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.

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driving testers who passed the

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from 1980 to 2010. The proportion is measured in percentage and categorized based on gender (male and female).

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, the percentages of females who passed the

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were higher than males over three decades.

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with, in 1980 the number of women who passed the

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was merely under 50% which was almost double the ratio of men at that time.

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, the proportion of women slightly rose to just over 50% in 1990, and

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the percentage significantly increased to reach its peak in 2000, at approximately 70%.

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, in 2010, the rationals moderately dropped to roughly 65%. From the chart, it can be observed that the percentages of men who passed the

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during

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period were on an upward trend. It start at nearly 30% in 1980,

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dramatically climbed to under 40% in 1990.

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, the ratios sharply increased again to almost 50% in 2000, and

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remain constant from 2000 to 2010.