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 females elected in
parliament
in 5 European countries over a 12-year period from 2000 to 2012.
Overall
, the proportion of female members of parliament
in these countries saw upward trends, with the UK witnessing the most dramatic rise. Additionally
, although
the UK increased sharply, it consistently had the lowest figures throughout the period.
As can be seen for
the chart, the percentage of positions in Change preposition
from
parliament
held by women in Germany started at about 34%, after which it saw a gradual rise to 36% in 2012. Similar changes, but to greater extents, were seen in the figures for Italy and the UK, which grew from 26% to almost 40% and from 4% to around 27% respectively.
On the other hand
, approximately 25% of members in France’s parliament
were women, with a subsequent jump to reach a peak of around 37% in 2004 and a final increase from 30% in 2008 to 32% in 2012. Meanwhile, the figure for Belgium increased from 17% in 2000 to 28% in 2000 and levelled off towards the end of the period.Submitted by [email protected] on
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