The chart below shows the percentage of difference in income between men and women from 1978 to 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart illustrates statistics concerning how income between men and women is different in percentage in five countries over a 30-year period.

Overall

, the percentage of

difference

decreased over the whole period in all countries, except Australia. It can be seen that Japan experienced the most

difference

in income between the

twogenders

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two genders

, with the level falling by ten per

cent

to 40 per

cent

in 2008.

Although

the US and the UK started at various initial percentages of

difference

, accounting for about 34 per

cent

and under 30 per

cent

respectively in 1978, there was a similar three-decade slight decrease for both nations,

thus

reaching 26 per

cent

in 2008. Both Australia and France,

on the other hand

, witnessed a similar number of differences, representing 20 per

cent

in 1978, followed by a two-decade fall. After 1998,

while

the percentage of

difference

in France continued to fall to around 18 per

cent

, Australia had experienced the only immense increase to above 20 per

cent

by 2008.