Prevalence of physical inactivity among adults
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Global · 2022
Prevalence of physical inactivity among adults worldwide was 31% in 2022 (WHO).
- Publisher
- WHO
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Report
- Physical activity
- Locator
- Levels of physical inactivity globally
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
A recent study (1) found that nearly one third (31%) of the world’s adult population, 1.8 billion adults, are physically inactive.
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APA
World Health Organization. (2022). Physical activity. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_186EZ0GNKHBWZVPBZKKFDE5E3V
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- MLA
- World Health Organization. "Physical activity." 2022, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_186EZ0GNKHBWZVPBZKKFDE5E3V.
- Chicago
- World Health Organization. "Physical activity." 2022. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_186EZ0GNKHBWZVPBZKKFDE5E3V.
- BibTeX
- @misc{who2022prevalencede5e3v, author = {{World Health Organization}}, title = {Physical activity}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_186EZ0GNKHBWZVPBZKKFDE5E3V}, note = {Original source: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/physical-activity. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- World Health Organization · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Physical activity
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Levels of physical inactivity globally
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- pipeline:quote-verified-v2
- Checked on
- 27 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_186EZ0GNKHBWZVPBZKKFDE5E3V