The table illustrates the quantities of students in Malaysian decondary school during two school years, while the pir charts illustrate thee result of questionnaires asking these students what their favourite sport is.
In general, the total number of students increased throughout the period. In addition, at the beginning of the period tennis was the most positively rated sport, but then surpassed by basketball.
To begin with, total number of students were 73,000 in school year 2004-2005. Then, it experienced significant growth of 17,000 from 73,000 to 91,000 at the end of the period.
Regarding the result of surveys, basketball accounted for 15 percent before considerably increasing to 35 percent, closely followed by football increasing from 30 percent to 40 percent. Rugby, on the other hand, remained stable at 5 percent throughout the period. Meanwhile, at 40 percent, tennis was most popular sport among students, but significant decreased to 15 percent, while swimming declined marginally from 10 percent to 5 percent.
