The bar chart illustrates the percentage of school pupils engaged in 4 different sports activities in 2010.Overall, swimming was the most popular for both boys and girls, with a slightly higher percentage of girls participating. While boys mainly attended football and basketball clubs, netball was the widely favoured among girls.
Analyzing the information in greater detail, 20% of boys in the Australia play football after their school, compared to 4% of girls.Rating 7%, the proportion of boys playing basketball was slightly higher than that of girls with 6%.
As regards other categories, the proportion of girls playing netball was significanatly higher than that of boys, with the former accounting for 18% and latter 3% respectively.Swimming followed the similar pattern, with 16% of female and 13% of male pupils participating .Both genders showed relatively similar rates of non-participating, with 5% of girls and 4% of boys opting out.
