The bar chart illustrates the proportions of families owning a computer in 5 different countries in 2000 and 2020.
Overall, all 5 countries demonstrated marginal increases. However, it is noteworthy that India was an outlier in both years, while the UK witnessed the most pronounced changes, retaining its dominance.
In the year 2000, the UK and USA showed relatively similar metrics, with 7.8 percent of families carrying a computer in their houses. Conversely, India at the same time held the last place with 4.8 percent of households that dedicated their money to obtain a computer. By contrast, families in Germany and Japan didn’t fall behind and showed 7.4 and 6.8 percent respectively. In addition, there was no significant disparity between them and the former leader.
In 2020, the UK established dominance for itself, experiencing a noticeable improvement by nearly 0.8 percent, while USA computer ownership in families rose to 8.2 percent. Despite the pronounced rise, India finished with the least percentage of families having a computer at their houses, approximately 5.7 percent. Germany at the same time demonstrated a climb by 0.8 percent, while Japan ended up in 4th place with 7.6 percent of households that own a computer.