The bar chart compares the number of cars per 1,000 individuals across 5 European countries – Latvia, Poland, the Netherlands, the UK, and Iceland – for the years 2005, 2009, and 2015, alongside the average for these countries.
Overall, while Iceland observed the highest number of cars per thousand in all years, the reverse was true for Latvia. Notably, there was no change in the number of private vehicles in the UK during the following years.
In 2005, Iceland’s population owned the highest number of private vehicles at just above 800. The figures for the number of cars per person in the UK and the Netherlands were 700 and approximately 650, respectively. Latvia and Poland exhibited the least number of cars per person at 300 and 500. Last but not least, the average number of cars per person was recorded at 700.
In terms of 2009, the number of cars per thousand people in the UK and Iceland showed the highest figures again, with the former accounting for just below 800. Thus, the overall average of the five given countries was just beneath 700.
In the latter year, Iceland remained as the country with the highest number of cars per person at just under 900. Latvia, Poland, and the Netherlands exhibited decline to 300, just above 500, and nearly to 550. Therefore, the overall average number of cars in all countries reached about 790.