The chart below shows the percentage of females aged 16-25 in a particular country who participated in sports, compared with the percentage of people who watched them in 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates how many
women
in the age group of 16-25 played and watched 6 different sports in an unspecified country in 2000. Overall
, women
in this
country tended to watch sports more than actually participate in them, with the exception of badminton and golf
, whose participation rates were higher than viewership rates. Additionally
, horse riding and racing was the least popular sport among women
in the surveyed country.
Regarding the number of females who watched sports, tennis had the highest percentage, which was 60%. Ranking second in popularity was basketball, which was slightly lower at 55%. After that, the figure for gymnastics viewers was twice as high as those in golf
, at 20 % and 10%, respectively. Contrastingly, badminton was the least popular among female spectators, at around 4%. In addition
, golf
and horse riding and racing figures were 10% and 6% in turn.
In terms of female athletes, while
basketball had the highest percentage of women
who participated, which was 50%, horse riding, and racing had the lowest percentage of female participation, at merely 3%. Furthermore
, tennis and golf
were chosen by an equal number of female athletes, at 30%. Also
, more sportswomen participated in badminton than in gymnastics, at 11% and 9%, respectively.Submitted by lmnhi113 on
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