The graph below shows the number of university graduates in Canada from 1992 to 2007.

The line graph gives information on the graduated students, females and males who studied in Canadian universities between 1992 and 2007.

Overall

, the two lines tend to have identical patterns after over a decade of observations.

In contrast

, it is noticeable that there was a considerable increase in the number of female graduates,

while

the latter inclined slightly

at the end

of the period. In 1992, women shared the biggest percentage of participants at the graduation ceremony when compared to male participation, 98.000 versus 70.000 people. Their number

then

grew gradually by 1% in the next three years, before it decreased moderately to a nearly similar level as the initial year between 1998 and 2000.

In addition

, in the following two years, their level went up slowly before the number of graduated females reached a peak in 2007, accounting for 145.000 people, which was over one-third of the male population.