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

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and

men

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

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, it can clearly be seen that the rates of

women

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who passed their driving test were higher than the

men

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over the period.

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, the

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for both

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and

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

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who passed the test started at just below 50%,

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for the

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, the

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was half of the

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's

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, which stood at slightly above 25%.

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, the

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's

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moderately grew by roughly 5% in 1990.

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, in the same year, the

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

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point onwards, the figure for

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

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