The two charts illustrate the proportion of males and females who had driving licences in a European country in various years.
Overall, the proportion of men and women who had driving licences experienced an upward trend from 1975 to 2006. It is remarkable that the percentage of men who owned driving licences was higher than that of women over the 30 years.
During the period from 1975 to 1976, the figure for men was more than two times higher than the figure for women, with about 68% and 31% respectively. Then, these two figures both showed significantly upward trends from 1975 to 1991, which reached about 75% and 58% in 1991 respectively. The proportion of men who had driving licences reached at its peak about 82% from 1995 to 1997. However, the figures for men and women remained unchanged at approximately 80% and 60% respectively in the remaining years.
With regard to the percentage of men and women who applied for driving licences at the age 17-20, the figure for men was higher than the figure for women in both two years. The percentage of men who applied for driving licences at the age 17-20 saw a dramatical decline from 50% to 35% from 1996 to 2006, while the figure for women decreased slightly from 35% to about 31%.
