The given line graph illustrates the proportion of studens in age from 18 to 25 in four different nations from 1961 to 2011.
Overall, it is clear that all four figures of university students from 18 to 25 years old in four nations witnessed an upward trend. It is noticeable that at the end of the period, Thailand becomes the nation that had highest percentage of university students between age of 18 and 25.
In 1961, the expenditure of 18-25 years old in universities in Philippines stood at 7% before remained unchanged for the next 10 years. It’s figure started climbing from 7% in 1971 to almost one-fifths in 2011. Moving on to Malaysia, the year of 1971 saw an 10% increase in the percentage of university students from 18 to 25 years old. The figure of students from 18 to 25 in universities in Malaysia went up steadily by 5% in 1991 before remained unchanged in the next 20 years of the period.
In Singapore, the percentage of 18 to 25 years old in universities stood at 15% in 1961 before experienced an fluctuation trend from 30% in 1971 to 35% in 1991. The figure of university students from 18 to 25 years old in Singapore fell slowly by 1% in 2001 before increased by 6% in 2011. Next in Thailand, the expenditure of 18-25 years old in universities fell down slowly from 25% in 1961 to 20% in 1991 before peaked at over 40% in 2011 making Thailand became the nation that had highest rate in the percentage of university students from 18 to 25 years old.