Band 5+: The chart below shows the number of students from four different countries applying to european universities. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make information comparisons where relevant.

The data demonstrates the amount of applicants from four distinct nation applying to European universities.

Overall, the amount of applicants in China declined steady throughout the period but increased steadily in Japan and USA and remained constant in Russian. Despite this, the amount of applicants in China and USA was higher than the other two nations. However, in the early year China has the largest amount of applicants out of the four distinct nation, but USA overtakes to become the highest in the latter year.

The Chinese applicants who applied are higher than 25 thousand applicants in 2004 , which then fell around 20 thousand applicants in 2005. After that it remained constant under 20 thousand applicants in 2006 and 2007, before it declined to 15 thousand applicants in 2008.

The Japan and USA have the same pattern although different amount of applicants. The Japan starting at higher than 5 thousand applicants in 2004 and increasing steadily to 10 thousand of applicants in 2008. In contrast, USA starting at under 15 thousand applicants in 2004 and increased steadily to reach higher than 25 thousand applicants in 2008. Russian remain steadily under 5 thousand throughout the year. China and USA have the same amount of applicants higher than 15 thousand in 2006.