The chart compares the proportion of the government’s funding on roads and transport in four countries, including Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, between 1990 and 2005.
Overall, the governments of all four countries allocated less money to roads and transport through the period. Notably, Portugal consistently invested the highest proportion of its funding in this sector. In contrast, the UK remained the least in every year shown.
Looking at Italy and Portugal, the latter spent over 25% of its funding on transport and roads, followed by 20% in Italy by 1990. After that, the expenditure in Portugal dropped to over 15% in 2005. While the figure for Italy decreased significantly from 1990 to 2000 and then slightly rose in 2005, accounting for nearly 15%. However, these countries were still dominant among the four countries.
Turning to two other countries, the figure for the UK started at over 10% before reaching its peak at nearly 13%. After that, it dropped and then rose slightly to nearly 8% in 2020. While the spending that the USA’s government allocated to roads and transport fluctuated over the period, ranging from 12% to 14%.