The bar chart illustrates the amount of adults participating in variation major sports between 1997 and 2017.
Overall, tennis recorded the largest proportion of adult participant in both years. While basketball had the lowest figure throughout the period.
In 1997, tennis began at around 50 thousands of individuals and experienced a slightly rise to approximately 54 thousands in 2017. Football and rugby initially stood at roughly 31 thousands and 33 thousands, respectively by 1997. These figure climbed to around 48 thousands and 49 thostusands of people in 2017, which was nearly the same level. Furthermore, swimming had the same proportion at about 35 thousands of participant in both years.
In addition, golf start at around 31 thousands before grew marginally to nearly 33 thousands of people in 2017. Therefore, cricket started from a relatively high point at 26 thousands in 1997, afterward experiencing a steady decline close to 7 thousands by 2017. Lastly, basketball had the lowest initial figure among different major sports with merely at roughly 9 thousands of adults in 1997 and this figure increased gradually to about 23 thousands by the end of the period.