The given table illustrates how many people played several sports in a European country over a 10-year period, starting from 1999.
Overall, what stands out from the chart is that there were decreases in the proportion of people playing Football and Basketball, whereas the converse was true in the case of other sports within the time shown. Despite the downward trend, Football still registered as the most well-known sport throughout the decade.
A closer look at chat reveals that in 1999, 57% of people played Football, making it become the most popular sport. However, the percentage of football players witnessed a gradual decline of 9% after 10 years. Similarly, Basketball players’ figures followed the same pattern, albeit at a lower level, starting from 26% then decreasing to 24%.
Conversely, there were around 25% to 32% of people taking part in Tennis and Swimming respectively at the first time. This data then moderately went up to 33% to 34% in 2004. Having begun at 17%, Volleyball participation reached a peak of 20%, followed by a mere fall of 2%. Meanwhile, Yoga and Golf had the lowest players’ rate at just 8% and 10% in 1999. While Golf’s data consistently rose to 17% in 2009, which was nearly double its initial figure, Yoga’s one remained unchanged between 1999 and 2004 and then slightly climbed to 13% during the surveyed period.