The bar chart below shows the percentage of government spending on roads and transport in 4 countries in the years 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005.

The bar chart compares Italy, Portugal, The

UK

, and The US in terms of the percentage of government expenditure on

road

and

transport

over the 15-year timescale spanning from 1990 to 2005 Broadly, the popularity of

money

spent on

road

and

transport

by the US government exhibited upward trends, that of Italy, Portugal and the

UK

recorded completely opposite ones. Portugal, notably, was by far the most widespread

money

spent on

road

and

transport

in 1990. From the outset in 1990, the proportion of

money

spent on

road

and

transport

in Portugal held the lion’s share, accounting for almost 27%, which was nearly 5% higher than that of its counterpart, Italy. In the following 5 years, both of them saw slight decreases, with precisely 20% and about 24% respectively. The figure for Italy made a recovery to roughly 24% before declining to around 18% in 2005, whilst Portugal witnessed a downward trend in its spending, reaching 20% in the same year Commencing from 1990, approximately 11% of

money

expenditure on

road

and

transport

originated from the US, compared to 10% of the statistics for the

UK

.

However

, in the next 15 years, the percentage of spending on

road

and

transport

in the

UK

dropped to about 8%,whilst the US underwent a quick rise to 15 by the termination of the period.