Overall, the participation in almost all sports was seen as an increase, except for football and volleyball, whose popularity declined slightly. However, football still remained the most common sport throughout the period.
Regarding football and basketball, whose share decreased slightly. More than half of the population in this country played football in 1999, more than twice as high as the figure for basketball. However, football slipped to 48% 10 years later, though it still retained its leading position throughout, while the latter edged down to 2%, from 26% in 1999.
Turning to tennis and golf, which recorded consistent growth. A quarter of the population engaged in tennis in 1999, which then rose to 33% in the final year. Golf, despite starting as the least common activity with less than 1 out of 10 people joining, gained popularity as its share increased to 17%, surpassing yoga in 2009.
Finally, the remaining sports, including swimming, volleyball, and yoga, whose participation rates followed the same pattern as tennis, albeit with some stability. bout one-third of the population is involved in going swimming, tripling the participation of the latter, before increasing slightly to 34% in 2004, which levels off at the end of the period. Regarding yoga, not until 2009 did the percentage of people who participated in doing yoga witness a slight growth of 3%, from 10% in 1999.