The bar chart illustrates the number of applicants from four parts of the world – European Nations, the Middle East, the Far east, Africa – in the UK university from 1999 to 2003.
In general, the number of applicants from European Nations was shrinking, even though the figure was predominant initially. This was not the case in the Far east, as the number followed an upward trend, making it the most highest at the end. While the figure for Africa was barely registering, that for the Middle East was versatile and fluctuating.
In particular, European Nations and the Far east followed two opposite trajectories. The former accounted for 30,000 applicants originally, a figure twice as much as that for the Far East (15,000). The gap, however, was narrowed: 25,000 applicants from European Nations and, slightly lower, 20,000 applicants from the Far East.
In the middle, the latter overtook European Nations and registered roughly 23,000 applicants, while European Nations dropped to the Far East’s 2000 level. In the remainder of the period, the number of applicants from the Far East climbed progressively to mirror Europe Nations’ starting points. European nations, by contrast, saw a decline to around 11,000 applicants.
Unlike these, the number of students from Africa and the Middle East remained relatively lower throughout the period. The Middle East stood at 10,000 applicants, compared with a mere 3,000 students from Africa. While the former remained in the 12,000-15,000 range, Africa reached plateau. As the Middle East skyrocketed to 20,000 students, a figure identical to the 2001 European Nations and the 2000 Far East levels, so was Africa to nearly 6,000 applicants.