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.

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, there was an increase in the percentage of people who held

Master

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of

Arts

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,

PhD

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of

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and

PhD

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of

Science

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; with

PhD

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of

Science

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witnessing a dramatic rise.

In addition

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, the figures for the First degree of

Arts

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and

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saw a decline,

while

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those for the

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of

science

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remained the same throughout the period. 25% of certificates obtained in

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country were First Degree of

Arts

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in 1980, followed by a significant tumble to 11% in 2008.

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, the number of residents gaining a First degree in

Science

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was 19% at the beginning of the interval examined,

then

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approximately halved to 10% after 28 years.

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of

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accounted for 13% in 1980, after which it experienced a sharp growth to 30% and surpassed the figure for

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of

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to become the most popular diploma issued in 2008. A homogeneous trend, but to a lesser extent, can be seen in the percentage of

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of

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and

PhD

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of

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, which started at 12% and 3% before reaching 13% and 7% in that order.

Conversely

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, the amount of

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of

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was unchanged over nearly three decades, keeping consistently at 29%.