The bar charts illustrate the proportion of men and women who received top grades in five different subjects between 1960 and 2000.
Overall, what stands out from the chart is that the highest proportion of males received top grades in all subjects. By contrast, females followed opposite trends in all subjects: Science, Arts, Math, Language, and Humanities from 1960 to 2000.
In 1960, the highest percentage of men receiving top grades in Science, Math, Language, and Humanities was up to 20% to just under 30% of students, and only around 8% of students received top grades in Arts subjects. However, the percentage of women who received top grades in Language, Humanities, and Arts was higher. Whereas, it had the biggest fall in Science and Math, downward to approximately 40% to 30%, and at 10% to only 5% of students, respectively.
In terms of 2000, the proportion of males who received top grades in Humanities was higher. In contrast, Language, Math, Arts, and Science were lower than Humanities—almost 45% and 20%, around 15%, just under 20%, and nearly 32% of students, respectively. Subsequently, in Language and Humanities, 30% and nearly 25% of students received top grades. On the other hand, it had a significant drawback: only 25% of students received top grades in Arts, and just over 10% of students and only 3% of students received top grades in Math.
