Adolescent Physical Activity Indicators from UNICEF

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) provides data on insufficient physical activity among school-going adolescents. The dataset is available in CSV and XML formats and was last updated on March 26, 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Modeling trends in adolescent physical activity levels based on the described indicator.
• Assessing the impact of school-based interventions on physical activity.
• Analyzing potential correlations between public health events like COVID-19 and adolescent behavior.
• Benchmarking national or regional adolescent health indicators for policy development.

Strengths

• Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), a recognized authority.
• Available in two structured, machine-readable formats: CSV and XML.
• Has a clear, permissive license (CC-BY-3.0-IGO) for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:44:14.369565; freshness should be verified.