The bar chart illustrates how many students applying to a european university from four different countries between 2004 and 2008.
Overall, it can be seen that Russia was the lowest number of students applying to a european university among four countries over the period. Meantime, China was the highest number in the years 2004 and 2005 whereas America reached the peak in 2007 and 2008. In addition, China and America were the same number represented 25000 in 2006.
In terms of China and Japan, the number of students who apply to a european university from China decreased slightly in 2005 , compared with Japan remained stable. After that, China remained unchanged in 2006 whereas Japan increased slowly. Meanwhile, China declined dramatically from 20000 to approximately 15000 between 2007 and 20008.
Regarding America and Russia, America rose significantly over the period from 20000 to 30000. By contrast russia grew slightly and stood at roughly 8000 in 2008.
