Given is a bar chart illustrating how the percentages of males and females with higher education qualifications differed across five countries in the year 2001.
Overall, it is clear that in Japan, Switzerland, and Britain, the percentage of females with higher education qualifications was lower than that of males, while females in the US and Germany held an advantage, with Japan having the lowest overall rate of higher education at that time.
Commencing with females, the proportion in Germany was the highest at 45%, which was almost twice as high as that of Japan, at 25%. Next were the US, Switzerland, and Britain, at 40%, 35%, and 30% respectively.
Compared with females, the situation for males was slightly different. Switzerland took the lead at 45%, equaling that of German females. The percentages in the US, Britain, and Germany were the same, with each accounting for 35%. Ranked last was Japan, at only 30%.
Concerning the gender gap within each country, the difference in Switzerland and Germany stood at 10% each. This was wider than the 5% gap observed in Japan, the United States, and Britain.