voting rates in federal elections by country or region of birth and by sex, 2011 and 2015
Table:
country/region of birth
all
men
women

2011
2015
change
2011
2015
change
2011
2015
change

percent
percentage point
percent
percentage point
percent
percentage point

united states, united kingdom, ireland, australia, new zealand
78.6
84.3
5.7
77.4
85.1
7.7
79.6
83.6
4.0

caribbean, central/south america
65.1
72.5
7.4
65.4
73.0
7.6
64.7
72.2
7.5

western/northern europe
79.3
82.6
3.3
81.5
84.0
2.5
77.1
81.3
4.2

southern europe
73.1
72.5
-0.6
74.2
73.6
-0.6
72.1
71.4
-0.7

eastern europe
66.7
69.7
3.0
66.7
70.6
3.9
66.7
68.9
2.2

south asia
72.4
80.5
8.1
73.7
79.5
5.8
71.1
81.5
10.4

southeast asia
64.5
74.6
10.1
66.1
74.1
8.0
63.3
75.0
11.7

east asia
59.8
64.1
4.3
60.3
65.4
5.1
59.3
62.9
3.6

west central asia and middle east
56.7
73.2
16.5
56.0
69.9
13.9
57.6
76.5
18.9

africa
67.1
78.4
11.3
72.7
79.4
6.7
60.4
77.3
16.9

Give a precise answer to the following question using only the table information. Use the JSON format {"answer": ["YOUR ANSWER"]}. When several items apply, list them comma-separated. The table caption is 'voting rates in federal elections by country or region of birth and by sex, 2011 and 2015'. Refer to the table to answer the question below: Between 2011 and 2015, what was the percentage points of the voting rate of immigrants from west central asia and the middle east increased?

{"answer": ["16.5"]}