Scottish Household Survey Key Findings

48 Participation in Physical Activities and Sports 0 20 40 60 80 100 2007/ 2008 53% 73% 80% 54% 27% 20% 2014 2019 YES, INCLUDING WALKING YES, BUT EXCLUDING WALKING NONE 8 in 10 adults in Scotland participated in physical activity in Scotland in the previous four weeks. Between 2007 and 2017, there was an increase in the proportion of people participating in physical activities, which was largely due to an increase in recreational walking. However, since 2017 overall participation decreased slightly from 81% to 80% of the population. This shift was due to a slight decrease in the participation in recreational walking. There had also been a decrease in the proportion of adults who did not participate in any sports or physical activities, from 27% in 2007/2008 to 20% in 2019. This data was not collected before 2007. Active people were becoming more active: In 2019, 51% of people participated in physical activity or sport on more than 14 days of the last 28 days, up from 36 percent in 2007 Physical Activity and Sport Help Shape Scotland