The given chart illustrates the proportion of a car manufacturer’s total sales across four different regions, spanning from 2006 to 2010.
Overall, while Europe and North Americe experienced a downward trend, Asia accounted for a significant growth in total sales during the period, becoming the region with the highest sales rate. In addition, South America underwent a fluctuation and finished at the same level.
To begin with, Asia and North America witnessed opposite patterns over the five-year period. Specifically, the data of car sales in Asia increased sharply, from 25% in 2006 to 50% in 2010, becoming the largest market in total regions. By contrast, there was a plummet in the figure for North America’s car sales. Starting at 30% in 2006, North America notably declined to only 9% in 2010, making it the lowest sales rate after five years.
On the other hand, Europe and South America underwent fluctuations throughout the recorded years. Starting at 34% in 2006, Europe hit an all-time high at 38% in 2008, remaining its dominance as the leading region within 3 years. This region, however, dropped consistently to 30% in 2010, being overtaken by Asia to become the second largest share. Finally, despite decreasing gradually, from 11% in 2006 to 5% in 2009, South America rose considerably to 11% in 2010, remaining its sales and overtaking North America to become the third highest sales rate.