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 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.
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The chart illustrates the percentage of the budget which was spent on roads and transport in four countries including Italy, Portugal, the
UK
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, and the
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over the 15-year
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.
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, what stands out from the bar graph is that there was a sharp downward trend in Portugal over the fifteen-year
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while
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the
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witnessed an upward trend in spending on its infrastructures.
Moreover
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, Italy and the
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saw a fluctuation.
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, Portugal was the country that spent more
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the
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spent the least among these countries. Portugal had the highest proportion of expenses in 1990 which was nearly 27% , and
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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
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it climbed to about 24% in 2000.
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, there was a sharp drop in spending on roads and cars to just below 20% in 2005. In terms of the
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, the trend was similar to Italy and the spending was 10% at the beginning of the
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, after that it dropped slightly to less than 10% before increasing significantly to roughly 13% in 2000.
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, the proportion went down sharply to about 7%
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of the
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. Regarding as
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, the rate started at approximately 10% in 1990
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, it increased sharply to 15% in 2005, which was the highest rate of spending in the
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over the 15-year
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "following this".
Vocabulary: Replace the words uk, usa, period with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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