The line chart shows people of different age groups who visited a gym at least once a month in Europe from 1990 to 2010.
Overall, there was an upward trend among all age brackets over the period. Also, it is notable that the first place of the 25-34 age group was replaced by those who were aged 18-24 in the latter half of the period.
Looking first at the 18-24 and 25-34 age brackets, both initially represented around 7% of people in their ages in 1990, before experiencing quite similar trajectories. The proportion of gym-goers aged 18-24 then rose dramatically to almost 60% by 2010, despite a slight dip between 2006 and 2010. Additionally, it had exceeded that of 25-to-34-year-old people since 1998, ultimately ranking first. Meanwhile, the figure for those who were between 25 and 34 years old saw a more steady increase to 50%, 10 percentage points lower than the highest one.
Turning to the remaining age groups, approximately 4% of people aged 35-44 and above went to the gym once a month or more in 1990. Subsequently, more individuals in the 35-44 age group worked out at the gym, with the rate rocketing to 40% by 2010 after a sixfold growth to nearly 24% in 2006. Showing an identical pattern, the percentage of 45-and-over-year-old gym-goers climbed slower by just 6% to 10% in 2006, before doubling to over 20% during the given period. Moreover, it registered the lowest percentage of people going t o the gym over the 20-year period.