Health · Fitness & Nutrition · 3 hrs ago
About 60% of Saudi adults meet weekly activity target, statistics show
Saudi Arabia’s statistics authority says 59.9% of adults meet the weekly activity target of at least 150 minutes.
Men were more likely than women to meet it, and activity levels were highest among adults aged 18 to 29.
The rate fell to 13.4% among people aged 80 and older.
Only 20.3% of children and teenagers are active for an hour daily, the recommended threshold covered by the figures.
Boys were about twice as likely as girls to reach that level.
Adults spend an average of 340 minutes sitting or reclining each day, excluding sleep, with women averaging more time than men.
The figures come from 2026 national health surveys and rely on information reported by participants or caregivers, so the estimates depend on what people say about their activity.
GASTAT reported that 59.9 percent of Saudi adults aged 18 and above meet the target of at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week.
The rate was 63.4 percent among men and 52.9 percent among women.
Among children and adolescents aged 5 to 17, 20.3 percent engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity daily.
Recreational activity was the most common type among physically active adults, at 64.7 percent.
Adults spent an average of 340 minutes a day sitting or reclining, excluding sleep.
- Who
- Adults, children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia.
- What
- GASTAT reported physical activity and sedentary-time statistics for 2026.
- When
- 2026; the reports were published on October 22, 2026.
- Where
- Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Adults meeting weekly target
- 59.9 percent
- Men meeting weekly target
- 63.4 percent
- Women meeting weekly target
- 52.9 percent
- Children and adolescents meeting daily target
- 20.3 percent
- Average adult daily sitting or reclining time
- 340 minutes