The table illustrates the modification in the percentages of participants in seven European sports after a decade.
Overall, football has constantly stood at the highest point in the sheet, followed by ranking second in swimming; however, they had an opposite tendency. Compared to the top prevalence sports, golf and yoga have only attracted a small proportion of people who took part in these games.
Regarding the top-ranked sports in Europe, football accounted for the greatest figure, with above 50%; however, this figure witnessed a marginal decline from 57% to 48% over 10 years. Three games were remarkable at the second rank, including swimming, tennis, and basketball. While the joiners of two former saw an upward trend, from 32% to 34% and from 25% to 30%, respectively, that of basketball experienced a downward trend for 3% after 10 years, starting from 26%.
In terms of the lower figure on the data sheet (golf, yoga, and volleyball), most had seen growth after a decade. The initial number of golf participants was 8%, with a subsequent considerable rise of 17% at the end of the period. Those people who joined the volleyball team saw fluctuating percentages, reaching the highest point (20%) in 2004 before dropping gently to 18% at the end, whereas the data of people taking part in the yoga area remained unchanged at 10% in the first 5 years before increasing to 13% in 2009.