The chart gives information on the percentage of women going into higher education in five countries for the years 1980 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided table illustrates information about the proportion of female students going into tertiary institutions in 5 different countries in 1980 and 2015, in percentages.

Overall

, what stands out from the bar charts is that the popularity of higher education dramatically increased over the years for schoolgirls in the UK, United States and South Korea.

Conversely

, Australia's and France's female pupils showed a constant interest in levelling up their education over the prescribed 35 years. In 1980, South Korea experienced the lowest number of girls, accounting for 15% only.

However

, the UK and the USA had significantly more applicants, having 33 and 38 per cent respectively.

While

South Korea doubled in size in 2015, England and the States considerably grew, reaching 55% and 59%

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On the other hand

, Australia represented a stable proportion of female individuals in 1980 and 2015, with a level of 59%.

On the contrary

, France accumulated half of female undergraduates in 1980 which slightly raised to 54% in 2015.