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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 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.
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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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during
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 the period.
Firstly
, Switzerland was the country with the highest and
consistent
Correct quantifier usage
most 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.
Whereas
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apply
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Estonia was
also
 the country that
also
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apply
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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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the 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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by around
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 1% annually.
However
,
the
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apply
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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
Wrong verb form
decreasing
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 to 10%.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "also, while".
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Vocabulary: Rephrase your introduction. Words match: 67%.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words percentages, health, expenditure, countries with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "percentages" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fluctuated" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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