The following line graph demonstrates the rate of female individuals in parliament in 5 different nations, namely the UK, Belgium, France, Italy and Germany, within a period of 12 years starting from 2000.
Overall, it is obvious that the figure for Germany was the highest, whereas that for the UK was the lowest. It is also quite clear that the percentage of women participating in parliament in Italy and France witnessed a remarkable upward trend, while it was just a slight increase for Germany
Starting in 2000, 35% of German parliament members were female, and it slightly dropped within the next 4 years before continuing to rise to its peak at approximately 37% in 2012. However, the figure for the UK was the lowest among all nations, beginning at under 5% in 2000 and increasing to just 24% 12 years later.
Meanwhile, there was a significant growth in the proportion of female parliament members of Italy and France, from 25% and 27% in 2000 to nearly 39% and 32% in 2012, respectively. In contrast, the nation that had the lowest increase was Germany, from 35% to just 37% over the research period.