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The bar chart shows the percentage of girls and boys who passed their high school competency exams in seven subjects in 2010-2011.
Overall, girls had higher pass rates than boys in almost all subjects. Geography was the only subject where boys did better than girls. Computer science had the highest pass rate for girls.
Girls did best in computer science, with 56.3% passing, compared with 42.1% of boys. In mathematics and foreign languages, the pass rates of girls and boys were very similar, at about 49% and 47%. In physics, 36.7% of girls and 34.6% of boys passed.
The biggest difference between girls and boys was in chemistry. 30.2% of girls passed this exam, but only 14.1% of boys did, which was the lowest pass rate in the chart. In history, girls also had a higher pass rate at 25.6%, while boys had 22.9%. However, in geography, boys were more successful, with 30.4% passing, compared with only 20.1% of girls.