Road transport in European countries

The bar charts below give information on road transport in a number of European countries.

These 3 bar charts show the overall amount of kilometers per year traveled per person using different types of transport and commuting time per day in 6 European countries.

When we compare the figures for kilometers traveled behind the wheel we can see that they are almost the same for each country about 10,000 kilometers, with the highest in Denmark and the lowest in Spain, 12,000 and 9,000 kilometers respectively.However,it is surprising to note that the amount of travel by bus,tram,metro and bike remains the most for Denmark and exceeds 3,000 kilometers per year,whereas in Italy,the next in line ,almost halves,and other countries are times less.

When we compare commuting times we can see that the amount of time spent by German and British commuting is nearly equal,at about 45 minutes,whereas the UK average time is less then 40 minutes.And the shortest time is spent by Italians and it only slightly exceeds 20 minutes.

To sum up,the most kilometers are traveled in Denmark on all types of transport,while the most time is spent commuting in Germany and UK.