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 provides

percentages

of current

health

expenditure

information compared to the GDP for the years 2002, 2007, and 2012 for multiple European

countries

. Generally,

countries

like Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Estonia spent the

health

expenditure

consistently

while

the

percentages

for other

countries

fluctuated

along

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the period.

Firstly

, Switzerland was the country with the highest and

consistent

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percentages

of

health

expenditure

with around 11% for all

period

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periods

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.

While

Belgium and Spain allocated their

expenditure

only 10% and 8% respectively.

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Estonia was

also

the country that

also

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spent consistent

percentages

, but the number is considerably low with only 3%. Denmark, Poland, Slovenia, and Norway were the

countries

that decreased their

expenditure

for

last

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two periods, 2007 and 2012, the number remained consistent as well.

Secondly

, there were

countries

that increased their expenses for

health

like

Netherlands

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the Netherlands

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and Luxembourg. Luxembourg started the allocation with around 7% in 2002 and

then

they upgraded the number in 2007 with 8%. The Netherlands increased their allocation consistently

around

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1% annually.

However

,

the

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France was the only country with

fluctuated

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fluctuating

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numbers of

expenditure

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expenditures

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,

started

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starting

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with

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at

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9% in 2007 and

peaked

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peaking

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at

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in

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2007

then

decreased

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decreasing

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to 10%.