Pumping iron in Mumbai, India Hemanshi Kamani/Reuters (weightlifting)

Who’s Hitting the Gym?

This graph shows the percentage of people in selected countries who said they had a gym membership in the 12 months prior, according to a recent survey. Roughly 1 in 10 Americans said they paid for a membership. How do you think the Covid-19 pandemic might have affected those numbers?

PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WITH GYM MEMBERSHIPS

INDIA: 24%

SOUTH AFRICA: 21%

CHINA: 20%

AUSTRALIA: 19%

UNITED KINGDOM: 14%

UNITED STATES: 13%

GERMANY: 11%

CANADA: 10%

ITALY: 9%

FRANCE: 4%

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