The table shows the total proportion of interests across seven different types of sports – Tennis, Football, Swimming, Golf, Volleyball, Basketball, and Yoga – in an unspecified European country in years 1999, 2004, and 2009.
Overall, Tennis, Swimming, Golf, Volleyball, and Yoga increased over the period of time, albeit to varying degrees, while the reverse was true for Basketball and Football. Notably, Football stood out for being a category to experience the most dramatic decrease; meanwhile, the other categories changed slightly.
In 1999, Tennis started at 25%, a percentage that then increased by 5%, reaching 30% by 2004, after which it experienced a slight increase of 3%, finishing the period at 33%. When it comes to Swimming and Golf, they began the period at 32% and 8%, respectively, and after half a decade they rose, with respective figures of 34% and 13%, before finishing the period at 34% and 17%, respectively. Similarly, Yoga accounted for 10% in 1999, a figure that remained stable after five years, yet it grew marginally by 3%, finishing the period at 13%.
By contrast, Basketball made up 26% at the beginning of the period, a figure that then decreased by 1% each five years, amounting to 24% at the end of the period, whereas Football saw the most dramatic decrease, it constituted 57% in 1999, a figure that fall by 5% by 2004, before declining further to 48 by the end of the period.
Volleyball, however, the only sector which fluctuated over the period, amounted to 17% in 1999, after which it climbed to 20% but declined by 2%, dipping to 18% by 2009.