The bar chart illustrates how many international applicants from 4 different countries to a European country’s universities from 2004 to 2008.
Overall, the number of Chinese applicants was the highest in first 3 years, then the same category of the USA was at the top in the last 2 years. Russia had the lowest number of students during the period, while Japanese students had a sustainable increase in the same year.
From 2004 to 2006, Chinese students still at the top of the list even if its value had dropped from 27,000 to 18,000. The USA , which saw a significant rise in applicants from 13,000 to 18,000, came next. Japan’s similar category was a tiny increase from 7,000 in 2004 to 8,000 in 2006. Russian candidates began at 3,000 and saw a fluctuation before staying at that level in the third year.
From 2007 to 2008, Chinese students had dropped from 18,000 to roughly 16,000, while America now has 12,000 more students than China to became the nation with the most students overall. The same category of Japan increased graduately, reaching at 8,500 in 2007 and 10,000 in 2008. Even with a little uptick to over 4,000 in 2008, Russian students continue to rank lowest.