The bar chart compares how many students coming from four different countries enrolled in a UK university from 1999 and 2003.
Overall, there was a downward trend in the number of European applicants throughout the period; however, a reverse pattern was observed in the Far East, which became dominant in the final year. In addition, academic applications from the Middle East had experienced a slight fluctuation while that of Africa remained nearly unchanged.
Starting with 30000 students, European Nations received the highest number of enrollments in 1999. This was followed by the Far East and the Middle East, at roughly 16000 and 11000 each. The university only welcomed less than 5000 African students that year, presenting the lowest among four countries surveyed.
In the next four years, applications from the Far East had shown a significant upsurge to about 32000, becoming the country with the most people who chose to study in a UK university. In contrast, there was a massive decline in the number of European students, by more than a half compared to the beginning. Although having risen at a small degree, the figure for Africa still remained at a bottom of approximately 8,000. The Middle East, meanwhile, had its applicant number fluctuate and then slightly increase to 21000 in the last year of the period given.