The presented line graph shows the statistics of several free-time activities for European’s elderly people between 1980 and 2010. Overall, we can see that hiking has seen the largest growth in the percentage of elderly people over time. Moreover, the only activity that has declined in popularity in the last 10 years is playing sports.
As shown in the graph, only 20% of elderly people were hiking in 1980. This number was skyrocketing and reached 80% in 2010. On the other hand, despite being the most popular activity, the percentage of elderly people who played sports increased from 60% in 1980 to 70% in 2000, but it saw a slight drop to 65% in 2010.
Furthermore, over the last 30 years, theater’s popularity has fluctuated. Starting from being the second most popular activity with 50% of elderly people in 1980, the number dropped to 30% in the next 10 years, and continued to climb until it reached 45% in 2010. Similar conditions as theater, fluctuation was also seen in reading. In 1980, the percentage of elderly people who read was 30% and rose to 40% in 1990. The number was declining by double to 20% in 2000 before trebling to 60% in 2010.
Lastly, surfing the internet began as the least popular activity in 1980 with only 5% of elderly people. However, this activity continued to grow until it reached 15% in 2000, and over the last 10 years, surfing the internet was seen at its high peak with 50% of elderly people.