Band 7+: 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 depicts the change in the proportion of seven kinds of sports joined by dwellers of a particular European nation between 1999 and 2009.

Overall, all categories became more prevalent except for football and basketball over the period which declined, with football leading the way throughout.

Regarding the increased categories, the percentage of people choosing swimming ranked second at 32% in 1999, it rose steadily to 34% in the next 5 years and continued to stay static at the end of the period. Similarly, tennis stood at a quarter at the beginning of the period before climbing to a third in the following ten years. This was followed by volleyball, before taking up 18% in 2009, it grew gradually from 17% in 1999 to one-fifth in 2004. Furthermore, yoga and golf were the least favored activities, which experienced a downward trend from 10% and 8% in 1999 to 13% and 17% in 2009, respectively.

Concerning the remaining sports, although in 1999, football accounted for the largest participation rate at 57%, this figure saw a considerable decrease to 52% by 2004 and to 48% by 2009. Lastly, the year 1999 witnessed 26% players took part in basketball, after that, an additional 1% of participants quitted it every 5 years, which reached 24% by 2004.