The bar chart provides information about how many children played sports in England in 2012.
Overall, what stands out in the bar chart is the number of boys playing more than the number of girls except for badminton and swimming. Another significant feature is that football registered the highest activity among others in children.
The number of boys played tennis accounted for 50 percent, while the number of girls was just under 40 percent. Similarly, while cycling in boys was approximately 40 percent, girls just stood at 20 percent. In addition, football is the most popular sport for boys; therefore, figures for boys played soccer, which was three times higher than the figures for girls, at 60 percent and 20 percent, in turn. The last activity is hockey, with just above 15 percent of boys, whereas girls only occupied nearly 10 percent.
On the other hand, in 2012, the number of boys who played badminton only had 30 percent; meanwhile, the number of girls got 40 percent. A smaller gap was observed in the figures for swimming, with 60 percent of girls occupying compared to 50 percent of boys.