The bar chart illustrates the percentage of female and male players participating in the most popular sports in Britain in 2008.
Overall, it is clear that Soccer was the most appealing sport for males, while Netball recorded the largest numbers of female players on the whole chart. In addition, there was the biggest disparity between females and males playing Netball.
As can be seen from the chart, the vast majority of Netball players were females, accounting for 25%, whereas the figure for males was dramatically lower at around 2%. Similarly, significantly more females chose to go swimming than males, with figures being roughly 23% and 14% respectively. The figures for tennis and basketball were relatively similar, at around 6% of both genders. Jogging was the least favorite sport among both sexes, at around 3%.
Of the other activities, the percentage of males playing football was nearly 25%, which was significantly higher than that of females, at 5%. Other sports were the second popular choice among males, accounting for 20%, in comparison with that of females, at 10%. The figure for table tennis was lower, at around 8% of male members choosing this sport. 10% of males play cricket, which exceeded the percentage of females choosing this sports.