The bar chart illustrates the number of students from different countries applying to European universities between 2004 to 2008.
Overall, it can be seen that the most applicants are from these Asian countries, taken as an example on the data. In 2004, nearly twenty-eight thousand Chinese students were planning to study on Europe. The rate dropped to approximately seventeen thousand until 2006, showing a significant shift. However, it stayed unchanged for a year before the number minimally decreased.
As for Japan, the count of applicants skyrocketed by nearly fifteen thousand more applicants in just 4 years, showing dramatic change. Moving on to USA, it can be observed that the data remained the same between 2004 to 2005 before indicating a minor growth, which began during the next year. Lastly, the statistics demonstrate that Russia’s data has been almost stagnant over these years. Furthermore, it is evident that even the fluctuation had no considerable gap between them.
In conclusion, it was more likely for East Asians to apply to universities in Europe rather than Americans or Russians.