the following table details the growth in global weighted average berths and the global , north american , european and asia/pacific cruise guests over the past five years ( in thousands , except berth data ) : weighted- average supply of berths marketed globally ( 1 ) caribbean cruises ltd .total berths ( 2 ) global cruise guests ( 1 ) american cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 3 ) european cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 4 ) asia/pacific cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 5 ) .
[['year', 'weighted-averagesupply ofberthsmarketedglobally ( 1 )', 'royal caribbean cruises ltd . total berths ( 2 )', 'globalcruiseguests ( 1 )', 'north american cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 3 )', 'european cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 4 )', 'asia/pacific cruise guests ( 1 ) ( 5 )'], ['2012', '425000', '98650', '20813', '11641', '6225', '1474'], ['2013', '432000', '98750', '21343', '11710', '6430', '2045'], ['2014', '448000', '105750', '22039', '12269', '6387', '2382'], ['2015', '469000', '112700', '23000', '12004', '6587', '3129'], ['2016', '493000', '123270', '24000', '12581', '6542', '3636']]
_______________________________________________________________________________ ( 1 ) source : our estimates of the number of global cruise guests and the weighted-average supply of berths marketed globally are based on a combination of data that we obtain from various publicly available cruise industry trade information sources .we use data obtained from seatrade insider , cruise industry news and company press releases to estimate weighted-average supply of berths and clia and g.p .wild to estimate cruise guest information .in addition , our estimates incorporate our own statistical analysis utilizing the same publicly available cruise industry data as a base .( 2 ) total berths include our berths related to our global brands and partner brands .( 3 ) our estimates include the united states and canada .( 4 ) our estimates include european countries relevant to the industry ( e.g. , nordics , germany , france , italy , spain and the united kingdom ) .( 5 ) our estimates include the southeast asia ( e.g. , singapore , thailand and the philippines ) , east asia ( e.g. , china and japan ) , south asia ( e.g. , india and pakistan ) and oceanian ( e.g. , australia and fiji islands ) regions .north america the majority of industry cruise guests are sourced from north america , which represented approximately 52% ( 52 % ) of global cruise guests in 2016 .the compound annual growth rate in cruise guests sourced from this market was approximately 2% ( 2 % ) from 2012 to 2016 .europe industry cruise guests sourced from europe represented approximately 27% ( 27 % ) of global cruise guests in 2016 .the compound annual growth rate in cruise guests sourced from this market was approximately 1% ( 1 % ) from 2012 to 2016 .asia/pacific industry cruise guests sourced from the asia/pacific region represented approximately 15% ( 15 % ) of global cruise guests in 2016 .the compound annual growth rate in cruise guests sourced from this market was approximately 25% ( 25 % ) from 2012 to 2016 .the asia/pacific region is experiencing the highest growth rate of the major regions , although it will continue to represent a relatively small sector compared to north america .competition we compete with a number of cruise lines .our principal competitors are carnival corporation & plc , which owns , among others , aida cruises , carnival cruise line , costa cruises , cunard line , holland america line , p&o cruises , princess cruises and seabourn ; disney cruise line ; msc cruises ; and norwegian cruise line holdings ltd , which owns norwegian cruise line , oceania cruises and regent seven seas cruises .cruise lines compete with .

Question: in 2012 what was the percentage of the weighted-average supply of berths marketed globally belonged to the royal caribbean cruises
Answer: 23.2%