The bar chart illustrates the proportions of young females aged 16 to 25 in a specific nation who watched or participated in six different sports.
Overall, tennis and basketball recorded the highest figures in both categories, whereas badminton and horse riding and racing generally had the lowest figures. Notably, tennis recorded the greatest disparity between watching and participating, while horse riding and racing exhibited the smallest difference.
Watching was generally the dominant category in the chart. Tennis made up the largest proportion of females at 60%. This was followed by basketball, with a comparable figure standing at 56%. Gymnastics accounted for 20% of females watching, which was double the proportion recorded in golf. Horse riding and racing and badminton exhibited comparable figures at 6% and 4%, respectively.
Looking at playing sports, basketball stood out by having the highest share of females in this field, at 50%. The second highest shares were observed in tennis and golf, registering similar figures at approximately 30%, which were more than double the percentage seen in badminton and gymnastics. The figures for gymnastics and horse riding and racing were 8% and 2% respectively.