The bar chart illustrates the rate of expenditure on roads and transport in four countries: Italy, Portugal, the UK and the USA, over a 15-year span, from 1990 to 2005.
Overall, it is clear that the largest amount of money on roads and transport was allocated by Portuguese government while the UK authority spent the least quantity of money than other three countries. In addition, the US spending on roads and transport was almost the same during the period.
Turning to the percentage of expenditure on roads and transport in Italy, it witnessed a gradual decrease from 20% to around 14% throughout the span. Meanwhile, there was a dramatic decline in the rate of Portugal spending on the same sector, showing about 26% in 1990 and 20% in 1995. In the next 5 years, this trend carried on going down and indicated approximately 14% at the end.
Moving on the UK’s road and transport budget, its percentage increased slightly by around 3% in the first 5 years, and this is followed by a sharp decrease from about 14% in 1995 to around 6% in 2005.
Finally, the USA spent between around 13% and 17% of its financial resources on roads and transport throughout the period.