The bar chart below shows the percentage of government spending on roads and transport in 4 countries in the years 1990, 1995, 2005, 2005

The chart illustrates how governments in four countries invested in the

transport

infrastructure from 1990 to 2005.

Overall

, there was a decline in the proportion of government spending on roads and

transport

in Italy, Portugal and the UK,

while

a rise was seen in the USA.

In addition

, Portugal generally had the highest figures throughout the period. The share of the government's budget spent on roads and

transport

in Portugal started at about 27%, after which it saw a progressive decrease to exactly 20% in 2005.

Conversely

, the figure for the USA rose from just over 10% in 1990 to 15% in 2005, despite a small fall in the first 5 years. Approximately 22% of the Italian national budget was spent on the

transport

infrastructure with subsequent fluctuations and a final decline from around 24% to about 19% in 2005.

Similarly

, the figure for the UK fluctuated in the range from 9% to 10% between 1990 to 2000, before ending the period at around 7%.