The table gives information about the quantity of motorbikes, heavy trucks, light trucks, passenger and
commercial vehicles that were registered from 2010 to 2014.
Overall, passenger vehicles always surpassed other types in terms of number. However, although all 5
forms witnessed increases, the most significant rise belonged to motorcycles.
In terms of passenger and commercial vehicles, their initial figures stood at 11.8 million and 2.3 million,
respectively. The subsequent trend for both categories was quite similar, with a slight increase leading
to their peak in 2014. Passenger vehicles saw an increase of 1.2 million, while the number for
commercial vehicles was only 400,000. Despite being higher in quantity, passenger vehicles exhibited a
smaller proportion of change (10.2%) compared to commercial vehicles (17.4%).
Regarding the other vehicle categories, motorcycles witnessed the most significant increase, rising by
nearly 31% from 540,000 registrations in 2010 to approximately 710,000 registrations after a span of
four years. In contrast, heavy trucks experienced a more modest rise of 8.3%, with its quantity never
surpassing 500,000. Among the categories, light trucks had the lowest initial quantity, starting at
106,000 registrations in 2010. Despite some growth, the number of light truck registrations only reached
approximately 130,000 by the end of the given period.
The line graph illustrates the growth rate of New Zealand population from 1950 and projections for
2050.
Overall, the proportion of people aged 35 and over increases while a fluctuation and a drop could be
seen in the figures for citizens aged 14 and below and 65 and over, respectively. Moreover, the data of
15-34-year-olds always account for the greatest, except for the prediction in 2050.
In terms of the 0-14 and 15-34 age groups, their initial growth figures were approximately 27% and 31%,
respectively. Subsequently, these groups experienced opposite trend: while the percentage of 0-14-
year-olds decreased gradually and is expected to continue to fall until it hits a low of 10% in 2050, the
proportion of 15-34-year-olds exhibited significant fluctuations. Despite peaking at 45% in 1990 and
plateauing in the following 20 years, it is predicted to fall back to its initial point of around 30% by the
end of the period.
Regarding the remaining age categories, the growth rates of the 35-64 and 65+ age groups followed a
similar trend. Both started at 15% and 10% respectively before gradually increasing. The only distinction
is that while the percentage of 35-64-year-old individuals continued to rise and is projected to peak at
below 35% in 2050, the proportion of those aged 65 and above experienced some fluctuations between
1990 and 2020, and is expected to end at around one-fifth.
The bar chart compares different ages when women had their firstborns over a period of 10 years,
starting from 1996.
Overall, the most noticeable trend was that women tended to bear children later in life. It is also worth
noting that the proportion of women having their first child at the age of 40 and over was always the
lowest.
The pie charts compare the proportion of employees working in Manufacturing, Sales and Services in
town A and B in 1960 and 2010.
Overall, workers in both towns tended to gravitate towards Services jobs instead of Manufacturing. In
addition, employees working in the Sales sector saw the least significant proportion change, compared
to the other fields.
The bar chart compares how much money five organizations invested in Machinery, Building, Staff
training and Research.
Overall, organization E distributed money the most evenly to the four areas, compared to other
organizations. In addition, organization B spent an especially high amount on staff training.
The bar chart shows the proportion of citizens in Spain, France, Sweden, Germany and the UK who were
Internet users. Meanwhile, the pie chart compares how much people in these countries spent on online
shopping.
Overall, most Internet users came from Sweden. In addition, Spanish people seemed to spend the least
on shopping on the Internet.