The graph provides an outline of the proportion of female representatives of Parliament in five different European countries including Belgium, Italy, France, the UK, and Germany over the period from 2000 to 2012.
We can observe from the line graph that all five European countries experienced an upward trend in their percentages of female members of Parliaments (MPs). The country with the highest level of female representatives was Germany, while the figures for the United Kingdom (UK) were the lowest over the period.
In the year 2000, Germany witnessed the highest rate of female participants for the MPs in Europe at around one-third, followed by 17% in Belgium, 25% in France, and 27% in Italy. In contrast, the figures for the UK were at merely 3%. Over the years, there was a dramatic increase in the proportion of female representatives of Parliament in the UK and Germany.
Italy had significant growth with 40% at the end of the period in 2012, surpassing the figure of Germany, which was 37%. There was a gradual rise in the proportion of female members in Parliament in the UK and France. The figures for France rapidly increased to 32%, and the UK witnessed a substantial increase from 3% in 2000 to 24% and was at the same level as Belgium in 2012.