You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words. * GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total value of goods that are made and services that are provided in a country.

The bar chart shows changes in 2002, 2007, and 2012 for total healthcare

spendings

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spending

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as percentages of GDP happened in twelve European countries.

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,

each

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twelve countries are fairly similar for all three periods and no country

spend

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spends

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more than twelve

percent

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per cent

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of their gross domestic product

for

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on

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health care.As the table reveals, the number of

Estonia

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Estonia's

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spending

have

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has

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the lowest

percentages

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percentage

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with around 3

percent

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for all three period time.

In contrast

, Switzerland

spend

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spends

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highest

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the highest

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proportion

with around eleven

percent

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per cent

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each three

year

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years

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.

Besides

Estonia and Switzerland there are two

others

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other

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country remain the same

proportion

over periods, namely Belgium with 10

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and Spain with 8

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per cent

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.

Moreover

, Denmark, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Slovenia

have increase

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increased

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their spending

proportion

around

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by around

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one

percent

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per cent

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in 2012.

Although

it

show

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shows

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an increased

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increased

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increase

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in their

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their

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the

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proportion

for

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of

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health expenditure, the stats

doesn't

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don't

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show the amount of money they have

spend

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spent

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.

Likewise

, France, Luxembourg, and

Netherlands

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the Netherlands

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showing

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showed

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a decrease percentage of their spending

for

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on

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healthcare.