The line chart illustrates the percentage of individuals’ income spent on petrol in the United States and the United Kingdom.
From an overall perspective, among all the social classes in the USA, the poorest group had the highest proportion of expenditure on petrol, whereas the UK exhibited a contrasting pattern with the richest group recording the highest petrol spending.
Regarding the poorest and richest classes, drivers in the USA poorest group spent from approximately 3.7% to 5.2% of their total income on petrol, which was nearly double the figure for the UK. Conversely, the richest class in the UK accounted for between around 3.1% and 3.8% expenditure on petrol, whereas the figure for the USA was slightly lower, from roughly 2.3% to 3.7% of income spent.
Concerning the remaining group, the percentage of petrol expenditure by the UK middle-income class was approximately from 2.6% to 3.7% spending on such fuel, while the USA followed a contrasting pattern, with the figure standing at between 3.8% and 4.9% expenditure, marginally surpassing this figure for the UK.