The bar graph compares sales distribution of a particular car brand, in percentage, across four different world regions over a quinquennium, commencing in 2006.
Overall, car sales in Asia increased consistently over the surveyed time frame, while the figure for North America took the opposite direction, and those for Europe and South America underwent some fluctuations. Additionally, Europe had the largest sales volume in 2006, but by the end of the period, Asia surpassed it to become the most promising market.
With only 25% at the beginning, Asia ranked third in sales of the automobile company. During the subsequent years, however, it embarked on a remarkable increase, overtaking the leading market Europe in 2009 when accounting for 42%. By 2010, one half of all cars produced by the brand was purchased in Asian countries. In contrast, North America witnessed a continual decline, shrinking from 30% in 2006 to below one-third of this proportion eventually.
Europe maintained its lead in the first three years, peaking at 38% in 2008 only to drop to its initial point of 34% in the following year, after which it continued the downward trend, ending at 30%. Finally, total sales in South America remained fairly stable throughout the period, which fluctuating around 11%, except for the lowest figures observed in 2008 and 2009, at 6% and 5%, respectively.