The bar chart below shows current health expenditure totals as percentages of GDP* for various European countries for the years 2002, 2007 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words. * GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total value of goods that are made and services that are provided in a country.

The

bar

chart

illustrates the existing

health

expenses as a percentage of

Gross

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Domestic Product (

GDP

) of several European

nations

for three different years 2002, 2007 and 2012. In the

bar

chart

, there are 12 European

countries

against which

health

expenditures are provided as percentages of

GDP

for three consecutive time periods that are 2002, 2007 and 2012. Some European

countries

have the same amount of spending on

health

in all three years

while

in some

nations

,

health

expenditure

are

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increased or decreased from 2002 to 2012 as percentages of

GDP

. The

bar

chart

reflects that Belgium, Estonia, Spain and Switzerland are the

countries

which have constant

health

expenditures as

percentage

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a percentage

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of

GDP

throughout the time period with 10%, 3%, 8% and 11%.

Furthermore

, the

bar

chart

also

depicts that there are some

nations

against which

health

expenses fluctuate in the

year

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years

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2002, 2007 and 2012. Denmark, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Slovenia are the

countries

in which

health

expenditures as

percentage

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a percentage

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of

GDP

are more in the year 2012 in comparison with the years 2007 and 2002

while

other

nations

such

as France,

Luxembourge

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Luxembourg

and Netherlands have

less

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fewer

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health

expenses as percentages of

GDP

in the year 2012 in relation to 2007 and 2002