The given line graph illustrates the average spending on children’s sports and participation for each month in Great Britain between 2008 and 2014. The data is categorized into three sports: football, athletics, and swimming.
Overall, the number of children participating in football consistently dominated the other sports. In athletics, participation increased rapidly and eventually surpassed that of swimming. Meanwhile, swimming showed gradual growth by the end of the specified period.
Regarding football, the number of children starting at more than 8 million declined slightly to 8 million by 2010. After that, the figures grew steadily to 9 million over the next four years, until 2014.
In the previous two years, the number of children participating in athletics remained steady at less than a million. However, from 2010 to 2012, this figure surged to 5 million. By 2014, the number of children participating in athletics did not show any change.
During the same period, the number of children participating in swimming increased gradually from 2 million to around 4 million between 2008 and 2014.