The line graph gives information about the percentage of women holding a seat in the parliament in five European nations from 2000 to 2012.
Overall, women’s parliamentalparliamentary participation in these countries became more popular over the period. Another worth mentioning point is that the proportion of Italian women in the parliament remained the lowest despite the biggest increase.
Initially, the rate of female members in the German parliament dominated the chart in 2000 with over 30%, closely followed by that in Spain and Belgium, accounting for approximately 27% and 23% respectively. Until 2008, the figure for Germany stayed almost unchanged, while the other two nations experienced a noticeable upward trend in the women’s participation level in the parliament, both reaching over 35%. Towards the end of the timeframe, there was a slight growth in females taking part in the German parliament, ending at roughly a third. Similarly, Belgium continued increasing in the percentage of women seat holders, with the most dominant figure of nearly 40%, while Spain levelled off towards 2012.
Regarding the remaining nations, the UK had about 17% of women in its parliament in 2000, which far surpassed the rate of Italy. Over time, both data witnessed a noticeable growth, with the latter being more significant. By 2012, the UK and Italy had shared an equal percentage of women in their parliament, taking up nearly a quarter each.