The given bar graph illustrates the proportion of men and women holding tertiary educational qualifications in five countries, namely Japan, the United States, Switzerland, Britain and Germany in
2001. A cursory glance at the bar graph is enough to make it clear that more women than men in the higher United States and Germany, held higher educational qualifications, where as the reverse was true for the other three countries.
The percentage of Japanese men who had higher education was 30, whereas 5% fewer women had higher education degrees. The United States had 40% and 35% females and males with higher degrees. In Switzerland 45% males and 35% females graduated from colleges or universities.
35% and 30% British males and females had higher educational qualifications. The maximum females in Germany graduated from universities. Their percentage was 45%, and this percentage was 10% more than that of their male counterparts.
Overall, the maximum males held university degrees in Switzerland, whereas the maximum females held university degrees in Germany among the given five countries.