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

The line graph illustrates the

percentage

of parliament in European countries between 2000-2012. Units are measured in

percentage

(%).

Overall

,

it is clear that

the highest

percentage

were Italy and

Germany

.

Otherwise

, the smallest

percentage

was in the

UK

. At the beginning of the period,

Germany

had the highest

percentage

around 35% compared to others. Italy,

France

, and

Belgium

accounted for approximately 28%, 27%, and 17%, respectively. In 2000, the

UK

was only about 4% which was the smallest country of the xxx. In 2004,

France

surpassed the two countries (

Germany

and Italy) and became the highest

percentage

of female members of parliament to the others Europe where around 36%. There were significant differences between the

UK

and Italy, approximately three times the

percentage

and

Belgium

still remained in the same position in the previous 4 years. In 2008, the

percentage

of the

UK

female members was significantly increased or doubled from 2004.

However

,

France

's

percentage

dramatically decreased which accounted for around only 30%. Italy has slightly increased and the 2 countries,

Germany

and

Belgium

were not significantly changed compared to the previous years.

At the end

of the period, Italy surpassed

Germany

by almost 40% and

France

steadily increased from the previous year to around 32%.

UK

's

percentage

grew significantly and

Belgium

's was similar to

percentage

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, approximately 28% in 2012