The provided table represents the proportion of government spending in five categories relating to domestic policy in three different countries of Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom in 2009.
Overall, it is clearly seen that the health industry held the highest investment in all three nations. On the other hand, environmental protection seemed to be neglected with significantly less portion compared to the other sectors.
To begin with, Italy recorded a larger share in all sectors versus Germany, with the most notable gap of 2% in public services. The major budget was dedicated for public services in Italy, while the same case happened in Germany for the field of healthcare. In contrast, the portion allocated for environmental protection was less than 1% in both countries. Education received the second largest percentage of 4.6%and 4.3%, followed closely by economic affairs of 4.5% and 4% in Italy and Germany respectively.
In the United Kingdom, the healthcare industry showed dominance with 7.8%. The class of education registered a substantially bigger investment, with almost 2% compared to the other countries. Conversely, British government spending on community services was smaller than Italy and Germany of only 4.6%. Additionally, economic affairs contributed for 4.4%, a median value among three nations.