The line graph illustrates per capita consumption of butter and margarine in the United States from 1980 to 2020.
Overall,butter and margarine showed opposite trends during this period. While butter consumption rose significantly after a decline,margarine usage steadily decreased, resulting in butter becoming more popular by the end of the timeframe.
In 1980,margarine was notably more consumed at 10.5 pounds per person,compared to just 4.5 pounds for butter. Over the next three decades,margarine intake plummeted, falling to about 3 pounds in 2010,and reaching a low of 2 pounds per capita by 2020.
By contrast,butter consumption dropped slightly to 4 pounds in 1990 but then reversed and began climbing.From 1990 onwards,butter use increased steadily,peaking at 6 pounds per person in 2020 surpassing margarine by a considerable margin.
To summarize,between 1980 and 2020, margarine consumption sharply declined while butter,after an initial dip,gained in popularity and overtook margarine by the end of the period.