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 bar graph illustrates the percentage of the budget which was spent on roads in four various countries namely; Italy,Portugal ,the United Kingdom and the

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from 1990 to 2005 .The items are measured in percentage.

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,there are two trends in the bar graph :upward ,and downward .Between 1990 and 2005 there was a sharp decline in Portugal

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the ratio in the

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increased slightly .

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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 percentage of expenses in 1990 just over 25% and

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figure dropped slightly to 20% in 2005 .Regarding Italy ,it started at approximately 22% in 1990 ,after that increased sharply nearly to 24% in 2000 ,before dropping to 19% in 2005 . The graph demonstrates that the

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and the

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showed the same level of 10% in 1990 ;

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in the

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the level of spending decreased slowly to 8% in 2005.

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dropped to 10% ,before increasing to 15 % in 2005