The charts below show the performance of spending on roads and transport in four countries from 1990 to 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart illustrates the percentage of the budget which was spent on roads and transport in four countries including Italy, Portugal, the

UK

, and the

USA

over the 15-year

period

.

Overall

, what stands out from the bar graph is that there was a sharp downward trend in Portugal over the fifteen-year

period

while

the

USA

witnessed an upward trend in spending on its infrastructures.

Moreover

, Italy and the

UK

saw a fluctuation.

Furthermore

, Portugal was the country that spent more

whereas

the

UK

spent the least among these countries. Portugal had the highest proportion of expenses in 1990 which was nearly 27% , and

then

it declined steadily, finishing at 20% in 2005. Regarding Italy, It started at approximately 22% in 1990, after that, it saw a slight decrease to 20% and

then

it climbed to about 24% in 2000.

Finally

, there was a sharp drop in spending on roads and cars to just below 20% in 2005. In terms of the

UK

, the trend was similar to Italy and the spending was 10% at the beginning of the

period

, after that it dropped slightly to less than 10% before increasing significantly to roughly 13% in 2000.

Following

this

, the proportion went down sharply to about 7%

at the end

of the

period

. Regarding as

USA

, the rate started at approximately 10% in 1990

following

this

, it increased sharply to 15% in 2005, which was the highest rate of spending in the

USA

over the 15-year

period