The given bar chart compares the proportion of students entering higher education in 4 countries from 2000 to 2010.
Overall, while the rate of young people attaining higher education of country B saw a slight fluctuation, the figures for the remaining countries experienced upward trends. Outstandingly, that of country D was consistently the highest.
Regarding to country A and country D, which experienced similar changes, but to a greater extent could be seen in the figure for country A, which rose by roughly 23%. Starting at the highest point (around 45%), the number of university students of country D continued growing substantially, which put it into the first place over time. In 2010, despite being the lowest (approximately 35%), the figure for country A increased significantly since 2005, surpassing 2 countries. However, that of country A was still slightly lower than country D, about 2% and 3%, respectively in 2005 and 2010.
Looking at the data of the remaining countries, which witnessed small changes. Over the period of 5 years, the quantity of young people in higher education of country B minimally dropped by 1% and then recovered back to its initial data (nearly 40%) in the last year. Otherwise, from 2000 to 2005, the percentage of young people involving in higher education of country C witnessed a significant increase by 5%, but then remaining stable over the last 5 years.