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 ) .

Table:
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: what was the percentage increase of the weighted-average supply of berths marketed globally fom 2012 to 2016
Answer: 16%
Calculation: subtract(493000, 425000), divide(#0, 425000)