The provided bar chart illustrates the differences in the proportion of car ownership in one European country from 1971 to 2001.
Overall, the percentage of households without car witnessed a significant decrease in each 10 years. Additionally, the proportion of household with two cars always stood at the third places.
As it can be seen from the chart, in 1971, the percentage of households, which had no car, stood at 50%, the highest figure among three types of car ownership, while the figure for owners, who had one car, was approximately 35%. In the following 10 years, both the proportion of households, which had one car and did not have car, had a downward trend, was about 30% and over 40% , respectively. In contrast, the percentage of two-car owners saw a magnificent increase, from nearly 18% to approximately 28%.
Looking at the graph in more details, in 1991, the percentage of households without car dropped to 29%, which was much lower than it was in the previous 10 years, then it remained unchanged till 2001. In addition, the proportion of households with one car rose significantly to 50% in 1991, before slightly falling to roughly 43% 10 years later. Meanwhile, the proportion of two-car owners stood at 20% in 1991, the grew up to 30% in 2001.