The given bar chart illustrates the proportion of males and females who possess university degrees in five different nations in 2001.
From an overall perspective, it is apparent that the percentage of males graduating from higher education was higher than that of females in most countries, while the opposite was true for the US and Germany. Additionally, the figure for Japan was the lowest for both genders.
Looking first at nations where males had a higher ratio of higher educational qualifications, 45% males in Switzerland graduate from a university or college, which was also the highest and 10 percentage points higher than that of females in this nation. A similar pattern was seen in Japan and Britain, showing the same gap between the two surveyed aspects of the two genders. To be more specific, 25% Japanese females completed above high school education, and the percentage of males was 30%, while those of Britain were 30% and 35%, respectively.
By contrast, females led the proportion for educational qualification possession in Germany and the US. In the former country, 45% females had university degrees, slightly surpassing 35% of males. The same trend was followed by the US, albeit to a lesser extent, with 40% for females and 35% for males.