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[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 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] Game and toys, output (100 million yen)
[Game] Game and toys, output as % of total manufacturing
[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 Competitiveness (ranking by World Economic Forum)
[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] Book production, annual total
[Books] Book production, % of arts and recreation
[Books] Book production, % of literature
[Books] Book production, % of religion and theology
[Books] Book production, % of sciences
[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] % of those who listen to music in their free time daily
[Music] Musical instruments, output (100 million yen)
[Music] Musical instruments, output as % of total manufacturing
[Movie] Number of cinemas
[Movie] Film production, 2005-2009 average
[Movie] Average ticket price (US$)
[Movie] % of those who go to the movies in their free time several times a month or more
[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:
1995-1999
Area:
World
\n
Major advanced countries
\n
Nordic and major advanced countries
\n
OECD members
\n
EU27
\n
EU+Japan
\n
Europe
\n
ASIA
\n
TPP
\n
Latin America
\n
Africa
\n
102 countries/ areas
Highlight:
(No highlight)
Japan
Nordic and Japan
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Algeria
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City)
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Republic of Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Macao, China
North Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Morocco
Myanmar (Burma)
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Palestinian Territory
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Turkiye
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
1
Cameroon
100.0%
1999
2
El Salvador
88.5%
1998
3
Algeria
85.7%
1999
3
Gambia
85.7%
1996
5
Ghana
71.4%
1998
6
Kazakhstan
68.8%
1999
7
Ukraine
67.8%
1999
8
Costa Rica
66.6%
1998
9
Ethiopia
64.4%
1999
10
Kyrgyzstan
62.4%
1998
10
New Zealand
62.4%
1999
12
Indonesia
61.6%
1998
13
Belarus
60.4%
1998
14
Cyprus
59.6%
1999
15
Peru
58.8%
1998
16
Philippines
58.0%
1999
17
Switzerland
57.5%
1999
18
North Macedonia
57.0%
1999
19
Finland
56.9%
1999
20
Canada
56.3%
1999
21
Guyana
54.8%
1996
22
Moldova
52.4%
1999
23
Morocco
52.3%
1998
24
Uruguay
52.2%
1999
25
Slovakia
51.3%
1999
26
Mexico
51.2%
1998
27
Croatia
50.2%
1999
28
Sweden
50.1%
1998
29
Brunei Darussalam
50.0%
1998
29
Denmark
50.0%
1999
31
Latvia
49.2%
1999
32
Slovenia
47.9%
1999
33
Laos
46.6%
1995
34
Estonia
46.3%
1999
35
United Kingdom
45.7%
1998
36
Poland
45.2%
1999
37
Iceland
45.0%
1998
38
Malawi
44.5%
1995
39
Czech Republic
43.7%
1999
40
Malta
43.6%
1995
41
Malaysia
43.2%
1999
42
Israel
42.7%
1998
43
Argentina
42.6%
1998
44
Romania
42.3%
1999
45
Germany
41.3%
1996
46
Palestinian Territory
41.2%
1996
47
Democratic Republic of Congo
41.1%
1996
48
Myanmar (Burma)
41.0%
1999
49
Tajikistan
40.7%
1997
50
Nigeria
40.3%
1995
51
Kuwait
40.2%
1999
52
Togo
40.0%
1998
53
Lithuania
39.6%
1999
54
Bulgaria
39.3%
1999
55
Portugal
39.2%
1997
56
Brazil
39.1%
1998
57
Cuba
38.8%
1999
57
Spain
38.8%
1999
59
Sri Lanka
38.6%
1999
60
Macao, China
38.2%
1999
61
Chile
38.0%
1999
62
Iran
37.8%
1999
63
Uzbekistan
36.6%
1996
64
Belize
36.4%
1996
65
Monaco
36.1%
1999
66
Andorra
35.8%
1999
67
Armenia
35.7%
1999
68
Austria
35.4%
1996
69
Egypt
35.1%
1998
70
Hungary
34.6%
1999
71
Azerbaijan
34.5%
1998
71
Colombia
34.5%
1997
73
Italy
34.3%
1999
73
Turkiye
34.3%
1999
75
Tunisia
33.5%
1999
76
Madagascar
33.3%
1997
77
India
33.2%
1998
78
Oman
30.9%
1998
79
Norway
30.4%
1999
80
Thailand
30.2%
1996
81
France
29.7%
1999
82
Venezuela
28.1%
1997
83
Lebanon
27.7%
1997
84
Mauritius
26.3%
1996
85
Bahrain
25.0%
1998
86
Russian Federation
24.3%
1996
87
Jordan
23.9%
1996
88
South Africa
23.3%
1995
89
Japan
22.7%
1996
90
United States
20.9%
1996
91
Qatar
20.0%
1995
92
Burkina Faso
17.6%
1995
93
Georgia
15.4%
1999
94
Mali
15.2%
1998
95
Greece
14.7%
1997
96
Holy See (Vatican City)
14.1%
1995
97
Suriname
12.8%
1996
98
Benin
11.1%
1998
99
Republic of Korea
10.5%
1996
100
Saudi Arabia
8.2%
1997
101
Ecuador
0.0%
1999
101
Haiti
0.0%
1995
No data for 136 countries.
Afghanistan/ Albania/ American Samoa/ Angola/ Anguilla/ Antigua and Barbuda/ Aruba/ Australia/ Bahamas/ Bangladesh/ Barbados/ Belgium/ Bermuda/ Bhutan/ Bolivia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Botswana/ British Virgin Islands/ Burundi/ Cambodia/ Cape Verde/ Cayman Islands/ Central African Republic/ Chad/ Channel Islands/ China/ Comoros/ Republic of Congo/ Cook Islands/ Cote dIvoire/ Curacao/ Djibouti/ Dominica/ Dominican Republic/ Equatorial Guinea/ Eritrea/ Eswatini/ Faeroe Islands/ Falkland Islands (Malvinas)/ Fiji/ French Guiana/ French Polynesia/ Gabon/ Gibraltar/ Greenland/ Grenada/ Guadeloupe/ Guam/ Guatemala/ Guernsey/ Guinea/ Guinea-Bissau/ Honduras/ Hong Kong, China/ Iraq/ Ireland/ Jamaica/ Jersey/ Kenya/ Kiribati/ North Korea/ Kosovo/ Lesotho/ Liberia/ Libya/ Liechtenstein/ Luxembourg/ Maldives/ Man, Isle of/ Marshall Islands/ Martinique/ Mauritania/ Mayotte/ Micronesia, Federated States of/ Mongolia/ Montenegro/ Montserrat/ Mozambique/ Namibia/ Nauru/ Nepal/ Netherlands/ Netherlands Antilles/ New Caledonia/ Nicaragua/ Niger/ Niue/ Northern Mariana Islands/ Pakistan/ Palau/ Panama/ Papua New Guinea/ Paraguay/ Pitcairn/ Puerto Rico/ Reunion/ Rwanda/ St. Helena/ St. Kitts and Nevis/ St. Lucia/ St. Martin (French part)/ St. Pierre et Miquelon/ St. Vincent and the Grenadines/ Samoa/ San Marino/ Sao Tome and Principe/ Senegal/ Serbia/ Seychelles/ Sierra Leone/ Singapore/ Sint Maarten (Dutch part)/ Solomon Islands/ Somalia/ South Sudan/ Sudan/ Syrian Arab Republic/ Taiwan/ Tanzania/ Timor-Leste/ Tokelau/ Tonga/ Trinidad and Tobago/ Turkmenistan/ Turks and Caicos Islands/ Tuvalu/ Uganda/ United Arab Emirates/ Vanuatu/ Viet Nam/ Virgin Islands/ Wallis and Futuna Islands/ Western Sahara/ Yemen/ Zambia/ Zimbabwe
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data
89
Regression equation
Y = 0.673477 X +
5.480
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.119
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.014
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data
98
Regression equation
Y = -5672.113293 X +
21985.562
Correlation coefficient (r)
-0.047
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.002
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data
99
Regression equation
Y = -1.927268 X +
75.748
Correlation coefficient (r)
-0.054
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.003
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data
99
Regression equation
Y = 0.337238 X +
2.105
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.057
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.003
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data
97
Regression equation
Y = -1.164344 X +
10.494
Correlation coefficient (r)
-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.001