The line graph illustrates changes in the proportion of women member of parliaments in five different European nations over a 12-year period starting in 2000.
In general, it is noticeable that only upward trends were observed in all the given countries throughout the period. Italia and Belgium female members showed the fastest changes during the period shown, while the opposite was true for Germany and the UK.
In the initial period, Germany was dominant in female member of parliament among the five nations, stood at around 31%, which was followed by a slight rise to approximately 33% in the final year. Spain took the second largest women member of parliament, standing at about 27% in the year 2000. In the following years, this figure saw a significant growth to 35% in 2012, and it remained own position. In the first year, the percentage of women who worked in parliament, at approximately 23%. In the following year, this figure witnessed a dramatic increase to about 38% in 2012 and reaching the peak level of parliament’s women members among the five European countries.
By contrast, Italia showed the lowest proportion of women members in parliament at the beginning of the period, making up around 3%, while figure for the Uk accounted for 17% in the same year. Both Italia and the UK saw a gradual rise by the end of the period, at about 18% each, these figures took last place in all the given countries.