The line graph compares the no-car, 1-car, and 2+-car categories in terms of the percentage of owners in European households over a 40-year period, between 1961 and 2001.
Overall, ownership of 2+ cars and 1 car exhibited an upward trajectory, whereas the reverse was true for the no-car category. Notably, ownership of 2+ cars witnessed a massive surge, surpassing other categories, thus emerging as the category with the highest proportion of ownership.
In the initial year, the number of households with no car was dominant at a peak of approximately 73%. Over the ensuing years, the figure dipped dramatically to about 10%.
The remaining two households – 2+ cars and 1 car – bucked this trend. The figure for the former was about 10, which was significantly lower than that of the latter at about 30% in 1961. The ownership of 1 car showed a marginal rise to roughly 39% and remained static at that value by 1981, after which this number witnessed a slight decrease to 37% in 1991 before staging a resurgence to 39% at the end of the period. Meanwhile, the ownership of 2+ cars skyrocketed to 50% throughout the timeframe, becoming the dominant category.