Main Controls Primary Dataset U.S. spending on the basics as a share of personal consumption expenditures Format Line Chart Line Chart Calc Table Table Countries & Regions Select Countries Clear All Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Afghanistan Angola Aland Albania Algeria Germany United States American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Antilles (Netherlands) United Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Ascension Australia Austria Azerbaijan Baden Bahrain Bahamas Bajo Nuevo Bank Bangladesh Barbados Bavaria Burundi Belgium Belarus Belize Benin Bermuda Burkina Faso Bulgaria Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Bohemia Bolivia Botswana Brazil Congo (Brazzaville) United Kingdom British Virgin Islands Brunei Myanmar (Burma) Ivory Coast Central African Republic Cape Verde Canada Cambodia Cameroon Cape Colony Caribbean Netherlands Cayman Islands Chad Channel Islands Switzerland China Chile Hong Kong Macau Taiwan Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Congo (Kinshasa) Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Cyprus No Mans Area Czechia Czechoslovakia North Korea Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Vietnam Ducal families East Germany Timor Leste Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England England and Wales Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Spain Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia North Macedonia Faroe Islands Falkland Islands Somalia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Finland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia General population Georgia West Germany Ghana Gibraltar Guinea Guinea Bissau Gran Colombia Greece Grenada Greenland Guatemala Guadeloupe Guam Guyana Haiti Honduras Netherlands Vatican Hungary Iceland Indonesia India Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel West Bank and Gaza Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Kiribati Saint Kitts and Nevis South Korea Kosovo Kuwait Reunion Laos Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libya Saint Lucia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Sri Lanka Luxembourg Mauritania Maldives Madagascar Saint Martin (France) Malaysia Malawi Mali Malta Morocco Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Monaco Moldova Mexico Namibia Montenegro Mongolia Montserrat Mozambique New Zealand name Nauru Nepal Niger New Caledonia Vanuatu Nigeria Nicaragua Niue Norway Norfolk Island Sudan North Vietnam North Yemen Northern Cyprus Northern Ireland Northern Mariana Islands Oman Orange Free State Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Prussia Qatar Rwanda Yemen Romania Russia South Vietnam Saint Thomas and Principe South Africa Saint Bartholomew Saint Helena Saint Martin (Netherlands) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sardinia Saudi Arabia Saxony Scotland Senegal Serbia Serranilla Bank Seychelles Singapore Siachen Glacier Two Sicilies Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Slovakia Slovenia Somaliland South Sudan South Yemen Spratly Islands Suriname Svalbard Sweden Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Togo Thailand Turkmenistan Tokelau Tonga Transkei Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Tuvalu United States Minor Outlying Islands Virgin Islands (U.S.) Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Wales Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Wurttemberg Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe Advanced Settings Region Calculation Sum Average Weighted Average Y-Axis Log X-Axis U.S. spending on the basics as a share of personal consumption expenditures percent, 1929–2015 Cancel Download
