Band 5+: The chart below gives information about the most common sports played in New Zealand in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares the percentage of boys and girls who played different sports in New Zealand in 2002.

Overall, the highest percentage of girls played Netball in New Zealand in 2002. However, the percentage of boys who played same sport in New Zealand was lowest at the same year.

In terms of playing Netball, more than 25% girls played this sport, while less than 2% boys played Netball in the same nation in 2002. On the other hand, the proportion of girls who played Cricket in New Zealand was lowest, at almost 1%, where almost 10% of boys played Cricket at the given year.

For the remaining categories, the highest proportion of boys played Soccer, at almost 25% in New Zealand in 2002. By contrast, only 5% girls played Soccer at the same country. Moreover, the percentage of boys who played other sports was little bit higher than Swimming, at almost 18% and 13%, respectively. Furthermore, the proportion of girls who played Tennis was little bit lower than boys, at almost 7% and almost 8%, respectively.