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The charts below show the percentafe spent 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 percentafe spent 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 bar diagram compares the percentage of money spent on highways and transportation media in Italy, Portugal,
United
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 Kingdom and the United States between 1990 and 2005. 
Overall
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, on average,
european
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 countries decreased the percentage 
whereas
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 in
america
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 increased. It is appreciated that from 1990 to 1995 financiation fell in all the countries,
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 in 2000 Italy,
UK
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the UK

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 and
USA
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the USA

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 were able to
rise
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raise

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 that percentage. In 2005, the government of the United States grew.
In addition
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, making a comparison between the different governments, the ones from the South of Europe almost double the financial support.
Futhermore
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Furthermore

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, the four countries reached the peak of the amount spent in different years, Portugal reached the peak in 1990 with nearly 27%, two years after
UK
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the UK

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 hit it at 12% and
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the UK

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 doubled that value;
lastly
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, in 2005,
USA
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the USA

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with
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apply

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a 15%.

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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
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