The line graphs give information about the proportion of young males and females aged 18 in four different countries who continued their secondary education from 1996 to 2003.
From an overall perspective, while Norway was dominant, Spain and Italy were the least popular throughout the given period. In addition, more females than males continued secondary education.
Focusing on the continuation of secondary education among females in four distinct countries, Norway led at the beginning of the period in 1996 with 90%, and it managed to maintain its dominance, increasing slightly to 100% by 2003. Although UK was less dominant in 1996 with 70%, it saw large growth until 2003 – 80%. In 1996, the percentage of secondary school educators in Spain was 70%, Italy was about 67%, there are almost no changes in both county over the period.
As for males, Norway was dominant among this gander as well. The proportion of young students in secondary education was 90% in 1996. In addition, while there were slightly improvement 90% in 1996 to 100% in 2002, it declined up to around 92%. In UK, in 1996, students who remained in secondary education was 65%, and it increased to 85% in 2003. Moreover, Italy was 55% at the beginning of the period in 1996, it saw a little rise – approximately 68% in 2003. Last one, even though there are slightly increase around 50% in 1996 to 60% in 1998, it decreased to about 56% in 2000, It remained unchanged until the end of the period (2000-2003).