| United Kingdom | | |
Time spent for sports (men and women, minutes per day per person) | 19.4 (2014/15) [22/33countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (men, minutes per day per person) | 23.2 (2014/15) [20/33countries] | | |
Time spent for sports (women, minutes per day per person) | 15.5 (2014/15) [22/33countries] | | |
% 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 | 54.5% (2007) [8/34countries] | | |
% 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 | 12.2% (2007) [27/34countries] | | |
% of those who get much enjoyment from taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk | 64.8% (2007) [7/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that taking part in sports develops children's character | 28.4% (2007) [31/34countries] | | |
% of those who participate in the activities of a sports association/ group at least once a month | 18.6% (2007) [13/34countries] | | |
% of those who belong to a sports, leisure or cultural group | 32.6% (2014) [14/34countries] | | |
% of Grade 4 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day | 31.7% (2007, England only) [29/37countries] | | |
% of Grade 4 students who play sports for more than 2 hours per day | 38.2% (2007, England only) [5/37countries] | | |
% of Grade 8 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day | 36.7% (2007) [41/50countries] | | |
% of Grade 8 students who play sports for more than 2 hours per day | 34.5% (2007) [4/50countries] | | |
% of those who take part in walking (e.g. walking, nordic, trekking, climbing) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 39.9% (2007) [10/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in golf or minigolf most frequently among sports or physical activities | 4.0% (2007) [6/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in fitness (aerobics, exercise, machine-training, work-out) most frequently among sports or physical activities | 13.7% (2007) [15/34countries] | | |
% 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 | 0.4% (2007) [33/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in tennis most frequently among sports or physical activities | 0.7% (2007) [26/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in marine sports most frequently among sports or physical activities | 10.1% (2007) [1/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in volleyball most frequently among sports or physical activities | 0.0% (2007) [32/34countries] | | |
% of those who take part in football or soccer most frequently among sports or physical activities | 6.2% (2007) [19/34countries] | | |
% of those who attend sporting events as a spectator in their free time several times a month or more | 11.5% (2007) [28/34countries] | | |
% 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 | 51.3% (2007) [12/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch volleyball most frequently on TV among sports | 0.0% (2007) [30/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch martial arts (boxing, wrestling, judo, etc.) most frequently on TV among sports | 2.4% (2007) [14/34countries] | | |
% of those who watch golf or minigolf most frequently on TV among sports | 3.3% (2007) [4/34countries] | | |
% 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 | 2.0% (2007) [10/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that there is too much sport on TV | 31.4% (2007) [13/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that sports bring different groups and races inside the country closer | 73.3% (2007) [21/34countries] | | |
% of those who strongly agree that international sports competitions create more tension between countries than good feelings | 18.6% (2007) [23/34countries] | | |
% of those who are proud of their country in its achievements in sports | 88.6% (2013) [13/33countries] | | |
% of those who are proud of their country by sports | 77.1% (2013) [22/33countries] | | |
% of those who think that physical or mental health is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 55.0% (2007) [20/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that meeting other people is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 16.2% (2007) [28/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that competing against others is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 7.2% (2007) [20/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that looking good is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games | 9.8% (2007) [25/34countries] | | |