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)