Percentage of children participating in various home activities across four countries

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of children engaged in four distinct home-based activities—computer games, reading, board games, and watching TV—across Malaysia, China, Nigeria, and Sudan.

Overall, computer games emerge as the most prevalent activity in every country, while reading is the least favoured pastime. Notably, the percentage of children watching television remains constant at 30% across all four nations.

Regarding computer games, Nigeria reports the highest engagement at 60%, followed by Malaysia and Sudan, both at 50%, while China records the lowest figure at 40%. In contrast, reading shows a downward trend across the countries; Malaysia has the highest participation at 20%, followed by China at 15%, with Nigeria and Sudan both recording the lowest at 10%.

For board games, Sudan exhibits the highest interest at 30%, followed by Malaysia and China at 25%, and Nigeria at 20%. As noted, watching TV shows no variation, maintaining a steady 30% across all regions. While computer games dominate the leisure time of children in these countries, the popularity of other activities varies, with reading consistently trailing behind other forms of entertainment.