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The charts below show the performance of spending on roads and transport in four countries from 1990 to 2005.

The charts below show the performance of spending on roads and transport in four countries from 1990 to 2005.
the graph illustrates how
goverment
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government
 expenditure on roads and
transports
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transport
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 between 1990 and 2005.
Overall
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, there was
an
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a
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 decrease in the proportion of government spending in Italy, Portugal and
UK
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the UK
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,
while
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 a levelling off was seen in
USA's
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the USA's
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 government.
in addition
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, Portugal generally had
highest
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the highest
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 figures throughout the period. The percentage of
Portugal
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Portugal's
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nation
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 budget started at approximately 27% in 1990, after which it experienced a decline to around 17% in 2000, before ending the period at just over 15%. The figures for Italy saw similar changes, starting at exactly 20% and ending at about 14%. Roughly 10% of
UK's
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the UK's
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 government spending in 1990, with a
subsenquent
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subsequent
 fluctuations and a final rise from 7% to 8% in
year
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a year
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 later. Similar changes can be seen in the figures for
USA
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the USA
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, which fluctuated in the range
12
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of 12
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% to 14%.

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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "undefined" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fluctuations" was used 2 times.
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