Figure 5
Personal Consumption Expenditures as a Fraction of Total Personal Consumption Expenditures

United States
Percent personal consumption expenditure shares

United Kingdom
Percent personal consumption expenditure shares

Netherlands
Percent personal consumption expenditure shares

France
Percent personal consumption expenditure shares

West Germany
Percent personal consumption expenditure shares

Italy
Percent personal consumption expenditure shares

Note: Arrows indicate a motorization rate of 0.30 cars per capita (about 0.85 cars per household), at which nearly all households own and operate an automobile on average.

Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce (various years) and Eurostat (various years)