However the number of people who actually exercise enough every day varies greatly. There is no country in Europe where the majority of adults walk or cycle for at least 30 minutes a day. However, according to data from Langeist.com, there is one country that comes close to this: the Netherlands - 44% of adults walk or cycle at least 30 minutes a day - which has by far the highest percentage of all European countries.

Slovakia (25.4%) and Denmark (25.3%) also stand out. In both countries, more than a quarter of the adult population walks or cycles at least 30 minutes a day. These three countries also have a lower obesity rate than other European countries.

It is interesting to see that the percentage is lower as we move towards southern Europe (with the exception of Iceland). Spain (5.5%), Turkey (3.4%), Portugal (2.8%), Malta (2.3%) and Cyprus (0.1%) are at the bottom of the table: they have by far the lowest percentage of adults who walk or cycle at least 30 minutes per day.