The bar chart illustrates the number of pupils from four countries, namely: China, Japan, Usa and Russian, who applied to universities over the period of 4 years, from 2004 to 2008.
Overall, as can be seen clearly in the bar chart, the figure for students in China, Japan and the USA experienced significant fluctuations, while the data for Russia did not change over the period. Additionally, the number of students in the USA was the highest figure at the end of the period.
Regarding for the number of pupils in China, this figure topped the chart at the beginning of the period, at around 28000 students. In 2005, there was a dramatic decrease in China’s data from around 28000 to just above 20000 students, while at the same time, the figure for the USA increased slightly by approximately 1000 students. Furthermore, the number of American and Chinese students shared the same figure in 2006. From 2006 onwards, the figure for the USA increased significantly while the opposite was true for Chinese students
In 2004, there were over 5000 students in Japan, which experienced a stability toward 2005. The period between 2004 and 2005 witnessed a slight decrease in the number of students in Russia, and this figure remained unchanged until it increased back to over 5000 students at the end of the period. Regarding the Japanese pupils, from 2006 onwards, after witnessing a stability in the first two years, this figure saw agradual rise from around 7000 to 10000 students.