The bar chart provides information about the number of adults engaging in different popular sports in an area over a period of twenty years, from 1997 to 2017.
Overall, almost all the major sports witnessed an increase in participation numbers with a few exceptions. Tennis remains the most popular sport with the highest participation numbers. Cricket, however, experienced a decline in the number of participants.
Over 20 years, tennis remains the sport with the highest number of participants. The number of participants in tennis increased from about 50 thousand to almost 55 thousand. The number of golf participants has increased slightly. The number of participants in Swimming remains about the same at about 32 thousand. Football and rugby witnessed a significant increase in the number of participants by about 40%.
The number of people participating in basketball has increased quite significantly, going up from about 9 thousand to almost 22 thousand. Cricket observed a significant drop in participation numbers. The number of participants in Cricket decreased from about 25 thousand to almost 5 thousand.
