The bar chart compares four different countries in terms of the percentage of spending on roads and transports between 1990 and 2005.
Overall, the proportion of money spent on roads and transport in nearly all countries experienced a fluctuation over a 15-year period, while Portugal stood at an only country decreased slowly throughout the whole given period. It is also clear that although the highest proportion of money was spent by Italy, except for the initial year, the biggest growth was observed in figure for the UK.
In 1990, about 45% of expenditure in Portugal allocated to roads and transport, which was the highest spending category, while the Italy had relatively lower proportion of expenditure, ranking second in the diagram. The proportion of the UK and USA stood at the same figure at that time, being spent 20% money on roads and transport by each one. Over the first 5 years, the percentage of Italian government’s spending on roads and transport increased by almost 10%, becoming the dominant country with 60%, while 15% increase was witnessed in the figure for the UK. By contrast, there were a slight decline in the figures for Portugal and the USA, reaching about 40% and 15% respectively.
By 2005, the percentage of expenditure on road and transport in Italy stayed as a dominance country, despite decreasing to 40%. The figure for Portugal continued its downward trend for the rest of the given period, reaching almost 40%, while the percentage of government spending in the UK, returning its initial figure. The figure for the USA fluctuated, spending 25% on this field at the end of the period shown.