The chart below gives information on the global sale of hybrid vehicles between 2006 and 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the

number

of hybrid vehicle

sales

in 4 consecutive years , from 2006 to 2009.

Overall

,

while

in 2006, 2007, and 2008, most of the hybrid vehicles were sold in the US , in 2009 Japan took the first place , having the biggest

number

of

sales

. Over the period, there was an increase in the amount of hybrid

cars

that were sold.

Firstly

, with regard to the US, it was the country that sold the biggest digit of hybrid

cars

. Starting from over 250,000 vehicles in 2006,

this

number

has increased until 2007, reaching its top of 350,000

cars

.

Then

,

this

value decreased constantly until 2008, becoming just over 275,000 in 2009.

Secondly

, in the rest of the countries, there was a yearly increase . Japan started with just over 50,000 hybrid vehicles sold in 2006, increased steadily until 2008 , reaching nearly 100,000

cars

, and

then

it grew rapidly to over 325000, becoming the country with the highest amount of

sales

in 2009. In other places , there was constant growth in the

number

of

sales

over the years, beginning with 50,000, and ending with over 100000 in 2009.