The chart below gives information about the most common sports played in New Zealand in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar graph illustrates data on sports that people in New Zealand were likely to participate in most in 2002.

Overall

, the proportion of

boys

and

girls

was similar in athletics, basketball, and tennis.

However

, that distribution in cricket, martial arts, netball, soccer, swimming, and other sports was not equivalent. The percentage of

girls

in athletics is about 4%, compared to 3% of

boys

. Basketball was a little more preferred by

boys

than by

girls

. The figures were slightly over 6% and 5% respectively.

Likewise

, tennis

also

attracted

boys

a bit more than

girls

.

Boys

’ involvement in

this

activity was nearly 8%,

whereas

the figure for

girls

was about 7%. Around 25% of participants in netball were

girls

,

while

the proportion of

boys

in

this

sport was nearly 0%.

In contrast

, the figure for

boys

in soccer was almost 5 times higher than their female counterparts, at just under 25% and approximately 5% respectively.

Additionally

, cricket

also

saw a significant difference between the number of

boys

(10%) and

girls

(slightly over 0%).