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Best Countries for Leisure & Recreation 2026

Ranking 229 countries by green space access, sports and fitness facilities, leisure infrastructure and practical recovery time. Find destinations where everyday recreation is easy to use.

#	Country	Score
1	Germany	93.1
2	Austria	92.4
3	France	90.9
4	Sweden	90.7
5	Finland	89.4
6	Japan	88.9
7	Netherlands	86.1
8	Spain	85.5
9	Norway	85.5
10	New Zealand	85.2
11	United Kingdom	85.1
12	Switzerland	84.5
13	Australia	84.5
14	Denmark	84.2
15	Italy	83.6
16	Slovenia	82.7
17	Luxembourg	82.5
18	Belgium	81.7
19	Korea Republic	81.5
20	United States	80.8
21	Liechtenstein	80.5
22	Estonia	80.1
23	Canada	79.3
24	Czech Republic	78.7
25	Iceland	77.2
26	Portugal	76.7
27	Chinese Taipei	76.5
28	Andorra	75.7
29	Monaco	75.4
30	Poland	75.3
31	Slovakia	75.1
32	Ireland	74.2
33	Croatia	73.6
34	Israel	73.5
35	Brazil	73.4
36	Greece	73
37	Hungary	72.6
38	Latvia	71.9
39	Lithuania	71.7
40	Malta	69.6
41	Russia	68.8
42	Hong Kong	68.3
43	Cyprus	68.1
44	Bulgaria	66.9
45	Costa Rica	66.6
46	San Marino	66.3
47	Panama	66
48	French Guiana	65.8
49	New Caledonia	65.4
50	Gibraltar	65.4
51	Réunion	65.2
52	Martinique	64.9
53	Romania	64.7
54	Chile	64.6
55	Serbia	64.6
56	Montenegro	64.2
57	Singapore	64.1
58	Puerto Rico	63.4
59	Malaysia	63.4
60	Brunei	63.1
61	Argentina	63
62	Georgia	62.6
63	Guadeloupe	62.5
64	Seychelles	62.5
65	Greenland	62.4
66	Colombia	62.2
67	Peru	61.8
68	Faroe Islands	61.5
69	United Arab Emirates	61.3
70	North Macedonia	60.8
71	Cuba	60.6
72	Uruguay	60.4
73	China	60.3
74	Belarus	60.2
75	Bahamas	60.1
76	Thailand	60
77	Turkey	59.9
78	Trinidad and Tobago	59.8
79	Mexico	59.4
80	Cayman Islands	59.3
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	58.6
82	Tahiti	58
83	Ecuador	57.5
84	Jamaica	57.2
85	Ukraine	57.2
86	Dominican Republic	57.2
87	U.S. Virgin Islands	56.9
88	Armenia	56.9
89	Albania	56.8
90	Bermuda	55.8
91	Venezuela	55
92	Qatar	54.9
93	Belize	54.8
94	Azerbaijan	54.7
95	Aruba	54.4
96	Oman	53.6
97	Sri Lanka	53.4
98	Palau	53.3
99	Kazakhstan	53.1
100	Bahrain	53
101	South Africa	52.8
102	Indonesia	52.8
103	Suriname	52.6
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	52.5
105	Macau	52.5
106	Lebanon	52.3
107	Bolivia	52.2
108	Guam	52
109	Kuwait	51.9
110	Curacao	51.7
111	Bhutan	51.7
112	American Samoa	51.6
113	Mauritius	51.6
114	Dominica	51.5
115	Turks and Caicos Islands	51.2
116	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	51.2
117	Saint-Martin	51
118	Kosovo	50.9
119	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50.7
120	Moldova	50.6
121	Saint Lucia	50.2
122	Antigua and Barbuda	49.9
123	Barbados	49.8
124	British Virgin Islands	49.7
125	Cook Islands	49.7
126	Vietnam	49.4
127	Grenada	49.2
128	Iran	48.9
129	Cambodia	48.7
130	Saudi Arabia	48.6
131	India	48.4
132	Guatemala	48.4
133	Guyana	48.2
134	Paraguay	48.1
135	Mayotte	48
136	Philippines	47.9
137	Senegal	47.5
138	Northern Mariana Islands	47.2
139	Fiji	47
140	Niue	46.9
141	Tunisia	46.8
142	Montserrat	46.8
143	Gabon	46.6
144	Mongolia	46.5
145	Honduras	46.4
146	Morocco	45.9
147	Nepal	45.8
148	Anguilla	45.7
149	Egypt	45.7
150	Botswana	45.5
151	Uzbekistan	45.4
152	Laos	45.4
153	Tanzania	45.4
154	Namibia	45.3
155	Nicaragua	44.9
156	São Tomé and Príncipe	44.8
157	Maldives	44.8
158	Zambia	44.4
159	Sint Maarten	44.3
160	Jordan	44.2
161	Cape Verde	44.2
162	El Salvador	43.9
163	Kyrgyzstan	43.3
164	Ghana	43.2
165	Congo	42.9
166	Algeria	42.8
167	Ivory Coast	42.7
168	Zimbabwe	42.5
169	Samoa	42.5
170	Equatorial Guinea	42.2
171	Kenya	41.7
172	Cameroon	40.7
173	Benin	40.5
174	Wallis and Futuna	40
175	Nigeria	39.8
176	Tajikistan	39.6
177	Angola	39.6
178	Mozambique	39.3
179	Guinea-Bissau	38.9
180	Togo	38.2
181	Papua New Guinea	37.6
182	Guinea	37.5
183	Myanmar	37.4
184	Pakistan	37.2
185	Micronesia	37.1
186	Marshall Islands	37
187	Vanuatu	36.8
188	Solomon Islands	36.8
189	Timor-Leste	36.7
190	Comoros	36.7
191	Tonga	36
192	Congo DR	35.9
193	Zanzibar	35.6
194	Turkmenistan	35.3
195	Ethiopia	35.3
196	Korea DPR	35.2
197	Uganda	34.9
198	Burkina Faso	34.9
199	Rwanda	34.8
200	Iraq	34.7
201	Madagascar	34.5
202	Libya	33.8
203	Liberia	33.8
204	Tuvalu	33.8
205	Swaziland	33.4
206	Bangladesh	33.4
207	Gambia	33
208	Malawi	33
209	Palestine	32.8
210	Kiribati	32.1
211	Sierra Leone	32.1
212	Mali	30.1
213	Central African Republic	30.1
214	Lesotho	30
215	Niger	29.9
216	Djibouti	28.5
217	Chad	27.8
218	Haiti	27.5
219	Nauru	27.3
220	Mauritania	26.2
221	Burundi	25.8
222	Syria	24.9
223	Sudan	24
224	South Sudan	22.5
225	Eritrea	21.9
226	Yemen	20.3
227	Afghanistan	20.2
228	Western Sahara	20.1
229	Somalia	18

How the Leisure and Recreation Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across four indicators. Nomadino calculates: leisure and recreation score = sports and fitness facilities × 0.25 + green space access × 0.30 + leisure infrastructure × 0.25 + recovery time × 0.20.

Sports and fitness facilities: 25%
Green space access: 30%
Leisure infrastructure: 25%
Recovery time: 20%

Nomadino uses normalized indicator scores on a 0 to 100 scale, where higher means better practical conditions for leisure, movement, recovery and everyday low-threshold activities. Green space access receives the highest weight because free public recovery space helps many use cases: families, sport, walking, health and daily breaks.

Sports and fitness facilities and leisure infrastructure are weighted strongly, but not allowed to dominate, because both describe the practical usability of a destination. Recovery time remains separate because infrastructure helps less if workload and time pressure leave little room to use it. If an indicator is removed with the checkbox, Nomadino divides by the sum of the remaining weights, preserving the relative importance of the active indicators.