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Britain has been found to be the laziest country in the world, where more than 63 percent of the population falls into the category of ‘inactive’, a new study has suggested. Scientific journal The Lancet, which has carried out a global study, included results from 122 countries, to rank them according to their laziness quotient. Ireland , which is famous for it pubs and music, was ranked as the 18th least active country in the world. The study also revealed that just over 40 percent of those in North America were inactive, putting it in the 46th spot, the Daily Mail reported. Meanwhile, Greece was labelled the least lazy nation in the study, as only 15 percent of the population of the country was classed as inactive. Other countries, which have raced ahead of UK in being inactive, were Kuwait , Micronesia , Argentina , Serbia , Saudi Arabia , Swaziland and Malta Top 20 laziest countries in the world are: Malta - 71.9 percent inactive Swaziland - 69.0 percent inactive Saudi Arabia - 68.8 percent inactive Serbia - 68.3 percent inactive Argentina - 68.3 percent inactive Micronesia - 66.3 percent inactive Kuwait - 64.5 percent inactive Britain - 63.3 percent inactive United Arab Emirates - 62.5 percent inactive Malaysia - 61.4 percent inactive Japan - 60.2 percent inactive Dominican Republic - 60.0 percent inactive Namibia - 58.5 percent inactive Iraq - 58.4 percent inactive Turkey - 56.0 percent inactive Cyprus - 55.4 percent inactive Italy - 54.7 percent inactive Ireland - 53.2 percent inactive South Africa - 52.4 percent inactive Bhutan - 52.3 percent inactive.

Britain dubbed one of the laziest countries