The table below shows the percentage of members of parliament who were women in five regions, compared to the percentage of worlwide, in 1990, 1997 and 2005.

The given table chart delineates the proportion of female parliament members in five different regions with the worldwide ratio. The statistics were recorded for three years 1990, 1997 and 2005. From an

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perspective, it is discernible that the world witnessed advancement in gender equality as most of the

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constantly increased. Notably, Oceanic countries accounted for a modest rate

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's percentage outnumbered the others during the timeline. From 1990 to 1997, the proportions of East

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and the world reduced nearly by one per cent simultaneously, from 20.2 and 12.4 to 19.3 and 11.4, in turn.

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, five out of six surveyed regions experienced a substantial rise in the share of female parliament members.

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, Latin America was the second biggest proportion at 12.4 per cent, which was far higher than the world average. During the remaining period, all the

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followed an upward trajectory. The most significant leap can be seen in North Africa and Latin America as their

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grew from 1.8 and 12.4 to 8.5 and 19.0, respectively. It is worth mentioning that Latin America' and East

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statistics overshadowed the global portions.

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, the

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were equally similar to the worldwide percentages.