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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
98 countries/ areas
Highlight:
(No highlight)
Japan
Nordic and Japan
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Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guyana
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
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
1
Angola
100.0%
1995
2
Burkina Faso
64.7%
1995
3
Benin
55.6%
1998
4
Tunisia
52.1%
1999
5
Azerbaijan
44.1%
1998
6
Norway
42.7%
1999
7
Bahrain
42.4%
1998
8
Portugal
42.0%
1997
9
Mauritius
40.0%
1996
10
Cuba
39.9%
1999
11
Greece
38.6%
1997
12
India
37.6%
1998
13
Turkiye
37.5%
1999
14
Chile
37.3%
1999
15
Armenia
36.4%
1999
16
Bulgaria
36.3%
1999
17
Estonia
33.1%
1999
18
Hungary
32.2%
1999
19
Israel
32.0%
1998
20
Romania
31.3%
1999
21
France
30.7%
1999
21
Spain
30.7%
1999
23
Czech Republic
29.5%
1999
24
Lithuania
28.1%
1999
25
Tajikistan
28.0%
1997
26
Uzbekistan
27.6%
1996
27
Slovenia
26.9%
1999
27
Uruguay
26.9%
1999
29
Argentina
26.8%
1998
29
Macao, China
26.8%
1999
31
Oman
25.0%
1998
32
Iceland
24.7%
1998
33
Italy
24.2%
1999
34
Croatia
24.0%
1999
35
Sri Lanka
23.8%
1999
36
North Macedonia
23.7%
1999
36
Sweden
23.7%
1998
38
Russian Federation
23.4%
1996
39
Denmark
23.3%
1999
40
Jordan
22.7%
1996
41
South Africa
22.6%
1995
42
Slovakia
22.5%
1999
43
Kyrgyzstan
22.1%
1998
44
Poland
21.8%
1999
45
Japan
21.2%
1996
46
Belarus
20.4%
1998
47
United Kingdom
19.9%
1998
48
Malaysia
19.6%
1999
49
United States
19.4%
1996
50
Saudi Arabia
18.8%
1997
51
Canada
18.5%
1999
52
Egypt
18.2%
1998
52
Venezuela
18.2%
1997
54
Germany
17.9%
1996
55
Latvia
17.7%
1999
56
Laos
17.0%
1995
57
Morocco
16.8%
1998
58
Colombia
16.7%
1997
59
Philippines
16.4%
1999
60
Finland
16.3%
1999
61
Brazil
16.2%
1998
62
Ukraine
16.1%
1999
63
Andorra
15.6%
1999
64
Mali
15.2%
1998
64
Moldova
15.2%
1999
66
Costa Rica
15.1%
1998
67
Austria
14.7%
1996
68
Peru
14.1%
1998
69
Republic of Korea
13.7%
1996
70
Kazakhstan
13.6%
1999
71
Switzerland
13.0%
1999
72
Malta
11.6%
1995
73
Democratic Republic of Congo
10.7%
1996
74
Nigeria
10.1%
1995
75
New Zealand
9.9%
1999
76
Guyana
9.5%
1996
77
Georgia
9.3%
1999
78
Lebanon
9.1%
1997
79
El Salvador
8.9%
1998
80
Palestinian Territory
8.8%
1996
81
Kuwait
8.7%
1999
82
Cyprus
8.6%
1999
83
Thailand
7.9%
1996
84
Malawi
7.7%
1995
85
Algeria
7.5%
1999
86
Madagascar
7.4%
1997
87
Mexico
6.7%
1998
88
Belize
4.7%
1996
89
Ethiopia
4.1%
1999
90
Qatar
3.8%
1995
91
Suriname
2.1%
1996
92
Myanmar (Burma)
1.8%
1999
93
Iran
1.7%
1999
94
Monaco
1.4%
1999
94
Uganda
1.4%
1996
96
Indonesia
0.9%
1998
97
Cameroon
0.0%
1999
97
Togo
0.0%
1998
No data for 140 countries.
Afghanistan/ Albania/ American Samoa/ Anguilla/ Antigua and Barbuda/ Aruba/ Australia/ Bahamas/ Bangladesh/ Barbados/ Belgium/ Bermuda/ Bhutan/ Bolivia/ Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Botswana/ British Virgin Islands/ Brunei Darussalam/ 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/ Ecuador/ Equatorial Guinea/ Eritrea/ Eswatini/ Faeroe Islands/ Falkland Islands (Malvinas)/ Fiji/ French Guiana/ French Polynesia/ Gabon/ Gambia/ Ghana/ Gibraltar/ Greenland/ Grenada/ Guadeloupe/ Guam/ Guatemala/ Guernsey/ Guinea/ Guinea-Bissau/ Haiti/ Holy See (Vatican City)/ 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/ 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
87
Regression equation
Y = 1.105074 X +
5.537
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.138
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.019
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data
95
Regression equation
Y = 3098.414628 X +
19011.999
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.022
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.000
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data
96
Regression equation
Y = 1.372548 X +
74.707
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.032
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.001
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data
96
Regression equation
Y = 0.189840 X +
2.214
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.026
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.001
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data
94
Regression equation
Y = 0.039499 X +
10.100
Correlation coefficient (r)
0.001
Coefficient of determination (R2)
0.000