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.

The chart illustrates the proportion of boys and girls who participated in various
sports in New Zealand in 2002. Overall, it is clear that there were significant differences between the percentage of boys and girls who took part in most of these sports. However, the proportion who
played basketball and tennis was similar. Among girls, 25% played netball and a slightly lower percentage - 22% - enjoyed swimming. Approximately 8% and 7% of girls played tennis and basketball respectively – a figure which was only slightly lower than boys for both sports. While 6% of girls played soccer and 5% took part in athletics, less than 5% of girls participated in martial arts and cricket. Finally, participation in other, unspecified, sports totalled around 10%. (*) In contrast, among boys, only 1% played netball. The sports with the highest participation figures were soccer, swimming and cricket, with 25%, 13% and 12% respectively. These were followed by cricket, martial arts, tennis and basketball which all had figures of between 11% and 8%. About 18% of boys played other sports.