The table shows how many pupils there were in Malaysian primary and secondary school in 2005. A glance at charts provided reveals the popularity of different types of sports among students based on a survey.
Overall, the number of students in secondary school were more than primary school. While tennis was the most popular sport in primary school, football was considered as the most common in secondary school. In contrast, in secondary school, rugby and swimming were equally the least favorite, whereas in primary school, rugby saw the least popular.
The number of students in primary school is 22000 less than secondary one. 40% of primary school students chose tennis as the most favorite sport while the popularity of this sport was in third place, at just 15%, in secondary school. Most students (40%) preferred football than other sports in secondary school that was the second-favorite, at 30%, in primary stage. Over than one third of 91000 students considered basketball as their favorite sport in secondary school, followed by tennis, by 15%. Rugby was as popular as swimming, at 5%, as the least favorite in this group. Just 15% of students liked to play basketball in primary school. Swimming popularity, by 10%, was in fourth place for primary students. A minority of 5% preferred rugby.