Band 6+: The bar chart below shows the percentage of government spending on roads and transport in 4 countries in the years 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the amount of money which was used for roads and transport by the government in four countries between 1990 and 2005.

Overall, the proportion of spending on transport facilities in Portugal was the highest in around 15 years. Moreover, Portugal saw the highest national budget for transport in 1990.

In 1990, the percentage of money spent on transport and roads in Italy was 20%. It was lower than in Portugal, where the top government spending on the transport system, at 27%. Moving to 2005, Italy saw a dramatic drop to 13% in the rate of government spending on roads and transport. Similarly, there was a significant decrease to 16% in Portugal.

Moving to the next country, The UK was the lowest in the rate of national budget on transport facilities in four countries from 1990 to 2005, followed by the USA. In 1995, The government in the UK used over 5% of the money for the transport system, twofold that of the percentage of money spent in 2000. In the USA, around 17% of the national budget was spent on traffic facilities in 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005.