Two pie charts above illustrate the proportion of volunteers in 6 various categories – environment, sport, education, art, healthcare, and other – over a 6-year span, from 2008 to 2014.
Overall, despite environmental and healthcare sectors experienced significant growth by 2014, other volunteer directions, such as sport, education, art, and other, faced a steady decline during the given frame.
In detail, an environmental sphere has been highlighted by widening from 21% to one-third of the total number of volunteers; furthermore, a healthcare sector has also shown a remarkable increase from only 7% to 25% by 2014. Therefore, these two categories have become the most popular volunteering direction, together adding up to 59% of the total.
Conversely, other volunteering sectors have demonstrated an abrupt decrease by the end of the period. Educational initiatives, which were the most favorable among volunteers by 2008, fell to only 8% in 2014. In addition, other categories have also faced a gradual dip: 3% in art, 5% in sports, and 6% in other volunteering activities by 2014.
