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.

The bar chart illustrates the percentage of GDP

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spent on healthcare in different European countries over a ten-year period. From the given graph it can be seen that Switzerland spends the highest proportion over the period, but it doesn't change in all three years. Over the period there was no considerable change, so the figures are fairly similar.

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, the numbers of Belgium, Estonia and Spain have no alternation.

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, France and Luxembourg spent one per cent. The Netherlands is the only country which marginally changed. In 2012 there was 8%, in 2007 was 9%, and in 2002 it contained 10%.

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,

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means that over time the numerical value has fallen.

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, there are countries like Poland, Norway and Lithuania that gradually grew. In 2002 the per cent consisted of 6,9 and 5 respectively. In 2012 they increased to 7, 10 and 6. Generally, the amount of money spent on healthcare between the different regions.

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, it appears that healthcare spending fluctuates year upon year in many of the countries surveyed.