The line graph illustrates the number of people, who participated in four different sports – basketball, tennis, badminton, and rugby – in a particular region between 1985 and 2005.
Overall, participation in rugby declined over the period, while basketball and tennis showed steady growth. In contrast, the number of people playing badminton dropped sharply during these years.
Deliving into details in 1985, we can see,rugby had the highest number of participants, at around 240,000. However, this figure gradually decreased to 230,000 in 1990 and 200,000 in 1995, before falling more noticeably to 160,000 in 2000 and reaching a low of 100,000 by 2005. Basketball, on the other hand, showed a consistent upward trend, rising from 75,000 in 1985 to 110,000 twenty years later.
Tennis also experienced positive growth, beginning at 50,000 participants in 1985 and increasing steadily to 65,000 in 1990 and 80,000 in 1995. The rise was particularly strong after 2000, when the number reached 110,000. In contrast, badminton participation declined significantly, falling from 140,000 in 1985 to 110,000 in 1995, then to 80,000 in 2000, and finally to just 40,000 in 2005.
In summary, while rugby and badminton both lost popularity between 1985 and 2005, tennis and basketball attracted more participants and showed steady growth over the two decades.