The bar graph demonstrates information about the shift in the UK public’s interest towards six categories of sports across the years 1995, 2000, and 2005.
Notably, the UK residents showed the most preferences for walking throughout the surveyed period. It is also clear that while upward trends can be observed in walking, swimming, and playing rugby; snooker, tennis, and golf witnessed declining patterns.
Turning to the year 1995, walking topped the list with the interest rate at over 40%, followed distantly by snooker and tennis. These two activities were reported to attract around 28% and 30% of people to participate in the UK. Meanwhile, rugby matches and swimming witnessed lower participation rates, at roughly 24% and 22% in particular. Golf playing ranked the lowest, with just approximately 18% engrossing in the category, half of the figure for walking.
Post ten years, all six source groups underwent noteworthy changes. In 2005, albeit with some slight changes, walking and golf respectively maintained their highest and lowest ranks in terms of popularity. Despite fluctuations, swimming and rugby’s popularity eventually surpassed snooker and tennis to rank second and third highest, with both reaching the same interest rates at 27%. Roughly 23% and 22% said that they enjoyed taking part in playing snooker and tennis by 2005.