The bar chart shows the current health expenditure totals as percentage of GDP for various European countries for the years 2002, 2007 and 2012.
At a first glance it’s evident how, during the years between the measurements, the trend hasn’t changed considerably, and most of the countries have kept the percentages fixed through the years.
The country that has been spending the highest percentage of GDP in Healthcare is Switzerland, that accounts more than 10% of their GPD. On the opposite side, Estonia has the lowest, with less than 4% invested. Since the data is presented in percentage, having the highest percentage does not necessarily mean having the lowest expenditure. Because of this we cannot deduce from the graph alone the quantity of money that each country has spent on Healthcare. Overall the graph shows that the health expenditure in Europe has been constant through the years and that the trend did not have significant changes.
