The illustrated bar chart compares the rates of global car sharing in 5 different countries after 8 years from 2008.
A quick glance at the diagram reveals that while South America has the smallest percentage of carpools in both years, North Amera took over the first place from Europe in 2016. Moreover, compared to these two regions, other areas had significantly lower rates of ride-sharing after the reported period.
As can be seen from the chart, in 2008, Europe took up nearly 60% of global car-sharing schemes, which almost doubled that of North America. Meanwhile, the proportions of Asia and Australia were considerably lower at less than 5%. Furthermore, it can be clearly noticed that South American residents contributed under 2% to the worldwide rate of carpools.
Another noteworthy point from the diagram is that after having increased by about 20%, North America made up the highest percentage of ride-sharing use at roughly a half. In contrast, Europe witnessed a declined in its use of this means of commuting to approximately a third of the global figure. Besides, there was a slight increase in the data of the other 3 regions by around 2%, making South America’s car-sharing rate remain the lowest at under 5%.