The chart illustrates the figure of students from four countries applying to the universities of one European country from 2004 to 2008. On the left, there are numbers of students applying to the universities, and at the bottom are the years and name of four different countries including China, Japan, USA, and Russian.
There were upward trends and downward trends during four years. In 2004, there were over 25000 Chinese students applying to European universities and then decreasing steadily ranging from 25000 to over 20000 in 2005, and then continuing decline to over 15000 in 2006. In 2007, the number of students remained unchanged, the same as the amount of students in 2006, and then going down to about 15000 Chinese students.
In 2004, the number of Japanese students applying to the universities were 5000 and still remained unchanged in 2005. In 2006, we see an increase in the following years, ranging from over 5000 to 10000 students.
There were about 15000 USA students applying to the universities in 2004. Then, we see an upward trend, ranging from over 15000 students to over 25000 students, increasing by 5000 students per year.
The number of students in Russian applying to the universities were under 5000 students in 2004 and remaining unchanged in the following years.