The chart below shows male and female fitness membership in Thailand between 1985 and 2015

The bar chart illustrates the

number

of males and females who took part in

fitness

activities in Thailand during a 30-year period from 1985 to 2015.

Overall

, there were many significant changes during the period.

While

the

number

of female

fitness

members

increased over time,

this

number

decreased for male

fitness

members

. It can be clearly observed from the chart that the

number

of men who were

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fitness

members

stood at over 2000, which was roughly twice as high as that of women in 1985. After five years, the figure for men witnessed a dramatic increase to approximately 4000 before gradually decreasing to under 2000 in 2000.

By contrast

, there was a fluctuation between 1200 and nearly 3000 in the

number

of women from 1985 to 2000. In the following five years, the

number

of male

fitness

memberships was the same as that of females, at over 2000.

Then

,

while

the male

fitness

members

’

number

experienced a significant rise from under 2000 in 2000 to a peak of 5000 in 2010, the female

fitness

members

’

number

steadily climbed to 3000. But

finally

, in 2015, the

number

of male and female

fitness

members

dropped again and reached 2000 for males and 1000 for females.