The data illustrates information about how many people from four different nations applied to a university in the UK from 1999 to 2003.
Overall, all the figures showed an upward trend, with the exception of that for European nations. Notably, despite the overall increase, Australian applicants constituted the smallest figures in each year.
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, the figure recovered with moderate growth to 15,000 in the final year.
As for Australia, the numbers showed an increase, albeit constituting the minority throughout the framework. 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 contrast, the only decreasing trend was seen in the figures for European countries. In 1999, 30,000 students applied to the university, a figure that then followed a progressive drop in the following years, finishing the period at 11,000 in 2003.