| South Africa | | |
Time spent for sports (men and women, minutes per day per person) | 5.1 (2010) [33/33countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (men, minutes per day per person) | 9.1 (2010) [32/33countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (women, minutes per day per person) | 1.6 (2010) [32/33countries] | | |
% of those who take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in their free time several times a week or more | 22.0% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who never take part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym and going for a walk in their free time | 60.3% (2007) [2/34countries] | | |
% of those who get much enjoyment from taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk | 29.6% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that taking part in sports develops children's character | 44.4% (2007) [20/34countries] | | |
% of those who participate in the activities of a sports association/ group at least once a month | 15.9% (2007) [17/34countries] | | |
% of those who belong to a sports, leisure or cultural group | 22.0% (2014) [23/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in walking (e.g. walking, nordic, trekking, climbing) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 14.9% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in golf or minigolf most frequently among sports or physical activities | 0.7% (2007) [12/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in fitness (aerobics, exercise, machine-training, work-out) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 6.8% (2007) [31/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in baseball or softball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 0.0% (2007) [14/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in jogging most frequently among sports or physical activities | 6.0% (2007) [14/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in tennis most frequently among sports or physical activities | 3.1% (2007) [2/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in marine sports most frequently among sports or physical activities | 1.6% (2007) [31/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in volleyball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 2.1% (2007) [12/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in football or soccer most frequently among sports or physical activities | 32.9% (2007) [1/34countries] | | |
% of those who attend sporting events as a spectator in their free time several times a month or more | 24.7% (2007) [6/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch baseball most frequently on TV among sports | 0.0% (2007) [16/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch football or soccer most frequently on TV among sports | 51.5% (2007) [11/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch volleyball most frequently on TV among sports | 0.1% (2007) [25/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch martial arts (boxing, wrestling, judo, etc.) most frequently on TV among sports | 3.4% (2007) [11/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch golf or minigolf most frequently on TV among sports | 0.3% (2007) [15/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch ice-skating most frequently on TV among sports | 0.0% (2007) [26/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch athletics (running, long-/high-jumping, etc.) or marathon most frequently on TV among sports | 0.9% (2007) [21/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that there is too much sport on TV | 47.5% (2007) [4/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that sports bring different groups and races inside the country closer | 85.4% (2007) [5/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that international sports competitions create more tension between countries than good feelings | 40.2% (2007) [8/34countries] | | |
% of those who are proud of their country in its achievements in sports | 85.7% (2013) [18/33countries] | | |
% of those who are proud of their country by sports | 89.5% (2013) [5/33countries] | | |
% of those who think that physical or mental health is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 64.1% (2007) [6/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that meeting other people is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 40.5% (2007) [4/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that competing against others is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 30.7% (2007) [2/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that looking good is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 46.4% (2007) [5/34countries] | | |