The provided table demonstrates the comparison between the number of participants in seven sports activities in a particular European nation, recorded from 1999 to 2009.
Overall, football attracted the majority of players throughout 11 years, despite seeing a decline. What also stands out from the graph is that tennis and golf experienced gradual increases, while swimming remained at a steady level, the rest category followed by trivial fluctuating tendencies.
Regarding football, the sport dominated over half the proportion in 1999, though it underwent a decrease to 48% by the end of the period. Basketball also received a similar trend, starting from 26% and dropping to 24%, while by 2009, volleyball players decreased by 2% compared to the 2004 figure.
As for the remaining, tennis, golf, and yoga witnessed a marginal rise. Tennis participation increased steadily, beginning from 25% to 33% in 2009. Golf and yoga shared a nearly similar starting point, then slightly climbed up to 17% and 13%, respectively. There was a levelled off until the end of the duration in swimming joiners data after its soar from 32% to 34% in 2004.