The bar chart compares the proportions of males aged from 16 to 25 in a specific country who enjoyed watching six different sports and those who preferred engaging in them.
Overall, football, horse riding, and racing recorded the highest share of males who were into watching, while fishing attracted the largest figure of participants. Additionally, the percentages of male spectators were steadily higher than that of participants, except for fishing, whose figure observed the reserve trend.
Regarding sports with the most significant disparity between the two groups, the proportion of male audiences in football, horse riding, and racing was the highest, each standing at 45%, exactly triple that of those watching fishing, at 15%. However, the participants of the horse riding, racing, and football had by far the lowest figures, accounting 18% and 10% of players, respectively. By contrast, the percentage of male fishing competitors exceeded remarkably to become the largest figure in all sports, at 50%, making its highest gap between the two examined groups.
Moving on to the remaining categories, basketball made up 38% of male viewers, 13 percentage points higher than that of active participants, at 25%. Similarly, but to a lesser extent, the share of those watching rugby and badminton was modestly lower, each at approximately 30%, compared to 20% of rugby players and 25% of badminton counterparts. As a result, badminton showed the lowest disparity between the two given categories.