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Table 1 Country, tool and daily sitting time reported by World Health Organisation Region

From: Worldwide surveillance of self-reported sitting time: a scoping review

Region

Country

World Bank Income Classificationa

Population in 2015 (thousands)

Samplec

Measurement Method

Sample size

Age (range)

Year of publication

Year(s) of Data Collection

Mean daily sitting time (mins)

Lower 95% CI

(mins)

Upper 95% CI

(mins)

AFRO

Benin

Low

10,576

National

GPAQ

5116

18–69

2016

2015

209

191

228

Kenya

Lower-middle

47,236

Subnational

GPAQ

5190

18+

2016

2008–2009

203

200

207

Uganda

Low

40,145

National

GPAQ

3281

18–69

2015

2014

166

158

174

Burkina Faso

Low

18,111

National

GPAQ

4691

25–64

2014

2013

238

229

247

Malawi

Low

17,574

National

GPAQ

5204

25–64

2010

2009

157

148

165

Tanzania (includes Zanzibar)

Low

53,880

National

GPAQ

5762

25–64

2013

2012

132

125

139

Botswana

Upper-middle

2209

National

GPAQ

4055

15–69

2015

2014

198

187

209

Ethiopia

Low

99,873

National

GPAQ

9790

15–69

2015

2015

160

154

167

Total

  

289,604

  

43,089

      

EMRO

Qatar

High

2482

National

GPAQ

2496

18–64

2012

2012

245

209

280

Iran (Iran, Islamic Rep.)

Upper-middle

79,360

National

GPAQ

14,930

15–64

2009

2009

267

259

275

Saudi Arabia (Combined)

High

31,557

National

GPAQ

9371

15+

2013

2012

333

329

337

Pakistan

Lower-middle

189,381

National

GPAQ

7358

18–69

2016

2013–2014

223

220

226

Oman

High

4200

National

GPAQ

2977

18+

2017

2008

225

220

230

Iraq

Upper-middle

36,116

National

GPAQ

3988

18+

2016

2015–2016

325

308

342

Kuwait

High

3936

National

GPAQ

3915

18–69

2015

2014

223

218

228

Lebanon

Upper-middle

5851

Subnational

GPAQ

1973

25–64

2010

2008–2009

587

574

601

Total

  

352,883

  

47,008

      

EURO

Latvia

High

1993

National

IPAQ-short

991

15+

2018

2017

296

287

305

Italy

High

59,504

National

IPAQ-short

985

15+

2018

2017

302

293

311

Belgium

High

11,288

National

IPAQ-short

996

15+

2018

2017

308

299

317

Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

High

5439

National

IPAQ-short

994

15+

2018

2017

314

306

323

Great Britain

Highb

65,397

National

IPAQ-short

1008

15+

2018

2017

296

287

305

France

High

64,457

National

IPAQ-short

1008

15+

2018

2017

287

278

296

Malta

High

428

National

IPAQ-short

500

15+

2018

2017

278

265

292

Romania

Upper-middle

19,877

National

IPAQ-short

953

15+

2018

2017

257

246

268

Slovenia

High

2075

National

IPAQ-short

1035

15+

2018

2017

285

275

294

Northern Ireland

Highb

1852

National

IPAQ-short

302

15+

2018

2017

279

264

294

Switzerland

High

8320

National

IPAQ-long

2730

18–60

2016

2010–2011

366

359

373

Portugal

High

10,418

National

IPAQ-short

1048

15+

2018

2017

274

265

284

Spain

High

46,398

National

IPAQ-short

1020

15+

2018

2017

275

267

283

Croatia

High

4236

National

IPAQ-short

1016

15+

2018

2017

285

275

294

Netherlands

High

16,938

National

IPAQ-short

1038

15+

2018

2017

394

386

402

Greenlandd

High

56

National

IPAQ-long

2122

18+

2017

2014

312

.

.

Lithuania

High

2932

National

IPAQ-short

1001

15+

2018

2017

292

284

301

Cyprus (republic of)

High

1161

National

IPAQ-short

500

15+

2018

2017

283

270

297

Denmark

High

5689

National

IPAQ-short

995

15+

2018

2017

355

347

364

Austria

High

8679

National

IPAQ-short

984

15+

2018

2017

318

310

326

Ireland

High

4700

National

IPAQ-short

994

15+

2018

2017

280

271

288

Poland

High

38,265

National

IPAQ-short

913

15+

2018

2017

282

272

293

Sweden

High

9764

National

IPAQ-short

1031

15+

2018

2017

346

338

354

Bulgaria

Upper-middle

7177

National

IPAQ-short

940

15+

2018

2017

325

316

334

Greece

High

11,218

National

IPAQ-short

1003

15+

2018

2017

338

329

346

Hungary

High

9784

National

IPAQ-short

997

15+

2018

2017

279

270

288

Czech Republic

High

10,604

National

IPAQ-short

993

15+

2018

2017

340

330

349

Estonia

High

1315

National

IPAQ-short

983

15+

2018

2017

328

319

337

Germany

High

81,708

National

IPAQ-short

1545

15+

2018

2017

304

297

311

Finland

High

5482

National

IPAQ-short

1009

15+

2018

2017

299

291

308

Luxembourg

High

567

National

IPAQ-short

494

15+

2018

2017

297

284

310

Total

  

517,721

  

32,128

      

PAHO

Chile

High

17,763

National

GPAQ

5031

18+

2017

2009–2010

171

167

175

Trinidad/Tobago

High

1360

National

GPAQ

2691

15–64

2012

2010–2011

235

224

246

Mexico

Upper-middle

125,891

National

IPAQ-short

13,009

20–69

2016

2012

210

210

210

United States (Combined)

High

319,929

National

IPAQ-shorta “similar”

5911

20+

2014

2009–2010

284

278

289

Virgin Islands

High

135

National

GPAQ

1102

25–64

2010

2009

246

230

261

Total

  

465,078

  

27,744

      

SEARO

Sri Lanka

Upper-middle

20,714

National

GPAQ

5169

18–69

2015

2014–2015

216

205

227

Maldives

Upper-middle

418

Subnational

GPAQ

1780

15–64

2014

2011

303

292

313

Bangladesh

Lower-middle

161,201

National

GPAQ

4312

25+

2010

2009–2010

168

164

172

Bhutan

Lower-middle

787

National

GPAQ

2912

18–69

2015

2014

148

139

157

Total

  

183,120

  

14,173

      

WPRO

Vietnam

Lower-middle

93,572

National

GPAQ

3750

18–69

2016

2015

243

233

253

Samoa

Upper-middle

194

National

GPAQ

1765

18–64

2014

2013

175

166

185

Vanuatu

Lower-middle

265

National

GPAQ

4538

25–64

2013

2011–2012

152

143

161

Tonga

Upper-middle

106

National

GPAQ

2450

25–64

2014

2012

164

157

170

South Korea (Korea Republic)

High

50,594

National

IPAQ-long

4145

20+

2017

2014

431

425

438

China

Upper-middle

1,397,029

Subnational

GPAQ

98,424

18+

2012

2010

162

161

163

Total

  

1,541,760

  

115,072

      
  1. Abbreviations 95%CI 95% Confidence Intervals, IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionaire, GPAQ Global Physical Activity Questionaire, Mins minutes, WPRO Western Pacific Regional Office, SEARO South East Asia Regional Office, PAHO Region of the Americas, EMRO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, AFRO African Regional Office, EURO European Regional Office
  2. aWorld Bank classifications for country income status for 2020 fiscal year [31]
  3. bFor Northern Ireland, the Office of National Statistics 2015 population statistic was used. The population of the United Kingdom was used for Great Britain
  4. cNational samples were those who described a country-wide sampling frame. Sub-national samples were those who selected only certain cities or regions to sample from
  5. dGreenland reported no measure of variability (i.e. interquartile range, 95% CI, SD or Standard Error) so only a mean was extracted