The bar chart compares the percentage of arrivals of migrants to Australia from five parts of the world in 1987 and 1997.
Overall, the most significant proportion of migrants were from Europe in both years, while the least percentage of people came from North/South America. As for the changes in numbers overall, coming to 1997 migrants’ shares from Oceania, Middle East Africa and Northeast Asia increased compared to the rest of the regions which experienced a decline.
Turning to specifics, in 1987 the shares of people from Middle East Africa and were about 15% or slightly higher. After 10 years, the former increased to around 23%, while the latter to exactly 20%. Similarly, visits from Northeast Asia rose, increasing from 15% to just under 25%, the figure with the largest increase.
Regarding the figures that decreased, Europe accounted for most migrants at 34% in Australia in 1987 compared to individuals from Rest of Asia with about 23%. Coming to 1997, both figures declined – Europe declined to approximately 22% and Rest of Asia dipped to over 13%, with Europe remaining dominant. In stark contrast, individuals coming from north/south America made up only fraction of visitors from other regions and didn’t change in 1997 which was around 5%.