The given chart provides information about how many people who come from China, Japan, The USA and Russia, applying to the universities of one European country from 2004 to 2008. Overall, it is clear that the number of China and the USA applicants were higher than that of remaining areas. Moreover, the figure China wittnessed a downward trend over the period, the opposite trend was true for that of America.
At the beginning, the number of China applying to the universities was the highest, at about 27.000, which was more than twice as the figure for the USA, at nearly 14.000. In 2006, students who come from China and America were similar, stood at about 17.000. Then the figure for the USA increased significantly to 27.000, while that of China drecreased sharply, and hit its lowest point at over 15.000.
In terms of remaining countries, there was a slight rise in the number of Japan applicants from 2004 and 2008, increased by 3000. The figure for Russia fluctuated at around 2500.