The bar chart compares four different countries in terms of the proportion of spending on roads and transport between 1990 and 2005.
Overall, Italy and Portugal experienced an upward trend on the proportional numbers of spending on roads and transport over the period shown, while there were visible fluctuations in the figures for the UK and the USA. It is also clear that the percentage of government spending on roads and transportation system in Portugal was much higher than that of the remaining ones.
Focusing on two countries, namely Italy and Portugal, initially the former country’s percentage of expenditure on roads and transportation network make up fifth, while that of latter country’s percentage of expenditure accounted for just over 25%. Over the next years, figures for both countries had gone down by approximately 15% for Portugal. However, there was a reversal in the trend in the final year (2005): the figure for Italy grew marginally closing the list with just under 15%.
As for the UK and the USA, the former country accounted for roughly 10% in 1990, growing slightly to approximately 17% in 1995. Although in 2000 the figure of this country fell to about 8%. When it comes to the USA, it experienced fluctuations, starting with the figures of 13% in 1990, then reaching its peak in 2000 (just under 15%) and closing the lost with 12% in the final year.