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 shown depicts the current health

expenditure

totals as rates of GDP for several nations within Europe for 2002, 2007 and 2012.

Overall

, in most of the

countries

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the money invested

on

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health remained steady during those three years. It is

also

clear that the biggest

expenditure

took place in Switzerland

whereas

the lowest was in Estonia. There were four regions which increased their investment

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gross domestic products.

This

happened in Denmark, Lithuania, Norway and Slovenia.

Conversely

in Luxembourg and

Netherlands

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the total rate of GDP diminished. It is interesting to note that France was the only

county

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country

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which experienced a fluctuation with an increase

of

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expenditure

in 2007 followed by a drop in 2012.

Finally

, there was a remarkable disparity between the

whealtiest

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wealthiest

nations

such

as Switzerland and Belgium and the poorest like Estonia.

This

is illustrated by an

expenditure

above ten

percent

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per cent

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in the richer countries compared to a figure slightly above two

percent

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per cent

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in the poorer.