The line graph provides information about female who is members of parliament in 5 European countries between 2000 and 2012. Units are measured in percentage.
Overall, it can be seen that the rate of all countries observed increase in during 12 years. Furthermore, by far the most changes percentage of country was France.
Moving to a detailed analysis, Germany ranked first percentage of female members of parliament, at 34% and UK, Belgium and Italy were 26%, 25% and 22% respectively in 2000. The proportion of Germany, UK and Belgium were growth gradually until 2008, while UK of the percentage of female of members of parliament overtook Germany and reached a peak level which accounted for 40% at the end of the period. In 2012, the rate of Italy witnessed a minimal rise for 25%, Germany and Belgium, the former and the latter being responsible for 36% and 33% in turn.
In terms of remaining country, the proportion of France was 5% at the beginning of the period, while this country experienced a significant increase by 15% in during 8 years. Approximately 2 years later, France the percentage of female members of parliament remained stable, and rose by 1%, which accounted for 21% at the end of the period.