The bar chart compares the proportions of adults in a country who took part in five leisure activities in 2010 and 2020.
Overall, reading and walking were the most popular activities in both years, whereas team sports experienced the sharpest decline. Participation rose in three activities but fell in the other two, with cycling recording the strongest growth.
In 2010, reading was the leading activity, at 40%, followed by walking at 32%. Over the next decade, both figures increased, reaching 45% and 38% respectively. Cycling also became more popular, with its participation rate climbing from 18% to 25%, a rise of seven percentage points.
Although it remained less common than reading and walking, cycling showed the fastest growth among the activities that gained participants.
The opposite pattern can be seen in swimming and team sports. The proportion of adults who swam edged down from 22% to 20%, a relatively modest fall. By contrast, team sports saw a substantial reduction, dropping from 28% in 2010 to just 16% in 2020. As a result, this activity moved from third place to the bottom of the ranking and became the least popular option by the end of the period.