The bar chart depicts the amount of adults practicing the principal sports in a country, in the years 1997 and 2017. A unity in the graph corresponds to a thousand of adults.
Overall, tennis was the most played sport in both years. On the contrary, basketball and cricket were the least played in 1997 and 2017, respectively.
The major sport was tennis, as it was played by exactly 50 thousand of people in 1997, and approximately 55 thousand in 2017. On the other hand, the least chosen sport was basketball, which had been chosen by a few less than 10 thousand of adults in 1997. Also, it was the second-least played sport in 2017, with slightly more than 20 thousand of people. Meanwhile, the last practicised sport in 2017 was cricket, with less than 9 thousand participants, even if they were largely above 20 thousands in 1997.
Other sports, namely golf, football and rugby, had a similar amount of participants in 1997, which were more than 30 thousands. While this value almost remained unaltered in 2017 for golf (it increased slightly), it was one-third higher for the other two sports (i.e., close to 50 thousand). Finally, the amount of swimmers was around 35 thousand in both 1997 and 2017.