The bar chart illustrates the proportion of government spending on road and transport in Italy, portugal, the UK, and the USA from 1990 to 2005. It is clear that the percentage of government spending on roads and transport in four countries witnessed a downward trend at the end of the period. Meanwhile, the proportion of expenditure in the USA increased.
Portugal always spent more than the UK on transport, peaking at 27% in 1990, nearly three times that of the UK. While Portugal’s spending gradually decreased to 20% in 2005, the UK remained stable at around 10-12%. Despite the decline, Portugal still spent twice as much as the UK on transport by the end of the period.
In 1990, the proportion of government spending in Italy reached approximately 22%, which was significantly higher than the figure for the USA (11%). Ten years later, the data for Italy increased gently to around 25%, which was twice as high as that the USA (13%). In 2005, in contrast to the precentage of speding on highways and transportation in Italy, which decreased dramatically, that of the USA rose slightly.