The given bar chart demonstrates the proportion of fuel deprived from renewable energy used in transportation in six European Union nations in 2009 and 2010, compared to the EU averagement.
From a general perspective, it is clear that with the exception of Slovakia and Austria, most countries experienced an increase in their figures over the period. Slovakia remained as the dominant fuel user in both years.
Moving onto further details, it can be seen that there was a noticeable decrease in the fuel proportion of Slovakia, from approximately 9.2% in 2009 to 7.8% in 2010, still, it remained as the highest among other countries. Moreover, the same pattern can also be observed in Austria’s fuel figure, which dropped from 6.5% in the initial year to 5.1% in the final year. Meanwhile, France’s fuel figure remained unstable, at 6% sharp. Compared to the EU average figure, whose figure in 2009 and 2010 being 4.1% and 4.9%, respectively, these three nations are still higher.
The opposite trend can be observed in other countries. Though having a lower figure, other nations namely Poland, Spain, Greece witnessed gradual rise in fuel proportion. Poland’s transport sector had used more fuel deprived from renewable energy, from 5% in 2009 to 6% in 2010, with the latter proportion the same as France’s figure in the final year. Following closely is Spain, with its initial figure rising from 3.5% to 4.9% in 2010, which 2010 figure resembled that of EU average. The lowest figure was recorded in Greece, with 1.1% in 2009, climbing to 2% by the end of the period. This is also the only nation whose figure was lower than that of the EU average.