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 * GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total value of goods that are made and services that are provided in a country.

The bar chart given describes the total

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amount

of money spent among different European countries throughout the years 2002, 2007 and 2012, measured as percentages of GDP, Gross Domestic Product.

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, it can be seen that no significant changes were experienced

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these three years. Lithuania, Slovenia, Poland,

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and Denmark saw a slight increase in the value registered towards the

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year,

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France, Luxembourg and The Netherlands described a downward trend. The remaining countries

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reported the same figures. Belgium,

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Estonia

, Spain and Switzerland saw no variation

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the GDP over time. Throughout the three years they accounted for over 10%, 4%, 8% and 11%, respectively. Denmark, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Slovenia depicted higher figures over time and, in 2012, they reported 10%, 6%, 10%, 7% and 9%, compared to 9%, 5%, 9%, 6% and 8%, in 2002,

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, France, Luxembourg and The Netherlands scaled back in 2012, recording 9%, 7% and 8% in 2012. France was the only country which peaked in 2007, describing 11% GDP.