The bar chart gives information about households’ car ownership in percentage in a particular European country from 1971 to 2001.
Overall, households in the reported country were likely to earn more cars as time passed, represented by the declining percentage of households without a vehicle and the upward patterns of households in possession of one car or two cars. By the end of the period, households with a single vehicle were most prevalent.
In the first tracking year, nearly half of the households had no car, while around 35% owned one, delegating it to the second position of the chart. Households with two cars contributed a minor part, just half as popular as those with a single vehicle, which indicates that not owning a car was the norm in this country in 1971.
However, over the following decades, the figures for carless households declined steadily and drastically, falling to just about 30% by 2001. By contrast, both single-car and two-car households witnessed a general upward trend. Although the percentage of households with a vehicle slightly decreased in 1981, it peaked at 50% in 1991, concluding the period at over 40%, dominating that year. Besides, that of two-car households fluctuated throughout the period, ending at approximately 30%.