Statistical details regarding the most popular sports played in New Zealand in 2002 are graphically portrayed in the given bar chart depicted, divided by gender, and denominated in percentages.
Overall, the percentage of girls playing cricket recorded the lowest profile. The most significant disparity between girls and boys occurred in the number of netball players. However, the number of sports which boys played remarkably exceeded girls.
Regarding the genre of sports with the least players, basketball and tennis recorded a similar rate, an average of 8% for girls and 9% for boys. Cricket and Martial Art experienced a similar discrepancy rate at approximately 9% and 6.5% sequentially. Athletics exhibits a unique trend with the ratio of girls at 5% exceeding boys which accounted for 4%.
Considering the rest, Netball and football follow two contrasting tendencies, while the ratio of girls outperformed the boys at Netball by 25% over only 1% of the boys. In contrast, football witnesses more male athletes than females with 24% over 5%. Swimming and other sports surprisingly recorded the same disparity between the two genders of athlete, with an average rate of 8%.
