The bar chart illustrates the government’s investment in roads and transport in 4 nations between 1990 and 2005.
Overall, the USA showed an upward trend in the proportion of spending on roads and transport, whereas other countries experienced a downward trend. In addition, it is noticeable that Portugal’s government spent the highest budget for roads and transport, while the opposite was true for the UK.
The statistics for Portugal’s government that spending on roads and transport were relatively 27% in 1990, followed by a gradual decrease to 20% in 2005. In addition, the UK’s expenditure on roads and transport witnessed a slight dip, from 10% in 1990 to 8% in 1995, before rising to around 13% in 2000 and significantly going down to 7% at the end of the period. Similarly, Italy’s expenditure saw fluctuations, ranging from 22% to 24% between 1990 and 2000, respectively. After that, it ended the period with a decline to 19%.
Another feature worth mentioning is that the government of the USA initially offered the relatively low investment at the beginning of 1990 at 12%, before seeing a slight decline. After that, there was a gradual increase in the USA’s spending, from 10% in 1995 to 15% in 2005.