The bar chart gives information about the proportion of people interested in six different sports in the UK over the years 1995, 2000, and 2005.
Overall, football consistently remained the most popular sport in the UK throughout the period, while football and rugby experienced an upward trend, the remaining sports became less popular.
Looking at the chart in more detail, in 1995 the percentage of people who preferred to play football was 42%. Additionally, about 22% of people were interested in swimming, while approximately 24% of people were interested in rugby. In the following years, football continued to dominate, with its figure rising to about 45% in 2005. Meanwhile, swimming peaked at 29% in 2000 before falling to 25% at the end of the period. Rugby followed the opposite trend, with its figure dropping to 19% and then increasing significantly to 27%.
Regarding the remaining sports, in 1995 snooker accounted for 30% of the interest, while the figure for tennis and golf was 29% and 27% respectively. Thereafter, both snooker and tennis saw a decline, ending up at around 25% each in the final year, whereas the percentage of people interested in golf decreased to 25% in 2000 and finished the period at 26%.