The bar chart illustrates how many people tried to enter a UK university from 4 countries during the 4 years (1999-2003). Overall, the proportion of applicants from all countries experienced an upward trend, with the notable exception of European Nations, where the reverse was true. Of all figures, the Far East saw the largest changes.
In 1999, 30000 students submitted documents to the UK university from European Nations, which was the highest number in the chart over the given period. After that, it began its downward trend for the next 4 years, and reached around 11000 students in 2003. In contrast, the number of applicants from Africa to the UK university had a slight increase from about 3000 students in 1999 to just above 5000 students in 2003.
Starting from Middle East, the figure for students submitting documents to UK university showed a significant growth by 5000 students during 3 years (1999-2001). Before decreasing steadily to well above 10000 students in the following year, and it then climbed dramatically to 20000 students, which was ranked second in 2003. 15000 applicants were from Far East, who want to enter the UK university in 1999. The following years, it rose consistently to 30000 students, and reached parity with 1999 levels of European Nations.