The bar chart illustrates the sales of a medicine company divided into three areas between 2002 and 2006.
Overall, it is clear that the proportion of sales in Asia increased significantly while the opposite trend happened in America and Europe over the period. Notably, the figure for Asia overtook the leading position in the last year.
In 2002, America had the highest sales in all regions, which accounted for 41%. The proportion of sales in this region fell and hit a low, at 27% in 2004, after which the figure for America increased slightly to 30% in 2006. Meanwhile, the sales in Europe started at 34% in 2002, then increased gradually and reached a peak of 38% in 2004, after which the data decreased slowly to 30%, the same with America in 2006.
Turning to Asia, this area started in 2002 with the lowest sales percentage at only 25%. From that year, there was a sharp increase in the proportion of sales in Asia to the second position in 2004 with 35% and be the leader in 2006 with 40%.
