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

The given line chart compares data about the proportion of females who worked in parliament in 5 various European countries from 2000 to 2012.

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, it was important that the trends of the portion of all women in several areas increased over the period of 12 years.

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the diagram, Germany, the main country that parlements had the highest number of women

instead

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of men in 2000, hit nearly 34% in the beginning;

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it rose slightly to roughly 37% in 2012. Italy, the second one, climbed moderately from approximately 26% in 2000 to just under 40% in 2012 and reached the first level in 2012. France scored exactly a quarter in 2000;

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, it jumped marginally to almost 32% in 2012. The graph demonstrates that Belgium recorded roughly 16% at the start after that, it leapt somewhat to the maximum mark at just under 25%. Later it fell fractionally to nearly 24% in 2012.

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, the UK reported a tiny fraction in 2000;

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it grew significantly to the same percentage as Belgium.