The chart above illustrates the world's bicycle and automobile production from 1950 to 2000.

Between 1950 and around 1958, bicycle production saw a stable and consistent increase,
starting at around 8 million bikes produced per year. Notably, after that, production reduced
for a few years before rapidly increasing from 1969 to 1974. Over the next two years, there
was a noticeable drop in two-wheeler production, which was approximately 10 million units.
From 1975 to 1986, a significant and rapid increase in bicycle production was observed,
reaching nearly 104 million units per year. In the following four years, production decreased
by about 7 million units. Then, a similar phenomenon repeated, with a change of roughly 12
million units. In the year 2000, bicycle production reached a total of 100 million units.

In contrast, when considering automobile production in 1950, the number of cars

manufactured was about 7 million. Throughout the years, it systematically increased, with no
significant differences between the given years, the largest change being almost 5 million.
The chart presents data on bicycle and automobile production, highlighting that bicycles were
significantly more commonly produced, and the number of bicycles per person from 1975 to
2000 was approximately twice that of automobiles.