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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 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.
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The bar chart illustrates the amount of money spent on healthcare by twelve different countries in Europe in 2002, 2007 and 2012. Unit is measured in percentages of
GDP
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.
Overall
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, the changes presented in investment in the
health
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 sector were slight across all countries over three different
years
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. Switzerland had the greatest expenditure, as opposed to Estonia which presented the lowest spending on
health
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. In detail, the Swiss remained the highest spenders on European healthcare in 2002, 2007
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 2012 (11%
GDP
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). Belgium, Spain and Estonia followed a similar trend spending consecutively 10%, 8% and 3% of the Gross Domestic Product on
health
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 for the same
years
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.
On the other hand
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, countries like Denmark, Norway, Slovenia, Poland and Lithuania had a bigger percentage of expenses in 2012 (11%,10%, 9%, 7% and 6% respectively) compared to the rest of the
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 given (10%, 9%, 8%, 6% and 6%
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 across).
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, Luxembourg was the only one in Europe to invest less of its
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 in healthcare in 2012 (around 7%) than it did in the previous times (8%). In detail, the percentage of
GDP
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 spent on
health
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 by the French fluctuated, beginning at 10% in 2002 and going all the way to 11% in 2007, to drop to 9% in 2012. An interesting tendency can be observed in the Netherlands, where the expenditure decreased across the
years
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 (2002-2012) from 10% to 8%.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words gdp, health, years with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "presented" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • - Current health expenditure: The amount of money spent on healthcare services and products at present.
  • - Percentage of GDP: The proportion of the Gross Domestic Product (the total value of goods and services produced in a country) allocated to health expenditure.
  • - Main features: The most important characteristics or aspects.
  • - Overall: In general; considering everything.
  • - Surpassed: Exceeded; went beyond.
  • - Decline: A decrease or reduction.
  • - Fluctuation: An irregular rise and fall; variation.
  • - Comparisons: The act of examining similarities and differences between two or more things.
  • - Largest increase: The greatest growth or rise.
  • - Most fluctuation: The highest degree of variation or instability.
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