Two charts below show the percentage of qualified graduates in a particular country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Two charts below show the percentage of qualified graduates in a particular country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The two graphs provide information about how the proportion of qualifications in a particular nation shifted between 1980 and 2008.
Overall
, there was an increase in the percentage of people who held
Master
of
Arts
,
PhD
of
Arts
and
PhD
of
Science
; with
PhD
of
Science
witnessing a dramatic rise.
In addition
, the figures for the First degree of
Arts
and
Science
saw a decline,
while
those for the
master
of
science
remained the same throughout the period. 25% of certificates obtained in
this
country were First Degree of
Arts
in 1980, followed by a significant tumble to 11% in 2008.
Similarly
, the number of residents gaining a First degree in
Science
was 19% at the beginning of the interval examined,
then
approximately halved to 10% after 28 years.
PhD
of
Science
accounted for 13% in 1980, after which it experienced a sharp growth to 30% and surpassed the figure for
Master
of
Science
to become the most popular diploma issued in 2008. A homogeneous trend, but to a lesser extent, can be seen in the percentage of
Master
of
Arts
and
PhD
of
Arts
, which started at 12% and 3% before reaching 13% and 7% in that order.
Conversely
, the amount of
Master
of
Science
was unchanged over nearly three decades, keeping consistently at 29%.
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