The tables give information about how many exchange students studied at universities in Europe and Australia in 2007 and 2009.
Overall, it is clear that the total number of exchange students increased over the two years. While exchange students from France were leading the list among the countries who studied in Australia, the UK was country where most Australian students opted to study.
Regarding the European students who decided to study in Australia, France was the leader in both years, with 37 in 2007 and 58 students in 2009.This country was followed by Sweden and Germany, with 34 and 18 in 2007, and both of these figures increased by 8 by 2009.As to the remaining countries, while the number of students who studied in the UK fell moderately from 31 in 2007 to 26 in 2009, the figures for Netherland remained the same at 36 in both years.
As for students from Australia who decided to study in European universities, majority of them chose to study in the UK, and its figures rose substantially from 61 in 2007 to 87 in 2009. The number of students from France, Germany, and Netherlands also rose, from 37, 18, and 9 in 2007 to 58, 26, and 27 in 2009.
Sweden was the only country where the number of students did not change over the course of two years, and stayed the same, at 31.
