Compiled by the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, a network of researchers and health professionals, it gives England and Wales a grade of D-, and Scotland an F, placing it in last position with countries including Belgium, China, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The rankings reveal a slight drop in England’s grade for 2014 when it received an overall grade of C/D.
On average, the 2016 rankings show that high-income countries fare worse for overall physical activity than low-income countries, including Mozambique and Mexico which scored higher than England, Scotland and Wales.
Among those rated as the best for physical activity in children are Slovenia (grade A-), New Zealand (grade B-) and Zimbabwe.
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