The bar chart given compares four different areas regarding secondary education in 2000 based on the percentage of college-aged men and women in higher education that same year.
Looking at the illustration, it is immediately evident that Europe had the highest percentage of the school-aged population, including females and males, whereas the opposite was true for Sub-Saharan Africa. Additionally, the second chart shows that the percentage of the college-aged population was quite low in countries except Europe.
In the first chart, the percentage for Europe regarding males dominated at 99%, which was roughly 29% higher than East Asia. Latin America ranked third at 55%, while Sub-Saharan Africa came in last at 37%. Regarding females, the percentage for Europe also dominated at 100%, which was roughly 40% higher than Latin America. The percentage for East Asia ranked third at 59%, while Sub-Saharan Africa came in last at 20%.
In the following years, despite some fluctuations, higher education enrollment in Europe continued to dominate, maintaining the highest percentage throughout the period. Europe experienced steady growth and reached a peak of approximately 60% and 70% for males and females respectively, making it the region with the highest enrollment rate. Latin America and East Asia showed moderate increases, though their figures remained significantly lower than those of Europe.Meanwhile, Sub-Saharan Africa had the lowest proportion of higher education enrollment, with only a slight rise over the years.