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Vehicle Registrations, Fuel Consumption, and Vehicle Miles of Travel as Indices 1960-2021

Chart RC-1C

Base Year: 1989

Year	Vehicle Miles of Travel	Motor Fuel Consumption	VMT per Gallon	Vehicle Registrations	Gallons per Vehicle
1960	0.34	0.44	0.78	0.39	1.11
1961	0.35	0.45	0.78	0.41	1.11
1962	0.37	0.47	0.78	0.42	1.11
1963	0.38	0.49	0.78	0.44	1.11
1964	0.40	0.51	0.78	0.46	1.12
1965	0.42	0.54	0.79	0.48	1.12
1966	0.44	0.57	0.78	0.50	1.13
1967	0.46	0.59	0.78	0.52	1.14
1968	0.48	0.63	0.77	0.54	1.17
1969	0.51	0.67	0.76	0.56	1.19
1970	0.53	0.70	0.76	0.58	1.21
1971	0.56	0.74	0.76	0.60	1.23
1972	0.60	0.80	0.75	0.63	1.26
1973	0.63	0.84	0.75	0.67	1.25
1974	0.61	0.81	0.76	0.69	1.16
1975	0.63	0.83	0.77	0.71	1.16
1976	0.67	0.88	0.76	0.74	1.19
1977	0.70	0.91	0.77	0.76	1.20
1978	0.74	0.95	0.78	0.79	1.20
1979	0.73	0.93	0.79	0.81	1.14
1980	0.73	0.87	0.84	0.83	1.05
1981	0.74	0.87	0.85	0.84	1.03
1982	0.76	0.86	0.88	0.85	1.01
1983	0.79	0.88	0.90	0.87	1.01
1984	0.82	0.90	0.91	0.89	1.01
1985	0.85	0.92	0.92	0.92	1.00
1986	0.88	0.95	0.92	0.94	1.01
1987	0.92	0.97	0.95	0.95	1.01
1988	0.97	0.99	0.98	0.98	1.00
1989	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
1990	1.02	0.99	1.03	1.01	0.98
1991	1.04	0.98	1.06	1.00	0.97
1992	1.07	1.01	1.06	1.02	0.99
1993	1.10	1.04	1.05	1.04	1.01
1994	1.12	1.07	1.05	1.06	1.01
1995	1.16	1.09	1.06	1.08	1.01
1996	1.18	1.11	1.07	1.10	1.01
1997	1.22	1.14	1.07	1.11	1.03
1998	1.25	1.17	1.07	1.13	1.04
1999	1.28	1.22	1.05	1.15	1.06
2000	1.31	1.23	1.06	1.18	1.04
2001	1.33	1.24	1.08	1.23	1.01
2002	1.36	1.27	1.07	1.23	1.04
2003	1.38	1.29	1.07	1.24	1.04
2004	1.41	1.32	1.07	1.27	1.04
2005	1.43	1.32	1.08	1.29	1.03
2006	1.44	1.33	1.08	1.30	1.02
2007	1.45	1.34	1.08	1.32	1.01
2008	1.42	1.30	1.09	1.32	0.98
2009	1.41	1.28	1.11	1.31	0.97
2010	1.41	1.29	1.09	1.29	1.00
2011	1.40	1.28	1.10	1.35	0.95
2012	1.41	1.28	1.11	1.35	0.94
2013	1.42	1.29	1.11	1.37	0.94
2014	1.44	1.34	1.08	1.39	0.96
2015	1.47	1.31	1.12	1.41	0.93
2016	1.51	1.34	1.13	1.43	0.94
2017	1.53	1.35	1.13	1.45	0.93
2018	1.55	1.35	1.15	1.46	0.92
2019	1.56	1.37	1.14	1.48	0.93
2020	1.38	1.21	1.15	1.47	0.82
2021	1.49	1.32	1.13	1.51	0.88

Source: FHWA, Highway Statistics Publication, Tables: VM-202, MF-225, MF-226, MV-1

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