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 diagram compares the proportions of health expenses in twelve different European countries in the years 2002, 2007 and 2012.
Overall
it is immediately apparent that
Switzerland
spent more over all the 3 years Comparatively,
Switzerland
which spent the highest amount and Estonia which made the least investment in the health sector are both observed to have used the same proportion of money in each of the three different years at about 11% and 3% respectively.
Similarly
, Belgium and Spain have the same trends as
Switzerland
and Estonia at 10% and 8% respectively. Whilst Denmark, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Slovenia noticed an increase in the investment made from 2007, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
by contrast
saw a decrease. In France
however
, there were fluctuations with the most percentage being
channeled
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at 11% in the year 2007 making that the highest investment compared to the other countries but for
Switzerland
for that year.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words switzerland with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportions" 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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