The first given bar chart compares the proportion of males and females owning driving licences in one European nation from 1976 to 2006, while the second bar graph provides a gender distribution in young drivers from 17 to 20 years old between 1996 and 2006.
Overall, in the first bar chart, there was an increase in both genders with driving licences during the given timeframe, while the percentage of young drivers who were 17-20 years old witnessed a decrease in both genders in the second graph. In addition, the figures for men drivers with licences always surpassed that for women.
As can be seen from the first chart, in 1976, male drivers owning licenses were higher by 40 percentage points than female drivers, with 70 percent and 30 percent, respectively. After that, the proportion of male drivers with licenses was stable for 5 years before a gradual growth to 80 percent in 2006. However, women with licenses underwent a gradual increase immediately, followed by doubling from the initial point to 60 percent in 2006. In the final year, the figures for females with driving licenses were three-fourth as much as that for males.
In 1996, there was a higher proportion of male young drivers between 17 and 20 years old with 50 percent, while female drivers in this age cohort accounted for roughly 30 percent. By 2006, both the figures for male and female drivers in the given age group experienced a decrease with a more remarkable decline in females, reaching around 45 percent and 20 percent, respectively.