The table chart compares the percentage of government expenditure in five different sectors to domestic policy in three countries, namely Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in 2009. In general, the health sector and the economic affairs sector account for nearly the same percentage in all three countries, while environmental protection is a sector that takes the least investment by the government.
It is witnessed that all three countries have two sectors with similar rates is about 7,5% in health and about 4,3% in economic affairs and the highest belonging to Italy with 7,9% in health and 4,5% in economic affairs, followed by the UK with 7,8% and 4,4% and Germany with 7,1% and 4,0%. Regarding public services, Italy still has the highest proportion with 8,6% while that proportion in other two countries is significantly lower, with 6,6% in Germany and 4,6% in the UK.
On the other hand, in the education sector, the UK has the highest rate of nearly 6,5% and the lower rates belong to Germany and Italy with about 4,5%. Finally, environmental protection is the sector that takes the smallest percentage under 1% in all three countries.