia17.94% of adults 146thNigerAfrica17.84% of adults 147thAngolaAfrica17.76% of adults 148thGuinea-BissauAfrica17.73% of adults 149thRussiaEurope17.66% of adults 150thZimbabweAfrica17.65% of adults 151stBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope17.64% of adults 152ndSenegalAfrica17.05% of adults 153rdDjiboutiAfrica17.01% of adults 154thGuineaAfrica16.91% of adults 155thBurkina FasoAfrica16.7% of adults 156thCentral African RepublicAfrica16.53% of adults 157thCongoAfrica16.26% of adults 158thSouth SudanAfrica16.26% of adults 159thComorosAfrica16.21% of adults 160thFijiOceania15.72% of adults 161stEstoniaEurope15.61% of adults 162ndLaosAsia15.58% of adults 163rdLatviaEurope15.44% of adults 164thLuxembourgEurope14.89% of adults 165thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica14.87% of adults 166thTogoAfrica14.78% of adults 167thBelarusEurope14.64% of adults 168thBurundiAfrica14.35% of adults 169thSamoaOceania14.22% of adults 170thZambiaAfrica14.16% of adults 171stGermanyEurope14.08% of adults 172ndMadagascarAfrica13.56% of adults 173rdCambodiaAsia13.23% of adults 174thPapua New GuineaOceania13.19% of adults 175thSierra LeoneAfrica13.14% of adults 176thDenmarkEurope12.62% of adults 177thTurkmenistanAsia12.36% of adults 178thEritreaAfrica11.97% of adults 179thFinlandEurope11.81% of adults 180thMoldovaEurope11.69% of adults 181stUkraineEurope11.15% of adults 182ndBhutanAsia9.9% of adults 183rdNetherlandsEurope9.8% of adults 184thMozambiqueAfrica9.7% of adults 185thRwandaAfrica9.6% of adults 186thEthiopiaAfrica9.4% of adults 187thSwedenEurope9.3% of adults 188thKenyaAfrica9.0% of adults 189thNepalAsia8.5% of adults 190thLesothoAfrica8.0% of adults 191stNiueOceania7.8% of adults 192ndVanuatuOceania7.5% of adults 193rdUgandaAfrica6.2% of adults 194thTanzaniaAfrica4.5% of adults 195thMalawiAfrica3.4% of adults

Insufficient Physical Activity ranking for 195 countries
				Percentile
1st	Kuwait	63.27% of adults	Asia	100%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	60.93% of adults	Asia	99%
3rd	South Korea	56.48% of adults	Asia	99%
4th	Panama	54.63% of adults	North America	98%
5th	Lebanon	54.63% of adults	Asia	98%
6th	Saudi Arabia	54.13% of adults	Asia	97%
7th	Mauritania	52.42% of adults	Africa	97%
8th	Iraq	52.02% of adults	Asia	96%
9th	Portugal	51.65% of adults	Europe	96%
10th	Qatar	50.93% of adults	Asia	95%
11th	India	49.42% of adults	Asia	95%
12th	Costa Rica	49.32% of adults	North America	94%
13th	Cuba	46.91% of adults	North America	94%
14th	Libya	45.56% of adults	Africa	93%
15th	Serbia	45.49% of adults	Europe	93%
16th	Belgium	45.13% of adults	Europe	92%
17th	Venezuela	44.96% of adults	North America	92%
18th	South Africa	44.8% of adults	Africa	91%
19th	Japan	44.75% of adults	Asia	91%
20th	Iran	44.73% of adults	Asia	90%
21st	Turkey	44.39% of adults	Europe	90%
22nd	Suriname	44% of adults	North America	89%
23rd	Malta	43.4% of adults	Europe	89%
24th	Trinidad and Tobago	42.98% of adults	North America	88%
25th	Pakistan	42.83% of adults	Asia	88%
26th	Barbados	42.8% of adults	North America	87%
27th	Philippines	41.96% of adults	Asia	87%
28th	Oman	40.88% of adults	Asia	86%
29th	Cyprus	40.83% of adults	Europe	86%
30th	Italy	40.8% of adults	Europe	85%
31st	Belize	40.68% of adults	North America	85%
32nd	Malaysia	40.6% of adults	Asia	84%
33rd	Puerto Rico	38.9% of adults	North America	84%
34th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38.65% of adults	North America	83%
35th	Chile	38.21% of adults	South America	83%
36th	Argentina	38.21% of adults	South America	82%
37th	Jamaica	38.11% of adults	North America	82%
38th	Bahrain	37.94% of adults	Asia	81%
39th	Syria	37.51% of adults	Asia	81%
40th	Bahamas	37.29% of adults	North America	80%
41st	Sri Lanka	37.18% of adults	Asia	79%
42nd	Nicaragua	36.91% of adults	North America	79%
43rd	Nauru	36.76% of adults	Oceania	78%
44th	Brazil	36.74% of adults	South America	78%
45th	Paraguay	35.96% of adults	South America	77%
46th	Grenada	35.87% of adults	North America	77%
47th	El Salvador	35.37% of adults	North America	76%
48th	Tajikistan	35.2% of adults	Asia	76%
49th	Greece	35.2% of adults	Europe	75%
50th	Norway	34.83% of adults	Europe	75%
51st	Antigua and Barbuda	34.24% of adults	North America	74%
52nd	Guyana	34.17% of adults	North America	74%
53rd	Colombia	34.02% of adults	North America	73%
54th	Poland	33.9% of adults	Europe	73%
55th	United States	33.74% of adults	North America	72%
56th	Egypt	33.64% of adults	Africa	72%
57th	Uruguay	33.55% of adults	South America	71%
58th	Canada	33.55% of adults	North America	71%
59th	Honduras	33.3% of adults	North America	70%
60th	Dominican Republic	32.9% of adults	North America	70%
61st	Peru	32.85% of adults	South America	69%
62nd	Mali	32.65% of adults	Africa	69%
63rd	Kiribati	31.89% of adults	Oceania	68%
64th	Afghanistan	31.5% of adults	Asia	68%
65th	Cabo Verde	31.23% of adults	Africa	67%
66th	Bulgaria	30.99% of adults	Europe	67%
67th	Palestine	30.85% of adults	Asia	66%
68th	Brunei	30.62% of adults	Asia	66%
69th	Tonga	30.6% of adults	Oceania	65%
70th	Dominica	30.52% of adults	North America	65%
71st	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	30.46% of adults	North America	64%
72nd	Vietnam	30.32% of adults	Asia	64%
73rd	France	29.74% of adults	Europe	63%
74th	Hungary	29.41% of adults	Europe	63%
75th	Micronesia	29.31% of adults	Oceania	62%
76th	Guatemala	29.3% of adults	North America	62%
77th	Tunisia	29.2% of adults	Africa	61%
78th	Algeria	29.04% of adults	Africa	61%
79th	Mauritius	28.98% of adults	Africa	60%
80th	Uzbekistan	28.91% of adults	Asia	59%
81st	Yemen	28.72% of adults	Asia	59%
82nd	Kazakhstan	28.23% of adults	Asia	58%
83rd	Jordan	28.12% of adults	Asia	58%
84th	Haiti	27.91% of adults	North America	57%
85th	Israel	27.46% of adults	Asia	57%
86th	Andorra	27.21% of adults	Europe	56%
87th	North Korea	26.99% of adults	Asia	56%
88th	Iceland	26.8% of adults	Europe	55%
89th	Armenia	26.58% of adults	Europe	55%
90th	Romania	26.38% of adults	Europe	54%
91st	San Marino	26.37% of adults	Europe	54%
92nd	Tuvalu	26.22% of adults	Oceania	53%
93rd	Palau	26.22% of adults	Oceania	53%
94th	Namibia	26.21% of adults	Africa	52%
95th	North Macedonia	25.8% of adults	Europe	52%
96th	Croatia	25.69% of adults	Europe	51%
97th	Mexico	25.57% of adults	North America	51%
98th	Australia	25.55% of adults	Oceania	50%
99th	Cook Islands	25.42% of adults	Oceania	50%
100th	Timor-Leste	25.07% of adults	Asia	49%
101st	Thailand	24.64% of adults	Asia	49%
102nd	Marshall Islands	24.38% of adults	Oceania	48%
103rd	Maldives	24.31% of adults	Asia	48%
104th	China	23.84% of adults	Asia	47%
105th	Albania	23.62% of adults	Europe	47%
106th	Georgia	23.55% of adults	Europe	46%
107th	Slovakia	23.45% of adults	Europe	46%
108th	Czechia	23.37% of adults	Europe	45%
109th	Ireland	23.32% of adults	Europe	45%
110th	Singapore	23.18% of adults	Asia	44%
111st	Azerbaijan	22.84% of adults	Europe	44%
112nd	Morocco	22.82% of adults	Africa	43%
113rd	Botswana	22.67% of adults	Africa	43%
114th	Spain	22.64% of adults	Europe	42%
115th	Mongolia	22.57% of adults	Asia	42%
116th	Ecuador	22.46% of adults	South America	41%
117th	Liberia	22.24% of adults	Africa	41%
118th	Bolivia	21.86% of adults	South America	40%
119th	Myanmar	21.62% of adults	Asia	39%
120th	Saint Lucia	21.48% of adults	North America	39%
121st	Montenegro	21.39% of adults	Europe	38%
122nd	Seychelles	21.38% of adults	Africa	38%
123rd	United Kingdom	21.22% of adults	Europe	37%
124th	Gabon	21.13% of adults	Africa	37%
125th	Gambia	21.12% of adults	Africa	36%
126th	Switzerland	21.05% of adults	Europe	36%
127th	Ghana	20.89% of adults	Africa	35%
128th	Lithuania	20.67% of adults	Europe	35%
129th	Bangladesh	20.31% of adults	Asia	34%
130th	Austria	20.26% of adults	Europe	34%
131st	Côte d'Ivoire	20.05% of adults	Africa	33%
132nd	Equatorial Guinea	19.7% of adults	Africa	33%
133rd	Chad	19.4% of adults	Africa	32%
134th	Solomon Islands	19.27% of adults	Oceania	32%
135th	Eswatini	19.22% of adults	Africa	31%
136th	Sudan	19.11% of adults	Africa	31%
137th	Cameroon	18.95% of adults	Africa	30%
138th	Slovenia	18.86% of adults	Europe	30%
139th	New Zealand	18.8% of adults	Oceania	29%
140th	Indonesia	18.72% of adults	Asia	29%
141st	Nigeria	18.16% of adults	Africa	28%
142nd	Somalia	18.1% of adults	Africa	28%
143rd	Benin	18.02% of adults	Africa	27%
144th	Sao Tome and Principe	17.96% of adults	Africa	27%
145th	Kyrgyzstan	17.94% of adults	Asia	26%
146th	Niger	17.84% of adults	Africa	26%
147th	Angola	17.76% of adults	Africa	25%
148th	Guinea-Bissau	17.73% of adults	Africa	25%
149th	Russia	17.66% of adults	Europe	24%
150th	Zimbabwe	17.65% of adults	Africa	24%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.64% of adults	Europe	23%
152nd	Senegal	17.05% of adults	Africa	23%
153rd	Djibouti	17.01% of adults	Africa	22%
154th	Guinea	16.91% of adults	Africa	22%
155th	Burkina Faso	16.7% of adults	Africa	21%
156th	Central African Republic	16.53% of adults	Africa	21%
157th	Congo	16.26% of adults	Africa	20%
158th	South Sudan	16.26% of adults	Africa	19%
159th	Comoros	16.21% of adults	Africa	19%
160th	Fiji	15.72% of adults	Oceania	18%
161st	Estonia	15.61% of adults	Europe	18%
162nd	Laos	15.58% of adults	Asia	17%
163rd	Latvia	15.44% of adults	Europe	17%
164th	Luxembourg	14.89% of adults	Europe	16%
165th	Congo, Democratic Republic	14.87% of adults	Africa	16%
166th	Togo	14.78% of adults	Africa	15%
167th	Belarus	14.64% of adults	Europe	15%
168th	Burundi	14.35% of adults	Africa	14%
169th	Samoa	14.22% of adults	Oceania	14%
170th	Zambia	14.16% of adults	Africa	13%
171st	Germany	14.08% of adults	Europe	13%
172nd	Madagascar	13.56% of adults	Africa	12%
173rd	Cambodia	13.23% of adults	Asia	12%
174th	Papua New Guinea	13.19% of adults	Oceania	11%
175th	Sierra Leone	13.14% of adults	Africa	11%
176th	Denmark	12.62% of adults	Europe	10%
177th	Turkmenistan	12.36% of adults	Asia	10%
178th	Eritrea	11.97% of adults	Africa	9%
179th	Finland	11.81% of adults	Europe	9%
180th	Moldova	11.69% of adults	Europe	8%
181st	Ukraine	11.15% of adults	Europe	8%
182nd	Bhutan	9.9% of adults	Asia	7%
183rd	Netherlands	9.8% of adults	Europe	7%
184th	Mozambique	9.7% of adults	Africa	6%
185th	Rwanda	9.6% of adults	Africa	6%
186th	Ethiopia	9.4% of adults	Africa	5%
187th	Sweden	9.3% of adults	Europe	5%
188th	Kenya	9.0% of adults	Africa	4%
189th	Nepal	8.5% of adults	Asia	4%
190th	Lesotho	8.0% of adults	Africa	3%
191st	Niue	7.8% of adults	Oceania	3%
192nd	Vanuatu	7.5% of adults	Oceania	2%
193rd	Uganda	6.2% of adults	Africa	2%
194th	Tanzania	4.5% of adults	Africa	1%
195th	Malawi	3.4% of adults	Africa	1%

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Countries by Insufficient Physical Activity

Complete ranking of 195 countries • % adults • Data refreshed May 28, 2026

Leader

Kuwait

Field size

195 countries

Lowest rank

Malawi

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What Insufficient Physical Activity Measures

Age-standardized share of adults aged 18+ with insufficient physical activity, from WHO data.who.int.

Why This Ranking Matters

Global Range

Values range from 3.44% of adults (Malawi) to 63.27% of adults (Kuwait) — a 18-fold difference across 195 countries.

Regional Patterns

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Kuwait and United Arab Emirates are separated by only 4%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Asia

Kuwait

63.27% of adults

North America

Panama

54.63% of adults

Africa

Mauritania

52.42% of adults

Europe

Portugal

51.65% of adults

South America

Chile

38.21% of adults

Oceania

Nauru

36.76% of adults

Highest Insufficient Physical Activity

The 5 strongest Insufficient Physical Activity reads.

Kuwait63.27% of adults United Arab Emirates60.93% of adults South Korea56.48% of adults Panama54.63% of adults Lebanon54.63% of adults

Lowest Insufficient Physical Activity

The 5 lowest Insufficient Physical Activity reads.

Malawi3.44% of adults Tanzania4.51% of adults Uganda6.24% of adults Vanuatu7.52% of adults Niue7.77% of adults

Data Note

Top 10 Countries

1stKuwait63.27% of adults

2ndUnited Arab Emirates60.93% of adults

3rdSouth Korea56.48% of adults

4thPanama54.63% of adults

5thLebanon54.63% of adults

6thSaudi Arabia54.13% of adults

7thMauritania52.42% of adults

8thIraq52.02% of adults

9thPortugal51.65% of adults

10thQatar50.93% of adults

Country Ladder

Insufficient Physical Activity ranking for 195 countries
				Percentile
1st	Kuwait	63.27% of adults	Asia	100%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	60.93% of adults	Asia	99%
3rd	South Korea	56.48% of adults	Asia	99%
4th	Panama	54.63% of adults	North America	98%
5th	Lebanon	54.63% of adults	Asia	98%
6th	Saudi Arabia	54.13% of adults	Asia	97%
7th	Mauritania	52.42% of adults	Africa	97%
8th	Iraq	52.02% of adults	Asia	96%
9th	Portugal	51.65% of adults	Europe	96%
10th	Qatar	50.93% of adults	Asia	95%
11th	India	49.42% of adults	Asia	95%
12th	Costa Rica	49.32% of adults	North America	94%
13th	Cuba	46.91% of adults	North America	94%
14th	Libya	45.56% of adults	Africa	93%
15th	Serbia	45.49% of adults	Europe	93%
16th	Belgium	45.13% of adults	Europe	92%
17th	Venezuela	44.96% of adults	North America	92%
18th	South Africa	44.8% of adults	Africa	91%
19th	Japan	44.75% of adults	Asia	91%
20th	Iran	44.73% of adults	Asia	90%
21st	Turkey	44.39% of adults	Europe	90%
22nd	Suriname	44% of adults	North America	89%
23rd	Malta	43.4% of adults	Europe	89%
24th	Trinidad and Tobago	42.98% of adults	North America	88%
25th	Pakistan	42.83% of adults	Asia	88%
26th	Barbados	42.8% of adults	North America	87%
27th	Philippines	41.96% of adults	Asia	87%
28th	Oman	40.88% of adults	Asia	86%
29th	Cyprus	40.83% of adults	Europe	86%
30th	Italy	40.8% of adults	Europe	85%
31st	Belize	40.68% of adults	North America	85%
32nd	Malaysia	40.6% of adults	Asia	84%
33rd	Puerto Rico	38.9% of adults	North America	84%
34th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38.65% of adults	North America	83%
35th	Chile	38.21% of adults	South America	83%
36th	Argentina	38.21% of adults	South America	82%
37th	Jamaica	38.11% of adults	North America	82%
38th	Bahrain	37.94% of adults	Asia	81%
39th	Syria	37.51% of adults	Asia	81%
40th	Bahamas	37.29% of adults	North America	80%
41st	Sri Lanka	37.18% of adults	Asia	79%
42nd	Nicaragua	36.91% of adults	North America	79%
43rd	Nauru	36.76% of adults	Oceania	78%
44th	Brazil	36.74% of adults	South America	78%
45th	Paraguay	35.96% of adults	South America	77%
46th	Grenada	35.87% of adults	North America	77%
47th	El Salvador	35.37% of adults	North America	76%
48th	Tajikistan	35.2% of adults	Asia	76%
49th	Greece	35.2% of adults	Europe	75%
50th	Norway	34.83% of adults	Europe	75%
51st	Antigua and Barbuda	34.24% of adults	North America	74%
52nd	Guyana	34.17% of adults	North America	74%
53rd	Colombia	34.02% of adults	North America	73%
54th	Poland	33.9% of adults	Europe	73%
55th	United States	33.74% of adults	North America	72%
56th	Egypt	33.64% of adults	Africa	72%
57th	Uruguay	33.55% of adults	South America	71%
58th	Canada	33.55% of adults	North America	71%
59th	Honduras	33.3% of adults	North America	70%
60th	Dominican Republic	32.9% of adults	North America	70%
61st	Peru	32.85% of adults	South America	69%
62nd	Mali	32.65% of adults	Africa	69%
63rd	Kiribati	31.89% of adults	Oceania	68%
64th	Afghanistan	31.5% of adults	Asia	68%
65th	Cabo Verde	31.23% of adults	Africa	67%
66th	Bulgaria	30.99% of adults	Europe	67%
67th	Palestine	30.85% of adults	Asia	66%
68th	Brunei	30.62% of adults	Asia	66%
69th	Tonga	30.6% of adults	Oceania	65%
70th	Dominica	30.52% of adults	North America	65%
71st	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	30.46% of adults	North America	64%
72nd	Vietnam	30.32% of adults	Asia	64%
73rd	France	29.74% of adults	Europe	63%
74th	Hungary	29.41% of adults	Europe	63%
75th	Micronesia	29.31% of adults	Oceania	62%
76th	Guatemala	29.3% of adults	North America	62%
77th	Tunisia	29.2% of adults	Africa	61%
78th	Algeria	29.04% of adults	Africa	61%
79th	Mauritius	28.98% of adults	Africa	60%
80th	Uzbekistan	28.91% of adults	Asia	59%
81st	Yemen	28.72% of adults	Asia	59%
82nd	Kazakhstan	28.23% of adults	Asia	58%
83rd	Jordan	28.12% of adults	Asia	58%
84th	Haiti	27.91% of adults	North America	57%
85th	Israel	27.46% of adults	Asia	57%
86th	Andorra	27.21% of adults	Europe	56%
87th	North Korea	26.99% of adults	Asia	56%
88th	Iceland	26.8% of adults	Europe	55%
89th	Armenia	26.58% of adults	Europe	55%
90th	Romania	26.38% of adults	Europe	54%
91st	San Marino	26.37% of adults	Europe	54%
92nd	Tuvalu	26.22% of adults	Oceania	53%
93rd	Palau	26.22% of adults	Oceania	53%
94th	Namibia	26.21% of adults	Africa	52%
95th	North Macedonia	25.8% of adults	Europe	52%
96th	Croatia	25.69% of adults	Europe	51%
97th	Mexico	25.57% of adults	North America	51%
98th	Australia	25.55% of adults	Oceania	50%
99th	Cook Islands	25.42% of adults	Oceania	50%
100th	Timor-Leste	25.07% of adults	Asia	49%
101st	Thailand	24.64% of adults	Asia	49%
102nd	Marshall Islands	24.38% of adults	Oceania	48%
103rd	Maldives	24.31% of adults	Asia	48%
104th	China	23.84% of adults	Asia	47%
105th	Albania	23.62% of adults	Europe	47%
106th	Georgia	23.55% of adults	Europe	46%
107th	Slovakia	23.45% of adults	Europe	46%
108th	Czechia	23.37% of adults	Europe	45%
109th	Ireland	23.32% of adults	Europe	45%
110th	Singapore	23.18% of adults	Asia	44%
111st	Azerbaijan	22.84% of adults	Europe	44%
112nd	Morocco	22.82% of adults	Africa	43%
113rd	Botswana	22.67% of adults	Africa	43%
114th	Spain	22.64% of adults	Europe	42%
115th	Mongolia	22.57% of adults	Asia	42%
116th	Ecuador	22.46% of adults	South America	41%
117th	Liberia	22.24% of adults	Africa	41%
118th	Bolivia	21.86% of adults	South America	40%
119th	Myanmar	21.62% of adults	Asia	39%
120th	Saint Lucia	21.48% of adults	North America	39%
121st	Montenegro	21.39% of adults	Europe	38%
122nd	Seychelles	21.38% of adults	Africa	38%
123rd	United Kingdom	21.22% of adults	Europe	37%
124th	Gabon	21.13% of adults	Africa	37%
125th	Gambia	21.12% of adults	Africa	36%
126th	Switzerland	21.05% of adults	Europe	36%
127th	Ghana	20.89% of adults	Africa	35%
128th	Lithuania	20.67% of adults	Europe	35%
129th	Bangladesh	20.31% of adults	Asia	34%
130th	Austria	20.26% of adults	Europe	34%
131st	Côte d'Ivoire	20.05% of adults	Africa	33%
132nd	Equatorial Guinea	19.7% of adults	Africa	33%
133rd	Chad	19.4% of adults	Africa	32%
134th	Solomon Islands	19.27% of adults	Oceania	32%
135th	Eswatini	19.22% of adults	Africa	31%
136th	Sudan	19.11% of adults	Africa	31%
137th	Cameroon	18.95% of adults	Africa	30%
138th	Slovenia	18.86% of adults	Europe	30%
139th	New Zealand	18.8% of adults	Oceania	29%
140th	Indonesia	18.72% of adults	Asia	29%
141st	Nigeria	18.16% of adults	Africa	28%
142nd	Somalia	18.1% of adults	Africa	28%
143rd	Benin	18.02% of adults	Africa	27%
144th	Sao Tome and Principe	17.96% of adults	Africa	27%
145th	Kyrgyzstan	17.94% of adults	Asia	26%
146th	Niger	17.84% of adults	Africa	26%
147th	Angola	17.76% of adults	Africa	25%
148th	Guinea-Bissau	17.73% of adults	Africa	25%
149th	Russia	17.66% of adults	Europe	24%
150th	Zimbabwe	17.65% of adults	Africa	24%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.64% of adults	Europe	23%
152nd	Senegal	17.05% of adults	Africa	23%
153rd	Djibouti	17.01% of adults	Africa	22%
154th	Guinea	16.91% of adults	Africa	22%
155th	Burkina Faso	16.7% of adults	Africa	21%
156th	Central African Republic	16.53% of adults	Africa	21%
157th	Congo	16.26% of adults	Africa	20%
158th	South Sudan	16.26% of adults	Africa	19%
159th	Comoros	16.21% of adults	Africa	19%
160th	Fiji	15.72% of adults	Oceania	18%
161st	Estonia	15.61% of adults	Europe	18%
162nd	Laos	15.58% of adults	Asia	17%
163rd	Latvia	15.44% of adults	Europe	17%
164th	Luxembourg	14.89% of adults	Europe	16%
165th	Congo, Democratic Republic	14.87% of adults	Africa	16%
166th	Togo	14.78% of adults	Africa	15%
167th	Belarus	14.64% of adults	Europe	15%
168th	Burundi	14.35% of adults	Africa	14%
169th	Samoa	14.22% of adults	Oceania	14%
170th	Zambia	14.16% of adults	Africa	13%
171st	Germany	14.08% of adults	Europe	13%
172nd	Madagascar	13.56% of adults	Africa	12%
173rd	Cambodia	13.23% of adults	Asia	12%
174th	Papua New Guinea	13.19% of adults	Oceania	11%
175th	Sierra Leone	13.14% of adults	Africa	11%
176th	Denmark	12.62% of adults	Europe	10%
177th	Turkmenistan	12.36% of adults	Asia	10%
178th	Eritrea	11.97% of adults	Africa	9%
179th	Finland	11.81% of adults	Europe	9%
180th	Moldova	11.69% of adults	Europe	8%
181st	Ukraine	11.15% of adults	Europe	8%
182nd	Bhutan	9.9% of adults	Asia	7%
183rd	Netherlands	9.8% of adults	Europe	7%
184th	Mozambique	9.7% of adults	Africa	6%
185th	Rwanda	9.6% of adults	Africa	6%
186th	Ethiopia	9.4% of adults	Africa	5%
187th	Sweden	9.3% of adults	Europe	5%
188th	Kenya	9.0% of adults	Africa	4%
189th	Nepal	8.5% of adults	Asia	4%
190th	Lesotho	8.0% of adults	Africa	3%
191st	Niue	7.8% of adults	Oceania	3%
192nd	Vanuatu	7.5% of adults	Oceania	2%
193rd	Uganda	6.2% of adults	Africa	2%
194th	Tanzania	4.5% of adults	Africa	1%
195th	Malawi	3.4% of adults	Africa	1%

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