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Band 6+: 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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The provided bar chart depicts the percentage of health expenditure from total GDP for different European countries in 2002, 2007, and 2012. Overall, it is promptly evident that Switzerland spent the highest and Estonia spent the least amount of money on healthcare services.

On the one hand,Belgium, Estonia, Spain and, Switzerland invested an equal amount of sum on healthcare services in all the mentioned years that was 10%, 3%, 8% and 11% of their total GDP respectively. on the other hand, the value fluctuated for the rest of the country over the mentioned years.

Furthermore, Switzerland was at the top for expending highest amount out of their GDP in health expenditure that was 11%. On the contrary, Estonia focused least in health which is why it invested only 3% of GDP on it. While, in the case of the Netherlands, health expenditure decreased over the years which was 10% in 2002 that fell to 8% in 2012.

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The response addresses the task by summarizing the main features and making relevant comparisons. However, there are some inaccuracies and omissions in the data presented.

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