The bar chart illustrates four english-speaking countries, where thousands of foreign students pursued their studies in 2004 and 2012, and the table indicates the total number of foreign students in percentage. Overall, it is evident from both bar chart and table that there was an upward pattern on the number of foreign students over the time frame.
To begin, the figure for students studying in USA far exceeded that of other three countries, starting at about 175.000 students in 2004 compared to UK and Australia at 125.000 students. Meanwhile, Canada accounted for the smallest number of foreign students at just under 50.000 students.
In 2012, there was a great rise of foreign students to almost 250.000 students in USA. The trend for UK and Australia was roughly similar, standing at approximately 190.000 and about 180.000 students respectively. Despite a slight increase, Canada was still recorded the lowest, with having just over 50.000 students.
Moving on to the table, over the period of eight years, Australia and UK experienced an increase in the number of foreign students, 4% and 5% respectively, followed by a slight rise of 2% in Canada. However, the percentage for foreign students in USA remained completely still at a quite low of 2%.
It can be noted that a change in the number of foreign students studying in four english-speaking countries is displaying an upward trend over the period either significantly or moderately.