Band 6+: The table below shows the change in the percentages of people joining in seven different sports in an European country from 1999 to 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table provides information in percentages of people joining in seven different sports in a European country from 1999 to 2009.

Overall, it is apparent that football has been the most played sport from 1999 to 2009. It can also be seen that swimming is the second most played sport by maintaining its level in the past few years. However, Yoga and Golf were the only sport that remained stable.

In year 1999, football had the highest percentage of 57%, followed by swimming at 32%. Golf recorded the smallest number with only 8%. However, in year 2004, Football had a slight drop with the percentage of 52% whereas, swimming had a minimal rise to 34%. Despite the considerable changes, football remained its level.

In year 2009, football showed a fall to its number to 48%. Meanwhile, swimming reamined relatively stable at 34%. In comparison with the year 2004, golf was replaced by yoga in ranking the lowest, with the percentage of 13%.

Overall, it depicts that football has been the most played sport with lots of people joining although its percentage vary from 1999 to 2009.