The bar chart compares urban/suburban and rural areas of a European country in terms of Internet availability from 1999 to 2004.
Overall, both areas witnessed upward trends in the percentage of households with Internet access over the period, with urban/suburban areas outperforming rural ones.
In 1999, about 15% of urban/suburban households had access to the Internet, which increased steadily in the following years to reaching 55% in 2004. The most significant growth occured between 2000 and 2002, in which there was an increase of 10% each year.
In contrast, the percentage of rural households with Internet access showed a slower upward trend between 1999 and 2002, with virtually no Internet availability in 1999. Over the next few years, there was a substantial growth in the percentage of rural homes gaining Internet access, with the figure escalating from 15% in 2002 to 35% in 2004.
