The bar chart below shows current health expenditure totals as percentages of GDP* for various European countries for the years 2002, 2007 and 2012.

The diagram provides the proportion of health spending information compared to the Gross Domestic Product in 2002, 2007, and 2012 years for different European states.

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, Switzerland was the country with the highest and most consistent proportion of well-being spending with nearly 11% for all periods.

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Belgium and Spain allocated their expenditure only 10% and 8% respectively. Estonia was

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the country that spent consistent percentages, but the number is considerably low with only 3%. Denmark, Poland, Slovenia, and Norway were the states that decreased their expenditure for the

last

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

Secondly

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, there were countries that increased their expenses for health like the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Luxembourg started the allocation with around 7% in 2002 and

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they upgraded the number in 2007 to 8%. The Netherlands rose their allocation consistently by approximately 1% annually.

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, France was the only country with fluctuating numbers of expenditures, starting at 9% in 2007 and peaking in 2007

then

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decreasing to 10%.

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, states like Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Estonia's spending was consistent whilst the percentages for other countries fluctuated during the period.