The bar chart below shows the proportion of government spending on roads and transport in Italy, Portugal, the UK and the USA in the years 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005.
Overall
, the shares of spending from the UK, Italia and Portugal followed a similar downward trajectory. The USA, Linking Words
on the other hand
, exhibited a somewhat different trend, with a consistent rise in the proportion of its spending on roads and transportation.
Focusing on the figures of spending whose share witnessed a drop during the period, Portugal saw the biggest reduction in their figures. So, starting from 27% in 1990, their percentage experienced a 7-percentage-point dip in 2005. Linking Words
Furthermore
, spending from the United Kingdom and Italy shared similar patterns in their proportion. Going from 10 and 22% respectively in 1990, both fluctuated over the 15 years given , and in the final year , the UK spending was 7% and 19% in Italy at that time.
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Then
, turning to the spending patterns with downward trends, the ratio of the USA spending declined to 2 per cent between 1990 and 1995. Later, it increased by 2.5-percentage-points each year , during decate, reaching 15 per cent in 2005.Linking Words