The diagram below illustrates the quantity of cars per 1000 people in 5 European countries between 2005 and 2015 and a comparison with the average of Europe.
Overall, it can be seen, that throughout 10 years the number of transports, despite some fluctuations, saw a rise in Poland and Iceland, whereas UK and Latvia’s figures didn’t change. Netherland, however, is the only country in this chart, whose number fell. Only Iceland managed to surpass Europe’s average.
As for the leaders at start, Iceland had approximately 820 of cars per 1000 people in 2005, and, despite the drop by 40 in 2009, the figure stood at 870 in 2015, which is the largest share in this chart. UK had a quantity of 700 car per 1000 people, equal to the Europe’s average, but, while UK’s figures didn’t see any change, Europe’s figures firstly fell to 680 and then grew to 770 by the end.
Coming at the other end of the spectrum, Netherland’s share was 640 cars per 1000 people in 2005. But by the end the figure dramatically fell to 550 by 2015. As for Poland, at first, the share was 50%. And, after the fluctuation, it stood out at 52%. Regarding the last country – Latvia, 2005’s quantity, compared with 2015, are equal 300 cars , even though the share peaked in 2009 with 500.