18
250
200
150
100
50
0
Units
Average number of durable goods owned ( per 100 urben households)
Color TVs
Washing
machine
Refrigerator
Air
conditioners
PCs
Private cars
Mobile phones
Microwave ovens
95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
10
09
08
12
11
0 10 20 40 60 80 90
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~
~
~
~
~
~
10 20 40 60 80 90 100
% % % % % % %
End of each year
By income level ( the most recent year)
Fig. 2.3 Changes in percentage of households possessing major durable goods. (Source:
“Honkawa Data Tribune” (http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/8200.html).
(Note) By sampling survey; farm households not included up to 2001, but all households became
subject in 2002 and beyond; survey at the end of 2012
Source: China Statistical Yearbook
0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Per capita automobile sales
Year
Japan
USA
France
Korea.Rep
China
Russia
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.08
0.01
Fig. 2.4 Secular changes in per capita automobile sales. (Created by the Author.  Source:
Automobile sales according to Automotive Yearbook, population according to UNSD Demographic
Statistics)
2 Progress on Vision 2050 Since 1995