The chart below shows the percentage of female members of parliament in 5 European countries from 2000 to 2012

The chart below shows the percentage of female members of parliament in 5 European countries from 2000 to 2012
The line chart illustrates
women
's membership rates in five European nations' parliaments, namely the UK, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and France, between 2000 and 2012.
Overall
, the proportion of
women
congresspersons climbed in all countries.
Also
, Germany and Belgium had the highest rates of
women
in Congress as opposed to the UK, where the
women
's portion was less than others. In 2000, Germany's
women
participants rate, which was higher than others at around 35%, experienced marginal growth of around 2%, followed by Italy and Belgium, which
women
rates accounted for approximately 25% in the first year for both countries, had risen to just above 40% and slightly more than 30% in 2012, respectively.
On the other hand
,
women
's share in France's parliament witnessed an upward trend from roughly 17% in the initial year to about 23% in 2004, before remaining approximately constant for the next eight years.
Furthermore
, the lowest female involvement proportion, which was in the UK, surged from nearly 3% to roughly 24% in the final year.
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