The line chart below gives information about the percentage of female members of parliament in European countries (2000 – 2012)

The given line chart illustrates statics regarding the proportion of women involved parliament members

in particular

counties in Europe namely, Germany, Italy,

France

, the UK, and

Belgium

from 2000 to 2012.

Overall

, most countries experienced an upward trend between the period of 2000 and 2004.

However

, some regions had a fluctuation in the following years, except the UK which showed consistent improvement across the years.

Initially

, Italy and

France

started in the same percentage around 25%, and both of them increased in 2004.

Although

Italy only grow to 30%,

France

significantly rose to over 35%. Female parliaments members in

Belgium

sharply enhanced to over 30%, which was 17% in the next year. Germany remained stable from the beginning to the end period, began at 34% and reached 37% in the

last

period. In 2008, some countries figured out alteration tendencies.

France

was seen declining to under 30%, and resurgent to 32% in 2012,

likewise

,

Belgium

slightly fell to 25%. Even though the UK dramatically boosted over the years, which started at under 5% and

then

rose to 25%, it was still the lowest rate of female parliaments among the provided countries, which same position as

Belgium

.