The bar chart illustrates the number of cars per 1000 residents in five European countries and compares these figures with the European average over a ten-year period starting from 2005.
Overall, it is clear that country 5 had the highest car ownership throughout the period. Additionally , except country 4, the rate of people using cars was highly volatile .
Specifically, in 2005, country 5 registered the greatest number of cars per 1000 residents , at approximately 900. Despite a slight fall in 2009 , the figure consistently rose to nearly 1000 in 2015, marking the highest rate across all countries and years.
By comparison, country 3 and country 4 had lower figures , both starting at a moderate level of roughly 700 cars per 1000 people in 2005. Subsequently, while the rate of people owning cars in country 4 remained relatively stable across three years , that of country 3 underwent a steady drop. Meanwhile, an opposite trend to country 3 could be seen in the average car ownership of five countries , which had a small dip in 2009 followed by a marginal growth in 2015.
In 5 countries , country 1 and country 2 had the lowest car ownership in three years , with figures fluctuating around 300 and 500 cars per 1000 residents. The proportion of people possessing a car in country 1 witnessed a gradual increase to 40% in 2009, after which it declined moderately to its first numbers in 2015 , at 300 cars per 1000 people. In contrast , that of country 2 showed slight variations over the years without any clear upward or downward trend.