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 figure illustrates the GDP of healthcare spending in European
countries
over three years.
Overall
,
it is clear that
Switzerland made up the largest contribution to the GDP of the economy, whilst the lowest spending was seen in
Estonia
, and fluctuations in other
countries
or
others
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same. There is a notable change in the expenses of the
countries
, with Switzerland and Belgium spending the most at 11% and 10% respectively.
This
could be compared to
Estonia
, with the lowest expenses on healthcare at almost 3%. The amount of spending on health care in Switzerland was seen to be fourfold higher than in
Estonia
.
However
, it is
also
important to note that other nations experienced variable changes with figures increasing in Slovenia, Poland, Norway, Lithuania, and Denmark, and decreasing values for the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and France throughout the period.
While
others remained the same.
For example
,
countries
such
as Spain and
Estonia
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words countries, estonia with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 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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