The line chart illustrates the percentage of time spent by elderlies in Europe on free time activities from 1980 to the 2010s. The data demonstrates a clear relationship between time and activities, with the most prominent feature being the major increase in hiking as an activity.
Hiking had the greatest rise from 20% to 80% from the 1980s to 2010s, and surfing the internet had a smaller rise from 5% to 50% over the same time period. While hiking had a significant increase, surfing the internet observed a gradual rise between the 1980s to 15% in the 2000s, before observing a stark rise to 50% by the 2010s. Similarly between 2000s and 2010s, reading saw a quick incline from 20% to 60%.
On the other hand, reading and playing sports had increased followed by decreases. Both playing sports and reading saw a initial increase, peaking at 70% in 2000s and 40% in 1990s respectively, they then saw a decline for the next 10 years. In comparison, theatre saw a decrease followed by an increase. There was a steep fall from 50% to 30% from 1980s to 1990s, before it saw a marginal rise to 45% in 2010s.