[Leisure] Time spent for leisure (men and women, minutes per day per person) [Leisure] Time spent for leisure (men, minutes per day per person) [Leisure] Time spent for leisure (women, minutes per day per person) [Leisure] % of those who enjoy being outside in nature much [Leisure] % of those who engage in leisure activities in nature more than once a month [Leisure] % of those who take part in activities of groups or associations for leisure, sports or culture once a week or more [Leisure] % of those who never take part in activities of groups or associations for leisure, sports or culture [Leisure] % of those who prefer to spend leisure time alone [Leisure] % of those who go out shopping in their free time several times a week or more [Leisure] % of those who do handicrafts such as needle work, wood work, etc. in their free time several times a month or more [Leisure] % of those who would like to have more time doing leisure activities [Leisure] % of those who would like to have less time doing leisure activities [Leisure] % of those who often use their free time to relax and recover [Leisure] % of those who often use their free time to try to learn or develop skills [Leisure] % of those who say that they are involved in free time activities to often enable them to be the kind of person they really are [Leisure] % of those who say that they are involved in free time activities to often enable them to strengthen their relationships with other people [Leisure] % of those who often feel bored in their free time [Leisure] % of those who often feel rushed in their free time [Leisure] % of those who often find themselves thinking about work [Leisure] % of those who think that lack of facilities nearby prevents them from doing the free time activities [Leisure] % of those who think that lack of money prevents them from doing the free time activities [Leisure] % of those who think that personal health, age or disability prevents them from doing the free time activities [Leisure] % of those who think that need to take care of someone (elderly, children, ...) prevents them from doing the free time activities [Leisure] % of those who think that lack of time prevents them from doing the free time activities [Game] % of those who play cards or board games in their free time several times a month or more [Game] % of those who play card games most frequently among non-sport games [Game] % of those who play computer games most frequently among non-sport games [Game] % of those who play gambling most frequently among non-sport games [Game] % of those who play word or number games most frequently among non-sport games [Game] % of those who play mah-jongg most frequently among non-sport games [Game] % of those who play jigsaw puzzles most frequently among non-sport games [Game] % of Grade 4 students who play computer games for less than 1 hour per day [Game] % of Grade 4 students who play computer games for more than 2 hours per day [Tourism] Travel & Tourism Development Index (world ranking) [Tourism] Number of foreign visitors to Japan [Tourism] Number of foreign visitors to Japan (per 10,000 population) [Tourism] International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) [Tourism] International tourism, number of arrivals (ten thousands) [Tourism] International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) [Tourism] International tourism, number of departures (ten thousands) [Tourism] % of those who never stayed away from home in the last year [Tourism] % of those who stayed away from home for more than 10 days [Culture] Number of world heritage properties [Culture] % of those who attend cultural events such as concerts, live, theatre and exhibitions in their free time several times a month or more [Culture] % of those who would like to see more government spending in culture and the arts [Culture] % of those who participate in the activities of a cultural association/ group at least once a month [Culture] % of those who think they have few artistic interests [Books] % of those who read books in their free time daily [Books] % of those who get much enjoyment from reading books [Books] % of Grade 4 students who read a book for enjoyment for less than 1 hours per day [Books] % of Grade 4 students who read a book for enjoyment for more than 2 hours per day [Books] % of Grade 8 students who read a book for enjoyment for less than 1 hours per day [Books] % of Grade 8 students who read a book for enjoyment for more than 2 hours per day [Books] % of those who are proud of their country in its achievements in the arts and literature [TV and radio] Time spent for TV or radio at home (men and women, minutes per day per person) [TV and radio] Time spent for TV or radio at home (men, minutes per day per person) [TV and radio] Time spent for TV or radio at home (women, minutes per day per person) [Music and Movie] % of those who listen to music in their free time daily [Music and Movie] % of those who go to the movies in their free time several times a month or more [Music and Movie] % of those who agree that increased exposure to foreign films, music, and books is damaging our national and local cultures [Sports] Time spent for sports (men and women, minutes per day per person) [Sports] Time spent for sports (men, minutes per day per person) [Sports] Time spent for sports (women, minutes per day per person) [Sports] % 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 [Sports] % 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 [Sports] % of those who get much enjoyment from taking part in physical activities such as sports, going to the gym, going for a walk [Sports] % of those who strongly agree that taking part in sports develops children's character [Sports] % of those who participate in the activities of a sports association/ group at least once a month [Sports] % of those who belong to a sports, leisure or cultural group [Sports] % of Grade 4 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day [Sports] % of Grade 4 students who play sports for more than 2 hours per day [Sports] % of Grade 8 students who play sports for less than 1 hour per day [Sports] % of Grade 8 students who play sports for more than 2 hours per day [Sports] % of those who take part in walking (e.g. walking, nordic, trekking, climbing) most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who take part in golf or minigolf most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who take part in fitness (aerobics, exercise, machine-training, work-out) most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who take part in baseball or softball most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who take part in jogging most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who take part in tennis most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who take part in marine sports most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who take part in volleyball most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who take part in football or soccer most frequently among sports or physical activities [Sports] % of those who attend sporting events as a spectator in their free time several times a month or more [Sports] % of those who watch baseball most frequently on TV among sports [Sports] % of those who watch football or soccer most frequently on TV among sports [Sports] % of those who watch volleyball most frequently on TV among sports [Sports] % of those who watch martial arts (boxing, wrestling, judo, etc.) most frequently on TV among sports [Sports] % of those who watch golf or minigolf most frequently on TV among sports [Sports] % of those who watch ice-skating most frequently on TV among sports [Sports] % of those who watch athletics (running, long-/high-jumping, etc.) or marathon most frequently on TV among sports [Sports] % of those who strongly agree that there is too much sport on TV [Sports] % of those who strongly agree that sports bring different groups and races inside the country closer [Sports] % of those who strongly agree that international sports competitions create more tension between countries than good feelings [Sports] % of those who are proud of their country in its achievements in sports [Sports] % of those who are proud of their country by sports [Sports] % of those who think that physical or mental health is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games [Sports] % of those who think that meeting other people is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games [Sports] % of those who think that competing against others is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games [Sports] % of those who think that looking good is a very important reason for taking part in sports or games Period: 1998-2019 Area: World \nMajor advanced countries \nNordic and major advanced countries \nOECD members \nEU27 \nEU+Japan \nEurope \nASIA \nTPP \nLatin America \nAfrica \n 10 countries/ areas Highlight: (No highlight) Japan Nordic and Japan ---------- Canada France Germany Italy Japan United Kingdom United States
Note Data are normalized to 1440 minutes per day. In other words, for those countries for which the time use does not sum up to 1440 minutes, the missing minutes are equally distributed across all activities. The range of age and the classification of activities may differ across countries: the assignment of time allocated to the activity categories defined by the OECD can only be approximated in some countries where highly detailed data are not available. Caution is thus needed in cross-country comparisons whenever the differences in minutes are not large.
Source OECD, Time Use Database
Original source OECD estimates based on national time use surveys. Methodological documentation on national time-use surveys used for the estimates is in Miranda V. (2011) "Cooking, Caring and Volunteering: Unpaid Work Around the World", Miranda, V. (2011), "Cooking, Caring and Volunteering: Unpaid Work Around the World", OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 116, OECD Publishing. doi: 10.1787/5kghrjm8s142-en.
Correlations with major national performance indicesLife satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data 7 Regression equation Correlation coefficient (r) -0.035 Coefficient of determination (R2) 0.001
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data 7 Regression equation Y = -127.153511 X + 91666.675
Correlation coefficient (r) -0.221 Coefficient of determination (R2) 0.049
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data 7 Regression equation Correlation coefficient (r) 0.114 Coefficient of determination (R2) 0.013
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data 7 Regression equation Correlation coefficient (r) -0.128 Coefficient of determination (R2) 0.016
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data 7 Regression equation Correlation coefficient (r) -0.835 Coefficient of determination (R2) 0.697
