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Band 4+: 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.

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The image shows a bar graph of European Health Expenditure as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product for the years 2002, 2007, and 2012. It lists 15 countries in descending order of 2012 expenditure percentages with Portugal at the top with 10.8% and Denmark at the bottom with 6.1%. The bars for 2002 are in red, 2007 in blue, and 2012 in orange. Increases in expenditure percentages from 2002 to 2012 range from 0.3% (Denmark) to 3.7% (Portugal), while some countries show decreases from 2007 to 2012, with the largest decrease being 1.1% (Greece).

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Health spending rates of GDP for Europe countries during 2002,2007 and 2012 is illustrates in the char bellow

As can be seen from the bar chart, it is clear that the percentage of GDP spent on health are tend to be stable or slightly fluctuate. Moreover, Belgium and Switzerland has maintained their rates at the same percentage in all of the given years.

To begin, it is observable that Denmark has slightly increased their percentage from 9% in 2002, 2007 to 10% in 2012. Furthermore, France with their fluctuated rates has witnessed a moderate fall from 10% in 2002 to 9% in 2012. Netherland has their rates gradually decreased from 10% in 2002 then hit the lowest point in 2012 with 8% only.

On the other hand, Estonia has the lowest rates when average 3% during the period time. Lithuania, Slovenia and Poland has their percentages slightly increased over the time and reached it’s peak in 2012 with 6%, 7% and 9% respectively.

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5.5

The main features of the data are identified, but there are some inaccuracies and omissions in the report. The comparisons are somewhat limited.

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