The data illustrates information about how many people from four different nations applied to a university in the UK from 1999 to 2003.
Overall, three out of four countries showed an upward trend in their applicant numbers while the reverse was for European nations. Notably, despite the increase, Australian applicants represented the lowest proportion throughout the period.
Starting with the upward trends, in 1999, 15,000 applicants came from the Far East and this was followed by a marked rise to 30,000 in 2003 – the highest among all other figures in the same year. Likewise, starting at 10,000 in 1999, the number of people from the mid-East gradually rose to 15,000 in 2001 before marginally dropping to 12,000 in 2002. After this marginal decrease, the figure showed moderate growth to 15,000 in 2003, ending the period at 20,000.
Although the number of Australian applicants showed only an increase over the years, this group of people constituted the minority throughout the whole period. In 1999, the figure stood at 3,000 after which they remained unchanged in 2000. From 2000 to 2003, however, the figure doubled, reaching a mere 6,000 in 2003.
In stark contrast, in 1999, 30,000 people applying for the university were from European regions, a figure that then followed a progressive drop in the following years, finishing the period at 11,000 in 2003.
