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 depicts the

overall

current health expense in the form of a percentage of

GDP

for different countries of Europe within a time duration of 2002, 2007 and 2012.

Overall

, Switzerland had the highest rate of investing money in the mentioned three years consecutively

whereas

Estonia had the lowest number among all the countries present in the chart during the period. France

also

spent as much as Switzerland in the year 2007. Because of possessing the highest rate of

GDP

, Switzerland managed to spend more than 10% of the total

GDP

on the healthcare sector in all the years mentioned earlier

whereas

France managed to spend the same amount of money in only 2007. Meanwhile, Belgium decided to invest 10% of

GDP

in all three years respectively.

Nevertheless

, Spain used 8% of its total

GDP

in

this

sector

whereas

Lithuania decided to uplift their expenditure from more than 4% in 2002 and 2007 to 6% in 2012.

However

, Estonia lacked health investment throughout the period which was around 3% of their total

GDP

.