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.
IELTS Writing Task Chart for 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 given bar graph illustrates spending on
health
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as percentage values from gross domestic product(
GDP
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) for various European nations in the
years
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2002,2207 and 2012.
Overall
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, there is a huge variation in the
amount
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that was spent on healthcare in different European countries,
however
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, when compared to the
years
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2002,2007 and 2012 in Belgium, Estonia, Spain and Switzerland same
amount
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was expended on
health
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,
furthermore
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, in
the
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other places minimum change was detected over the three
years
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. In detail, Switzerland was the highest spent European nation in all three
years
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with approximately 11% of the
GDP
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, and in opposite Estonia recorded the lowest with 3% of the
GDP
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.
However
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, in both countries, no change over 2002, 2007 and 2012 was recorded.
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, in Denmark 9% of the
GDP
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was spent in both the
years
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2002 and 2007 on the
health
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care system,
however
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, that
amount
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increased by another 1% to 10% by 2012 and it is the same
amount
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that had been expended for
health
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in Belgium for all the three
years
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.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words health, gdp, years, amount with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "change" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • expenditure
  • percentage
  • trend
  • increase
  • decrease
  • comparison
  • notable
  • pattern
  • exceptional
  • deviation
  • neighbouring countries
  • economic policies
  • public health
  • data analysis
  • statistical comparison
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