The given line chart compares 5 European nations in terms of
women belonging to parliament between 2000 and 2012.
Overall, almost all countries witnessed a growth/ witnessed
an upward trend in the proportion of female taking part in
parliament over the time given, with a notable exception of
Belgium.
In the year of 2000, Germany was the country which
occupied/ accounted for the highest percentage of women
members of parliament (with nearly 35 percent), Belgium, in
contrast, was ranked the fifth in 5 countries with the figure
below 5 percent. The remaining nations namely Italy, France
and the UK are in that order had the figures between above
15 percent and around 26 percent. After the 8 following
years, there was a significant increase in the ratio of German,
Italian, French, British and Belgian females becoming
members of parliament. The figures for/ proportion of all
countries ranging from 20 percent to 35 percent in 2008.
By 2012, Italy took over Germany as the main country in the
group having the most/ highest rate of women members of
parliament, with a slight difference of 4 percent. In terms of
general upward trend, the figure for French women members
accounted for 32 percent, which was 12 percent higher than
that of British ones in 2012. In the same year, a gradual
increase could be seen in the UK, which stood at a similar
percentage of that in Belgium, (around 22 percent).
