The two pie charts illustrate the percentage of government spending across nine categories in the years 2000 and 2010.
Overall, the budget of all areas, excepts welfare and borrowing, has been cut out. However, education remained the most significant segment of government expenditure in both represented years. In comparison, transport, culture and leisure and ‘other’ have had the smallest budget over the period.
Education, which occupied almost a quarter of government spending in 2000, fell to 21 percent in 2016. Spending on healthcare, defence, transport and culture and leisure also decreased significantly, with the transport budget declining by two thirds.
Spending on interest on borrowing accounted for 3 percent of government expenditure in 2000 and experienced a more than twofold increase in one-tenth in 2010. Transport made up 8 percent of government expenditure in 2000 and had a steady growth of 5 percent in 2010. In contrast, spending on the pensions section remained constant in both years at 19 percent.
The two pie charts illustrate the percentage of
government
spending
across nine categories in the years 2000 and 2010.
Overall
, the budget of all areas, excepts welfare and borrowing, has been
cut
out.
However
, education remained the most significant segment of
government
expenditure in both represented years.
In comparison
,
transport
, culture and leisure and ‘other’ have had the smallest budget over the period.
Education, which occupied almost a quarter of
government
spending
in 2000, fell to 21
percent
in 2016.
Spending
on healthcare,
defence
,
transport
and culture and leisure
also
decreased
significantly
, with the
transport
budget declining by two thirds.
Spending on interest on borrowing accounted for 3
percent
of
government
expenditure in 2000 and experienced a more than twofold increase in one-tenth in 2010.
Transport
made up 8
percent
of
government
expenditure in 2000 and had a steady growth of 5
percent
in 2010.
In contrast
,
spending
on the pensions section remained constant in both years at 19
percent
.