The bar chart illustrates the percentage of two types of households in a certain country that had internet access from 1999 to 2004.
Overall, both types of family units increased substantially. However, internet access in urban and suburban households increased more rapidly than in rural areas.
In 1999, while internet access in urban and suburban households was around 15%, it was approximately 1% in rural areas. Over the following two years, the figure for urban and suburban households rose sharply to approximately 30% in 2000 and 40% in 2001. Internet access in rural areas rose gradually, increasing to about 5% and 10% respectively.
From 2002, internet access continued to grow in both cases. The percentage of urban and suburban households with internet access climbed from 50% in 2002 to just over 55% in 2004. Meanwhile, internet access in rural houses increased rapidly from around 12% in 2002 to 25% in 2003 before reaching approximately 35% in 2004.
In conclusion, although urban and suburban households maintained higher levels of internet access throughout the period, rural areas experienced more rapid growth.
