The chart shows the percentage of women and men in one Asian country who passed when they took their driving test between 1980 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Given is a figure comparing the percentage of

women

and

men

passing their driving

test

in one country from the period 1980 to 2010.

Overall

, the passing

rate

of

women

is significantly higher than

men

, and the passing

rate

steadily grew from 1980 to 2000 for both genders. In 1980, 48% of the female examinees qualified for the

test

, and the passing

rate

slightly grew to 52% in 1990. An exponential growth was shown in 2000, with an approximate

rate

of 68%. The qualifying proportion

then

slightly fell to 64% in 2010. As for

men

, the qualifying

rate

never surpasses half of the proportion. Around 28% of the male participants passed the

test

in 1980, and their performances almost improved with a 10% growth in 1990. The numbers reached the peak with 49% of

men

passing the

test

in 2000 and remained at the exact same

rate

in 2010. The gap in passing rates between

women

and

men

sustained at 15% to 20% during the given time period, with

women

continue leading the performance.