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 by percentage. Overall, it is evident from both bar chart and table that there was an upward trend in 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 the 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 significant rise of foreign students to almost 250,000 in the 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 still recorded the lowest, with just over 50,000 students.
Moving on to the table, over the period of eight years, Australia and UK experienced an increase in the percentage of foreign students, 4% and 5% respectively, followed by a slight rise of 2% in Canada. However, the percentage of foreign students in USA remained completely still at a relatively low of 2%.
It can be noted that the 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.