--The study is based on the percentage of each gender who are considered INACTIVE.  That's defined as doing less than 30 minutes of moderate activity five days a week or 20 minutes of vigorous activity three times a week.

--Worldwide, 31.1% of adults are inactive . . . meaning they get little to no exercise.  34% of women are inactive versus 28% of men.

 --In the U.S., 40.5% of adults are inactive . . . that's significantly higher than the global average of 31.1%.  And that includes almost HALF of American women, at 47.4%.  For American men, 33.5% are inactive.

--Malta is the laziest country in the world with an inactivity rate of 71.9%.  (--Malta is a small European island country in the Mediterranean.)

--Bangladesh is the least-lazy country, with an inactivity rate of only 4.7%.