The line graph illustrates a country’s government spending on health, education and roads and railroads as a portion of its GDP from 2000 until now and provides projections for 2025. It is clear that by 2025, the scale of healthcare expenditure in proportion to the GDP will have grown, while the figures for education and road infrastructure will have shrunk. Additionally, healthcare spending is predicted to be the most significant item.
In 2000, education spending started as the highest, with 5%, whereas the data of health and transport infrastructure were both around 4.3%. The figure for education then rose to a high of 7.0% in 2010, after which it declined to 6% in 2015. Health outlay, meanwhile, grew steadily in scale to approximately 6% in 2015, catching up to that of education. Roads and railroads expenditure first dipped to an all-time low of 3.5% in 2005 before reaching its peak in 2015, with nearly 5%.
After 2015, all figures witnessed consistent trajectories. While health spending continued to rise, overtaking that of education in the process, both the figures for education and road infrastructure fell. It is projected that healthcare expenditure will have been slightly over 7% of this country’s GDP, becoming the largest figure by 2025. Outlays on education, along with on roads and railways, meanwhile, are expected to drop to 4.2% and 3.9%, respectively.