The bar chart illustrates the percentage of boys and girl attendees of six distinct sports outside the academic lessons in the year 1999.
Overall, football accounted for the largest proportion of boys participation, whereas tennis made up the lowest figure. In addition, cycling peaked in overall popularity, while girls participation in swimming showed the highest reported concern in 1999. Regarding football, it accounted for the highest proportion at 67%, followed by cycling at 58%, while the figures for the rest of the nation ranged between approximately 10% to %.68%. In terms of girls cycling dominated with 49%, whereas football recorded the smallest proportion at 16% There was only a marginal difference of boys and girls walking, the highest figure at 21%.
Girls participation in tennis, on the other hand, was approximately 5% lower than boys. The attendees of girls on roller blading the highest, accounted for 24%, while attendees for boys was the lowest at almost 22%.
