Band 6+: The table below shows the change in the percentages of people playing seven different sports in a European country from 1999 to 2009. Provide an overview of the information by identifying and describing the key details, and include comparisons where appropriate.

The table illustrates the percentage of 7 dissimilar sport activities that were played by dwellers in a European nation in a 10-years period, starting from 1999.

Overall, there was a significant increase in the proportion of people playing tennis and golf, while the opposite trend was seen in the figure for footbal. In addition, basketball was the most stable sport, nearly unchanged during the period shown.

In details, with 17%, football saw the most significant increase, followed by tennis that rose from 25% in 1999 to 33% in 2009. Similarly, but to a much smaller extent, the percentage for people played swimming, volleyball and yoga experienced a tiny change, going up by roughly 2%.

In 1999, football had the highest proportion, with 57%. After that it plummeted considerably to 48% after 10 years. Meanwhiles, there was a fluctuation in the figure for basketball, which recorded 26% in 1999 then fall slightly by 1% in 2004 before ending at 24%.