The visual illustration indicates the moving distance in kilometers per car from five nations over the course of 2 decades, starting from 1990.
From a general view, it is obvious that the US and Britain experienced an upward trend while the reverse pattern can be observed from the remaining countries. The US also holds the top figure throughout the entire timeline.
To begin, in 1990, the average distance per car is recorded to be the highest in the US with a little over 1700 kilometres, minimally surpassed Germany by roughly 100 km. This is followed by Britain and France at 1300 and 1000 km in sequential orders. At the bottom of the list, Japanese are witnessed to travel less than 700 km by car on average.
After occasional fluctuations, at the end of the period, both the US and Britain experienced a 100 km rise, respectively, stayed at 1800 km and 1400 km, which maintained their positions on the forefront. Conversely, there was stability in the figures for Germany and France in the initial 15 years before the number of km per car in the two nations considerably declined. Meanwhile, Japan’s average distance constantly fluctuated with a downward trend, dipping at 350 km in 2002 and concluding the period at 400 km.