No One Gets 10,000 Steps Per Day

Before the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, a company was selling a pedometer, the Manpo-Kei. “Man” represents the number 10-thousand in Japanese, “po” means steps and “kei” means meter. That's what started the idea of getting 10,000 steps per day. Even all these years later, the number is still considered the ideal number of steps.

Researchers with PureGym analyzed step tracker data from around the world of people who had set their devices at a 10,000 step goal to see if anyone’s hitting that magic 10-thousand number and who’s getting closest.

The Top 10 Countries Taking the Most Steps Each Day

1. Denmark – 6,633 average daily steps
2. Poland – 6,504 average daily steps
3. Sweden – 6,461 average daily steps
4. Netherlands – 6,436 average daily step
5. Switzerland – 6,364 average daily steps
6. Australia – 6,179 average daily steps
7. Belgium – 6,147 average daily steps
8. Finland – 5,999 average daily steps
9. Japan – 5,996 average daily steps
10. Spain – 5,968 average daily steps

The United States is way back at 48-hundred steps a day. And remember this is tracking the people who are tracking themselves with a goal of 10,000 steps per day!