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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This
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bar graph illustrates the proportion of
GDP
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spent on
healthcare
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(in percentages) by several European
countries
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in three years (2002, 2007 and 2012).
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, most
countries
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dedicated around 8% of their
GDP
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towards
healthcare
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with the exception of Estonia, Lithuania and Poland. The highest expenditure was by the Swiss and the lowest by Estonia. It can be observed from the graph that Switzerland dedicated around 11% of its
GDP
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to
healthcare
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.
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is followed by Belgium devoting 10% to
healthcare
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.
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, the amount of
GDP
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invested in the above-mentioned
countries
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remained the same throughout the given time frame. Interestingly, similar amounts of funds were spent by Spain, Slovenia, and Luxembourg.
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, Estonia dispursed about 3% of its
GDP
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which accounts for the least contributions made among the given
countries
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. Analysing the data
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, Lithuania and Poland spent 5% and 6% respectively in 2002 and 2007.
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figure grew by 1% for each of these
countries
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by 2012.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words gdp, healthcare, countries with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" 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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