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.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for 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 given bar chart shows the variation of government investment in infrastructure
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as roads and transport
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across four different countries , namely Italy, Portugal, the UK and the USA , over the past 15 years.
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, it is evident that
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for the USA, the amount of expenditure on the transportation system and roads in all mentioned countries declined in 2005 and rose in Portugal in 1995, respectively. From the figure, it can be clearly seen that, Portuguese had the highest numbers around 27 % in the 1990s and decreased significantly to 20 % by the end of the year.
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the figure of 21 % in starting and reached up to 23 percent in 2000
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before
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decline
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to below 20 % in 2005
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accordingly
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.
On the other hand
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, both the United States and the United Kingdom show similar steady trends with some little variations in three years, but in the
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the ratio unexpectedly dropped for the UK to 8 % and increased for the USA by about 15 % respectively.

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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • spend, spending, spend on roads, spend on transport
  • roads, transport, road building, public transport
  • increase, rise, go up, grow
  • decrease, fall, drop, go down
  • stable, steady, unchanged
  • high, low, the most, the least
  • gap, difference
  • period, from 1990 to 2005
  • pattern, trend
  • in contrast, whereas
  • within a country, across countries
  • both, either
  • peak, reach a peak
  • fluctuate
  • overall, generally
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