The given bar chart compares the proportion of males and females who passed their driving test in an Asian country over a 30-year period, from 1980 to 2010.
Overall
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it is clear that
the pass rate for both genders increased throughout the period. Linking Words
However
, women consistently outperformed men in all four recorded years.
Looking first at female candidates, the proportion of women who passed their driving test stood at around 47% in 1980, before rising slightly to 53% in 1990. Over the following decade, the figure rose sharply by 14 percentage points, reaching a peak of approximately 68% in 2000. By 2010, Linking Words
however
, there was a slight decline to around 64%.
Turning to the male candidates, the pass rate started much lower, at 28% in 1980. Linking Words
This
figure increased modestly to 37% in 1990, and Linking Words
then
continued to climb steadily, reaching just under 50% by 2000. The same upward pattern persisted into 2010, when the rate remained slightly below the halfway mark.Linking Words