The most popular outdoor activity in Wales is walking. In 2019, approximately 78 percent of the female and 76 percent of the male respondents in a nationally representative survey advised that they went walking as an outdoors activity at least once in the past four weeks. Second in popularity was visiting children's playground with 27 percent of women and 23 percent of men participating in the activity once monthly.
More information about sport in Wales can be found in the Dossier: Sport in Wales.
Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 4 weeks in Wales in 2019, by activity and gender
Characteristic
Female
Male
Walking
78%
76%
Visiting children's playgrounds / taking children to play area outdoors
27%
23%
Running
11%
18%
Informal games (e.g. frisbee or golf)
11%
17%
Wildlife watching
15%
15%
Picnicking (as a significant part of the activity)
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Sport Wales. (June 20, 2019). Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 4 weeks in Wales in 2019, by activity and gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025188/wales-monthly-participation-in-outdoors-activities-by-activity-and-gender/
Sport Wales. "Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 4 weeks in Wales in 2019, by activity and gender." Chart. June 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025188/wales-monthly-participation-in-outdoors-activities-by-activity-and-gender/
Sport Wales. (2019). Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 4 weeks in Wales in 2019, by activity and gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025188/wales-monthly-participation-in-outdoors-activities-by-activity-and-gender/
Sport Wales. "Share of People Who Participated in Outdoors Activities during The Last 4 Weeks in Wales in 2019, by Activity and Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025188/wales-monthly-participation-in-outdoors-activities-by-activity-and-gender/
Sport Wales, Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 4 weeks in Wales in 2019, by activity and gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025188/wales-monthly-participation-in-outdoors-activities-by-activity-and-gender/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Share of people who participated in outdoors activities during the last 4 weeks in Wales in 2019, by activity and gender [Graph], Sport Wales, June 20, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025188/wales-monthly-participation-in-outdoors-activities-by-activity-and-gender/
