The line graph compares the proportion of female Parliamentarians in a selection of European countries from 2000 to 2012.
Overall, it is readily apparent that the percentage of female members in the Parliament of 5 countries all witnessed an increase over the timeframe, with the most prominent rise seen in the figures of British MPs.
British Parliament saw the most dramatic growth in the figures of female representation, with figures climbing by roughly one-fifths to 23% in 2012, despite starting at a relatively low position of nearly 3%. The proportion of Belgian female MPs in the last year also matched that of their British counterparts, although it saw relatively small change from its initial figure of under one-sixths in 2000 and even declined slightly during 2008-2012.
Germany saw the highest number of female members in the Parliament, at around 35% in 2000, which was followed by Italy at over a quarter. After 12 years, Germany experienced a slight increase by 2%, to 37%. Italy also followed the same trend but at a faster rate, finishing at nearly 40%, the highest of all the countries surveyed. The same rising trend was also observed in France's percentage, with figures rising steadily from exactly a quarter in 2000 to about a third in the last year.
The line graph compares the proportion of
female
Parliamentarians in a selection of European countries from 2000 to 2012.
Overall
, it is
readily
apparent that the percentage of
female
members in the Parliament of 5 countries all witnessed an increase over the timeframe, with the most prominent rise
seen
in the
figures
of British MPs.
British Parliament
saw
the most dramatic growth in the
figures
of
female
representation, with
figures
climbing by roughly one-fifths to 23% in 2012, despite starting at a
relatively
low position of
nearly
3%. The proportion of Belgian
female
MPs in the last year
also
matched that of their British counterparts, although it
saw
relatively
small
change
from its initial
figure
of under one-sixths in 2000 and even declined
slightly
during 2008-2012.
Germany
saw
the highest number of
female
members in the Parliament, at around 35% in 2000, which
was followed
by Italy at over a quarter. After 12 years, Germany experienced a slight increase by 2%, to 37%. Italy
also
followed the same trend
but
at a faster rate, finishing at
nearly
40%, the highest of all the countries surveyed. The same rising trend was
also
observed in France's percentage, with
figures
rising
steadily
from exactly a quarter in 2000 to about a third in the last year.