The bar chart illustrates the proportion of 8 different kinds of goods owned by households in a European country between 2004 and 2008.
Overall, an upward trend was seen in the percentage of all kinds of products, except for telephones. Moreover, TVs were the most commonly owned products throughout the period whereas dish washers were consistently the least one.
As the graph shows, by 2004, both TVs and telephones were the most widespread, each being possessed by more than 90% of households, though TVs were slightly more prevalent. Four years later, almost every household owned a TV (98%) while the proportion of households that had a telephone faced a modest decline to approximately 91%. Additionally, the figure for CD players rose marginally from around 72% to 76%. Similarly, microwave and clothes dryers stood at about 65% and 59%, respectively, both of them increased by around 5% by the end of the period.
Regarding other goods that had a notable growth, home computers increased significantly in ownership, which climbed from just under 40% to over 73% in four years. Mobile phones, which were in the least common group with only 30% of households owned in 2004, tripled to under 90% and became one of the most purchased products. Finally, dish washer was the least preferred item among households during this period, its figure increased slightly from over 22% to 30%.