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.

The given bar graph illustrates the percentage of

women

and

men

who passed the driving test in one Asian country over 30 years from 1980 to 2010. Units are measured in percentage.

Overall

, it can clearly be seen that the rates of

women

who passed their driving test were higher than the

men

over the period.

Moreover

, the

rate

for both

women

and

men

experienced a gradual growth throughout the given period. In 1980,

women

who passed the test started at just below 50%,

while

for the

men

, the

rate

was half of the

women

's

rate

, which stood at slightly above 25%.

Then

, the

women

's

rate

moderately grew by roughly 5% in 1990.

On the other hand

, in the same year, the

men

's figure witnessed a significant rise to around 35%. From

this

point onwards, the figure for

women

drastically increased and peaked at just under 70% in 2000 before decreasing to approximately 65% in 2010. Meanwhile, the figure for

men

also

experienced a significant soar to around 50% in 2000 and remained stable until 2010.