The bar chart compares the allocation of money to roads and transport of the governments in four countries in four years.
Overall, the most significant percentage of Portugal’s government spending on roads and transport, whereas the opposite is true for the proportion of expenditure the UK’s government spent on roads and transport. In addition, the most difference can be observed in the allocation of money to roads and transport of Portugal’s government.
As can be seen in the bar chart, the figure for Portugal’s expenses on roads and transport comprised 27% in the initial year before decreasing to nearly a quarter in 1995. In the next five years, there was a slight drop to approximately 23% in this spending, followed by another slight fall to only a fifth by the end of the period. A contrasting pattern was observed in the proportion of expenditure the USA’s government spent on roads and transport. This percentage stood at just over a tenth. In the next 5 years, it remained stable at around a tenth, after which its figure increased slightly by a minor percentage in 2000 and 2005.
In detail, the percentage of Italia’s government spending on roads and transport started at about 22%. It witnessed a slight decrease to a fifth in 1995 and a slight rise to nearly a quarter in the next five years. At the end of the period, this spending went up slightly by 5%. A similar pattern was observed in the proportion of the UK’s government spending on roads and transport. The figure for the UK’s expenses on roads and transport comprised a tenth in the initial year before decreasing by 1% in 1995 and increasing to 12% in 2000. In the next 5 years, this figure witnessed a slight drop to 7%.