The provided diagram demonstrates the proportion electronic commodities in New Zealand households in 2002 and 2020.
Overall, it is evident that the percentage of people owned video recorders followed a downward trend, while the opposite was true for other merchandise in addition, the most common household goods were washing machine and colour TV, while digital camera witnessed an opposite pattern in the both two years 2002 and 2020.
In 2002, the most common appliances in New Zealand households were washing machine and colour TV, with the former accounting for 97% and the latter being 95%. After 18 years, they still remained as the most important gears in every households, however, the most common one which had been washing machine was replaced by colour TV with the proportion of 99%. Additionally, 75% of New Zealand households in 2002 possessed video recorder, however, the next 18 years witnessed a considerable decline to approximately 60% in this figure. Moreover, video recorders were also the only appliance that become less common.
In the first year, half of households in New Zealand owned computers, and this figure rose significantly to 78% in 2020. Furthermore, dish washers also experienced a moderate growth from 45% to 55% over 18 years. Plus, the figure for cell phones witnessed the most dramatic surge among the seven electronic commodities from 20% in 2002 to 80% in 2020. In addition, digital camera was the least common goods in 2002, making up only 5%. Nevertheless, the period from 2002 to 2020 experienced a drastic climb to 40 % in this figure.