The bar chart compares how many people from four various nations applied to a UK university from 1999 to 2003.
Overall, the number of applicants from Far East, Middle East, and Africa witnessed a noticeable increase, with the last one seeing a negligible growth, yet remaining to be the smallest figure throughout the period. However, opposite was true for European candidates.
Looking at at the details, Europeans constituted the largest number among all given nations in terms of applying to a UK university in 1999, which was followed by Far East, with the respective figures of 30,000 and 15,000. After which, Far Eastern applicants took the lead in 2001, rising to about 22,000, before reaching its peak to 30,000 in 2003, whereas the figures for European nations steadily plummet to just above 10,000 at the end of the period.
Likewise, starting at 10,000 in 1999, the number of candidates from Middle East gradually rose by 5,000 in 2001, which was followed by a decline to roughly 13,000 in the following year. After this, the trend went up to 20,000 in 2003. Meanwhile, African individuals were responsible for only around 3,000 in 1999, the figure that then doubled in 2003 despite remaining unchanged until 2001.