The bar chart illustrates that development in the proportion of car ownership from 1971 to 2001 in one European nation. Overall, the households with no cars have rapidly declined, owning one car and two cars has slightly fluctuated in this trend.
Firstly, slightly below 50% with no car in 1971, it decreased to just less than 40% in 1981. Likewise, the percentage of having one car fell down to 30% in 1991 and following the same in 2001.
Secondly, households owning one car in 1971 and 1981 was just higher than 30%, while the percentage was dramatically sloped down in 1991 to slightly under 20%, before returning to more than 40% house owning one car in 2001.
Lastly, percentage of having two cars was below 20% in 1971, then it rose gradually to just around 30% in 1981 just before witnessing a downfall back to over 20%. Nevertheless in 2001, there was a growth in the numbers which reached 30% respectively.
