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03 Percentages of overseas students in Australia and their countries of origin

03 Percentages of overseas students in Australia and their countries of origin X72Pr

The given chart depicts which country’s international students in Australia arrived and the proportion of them compared through every single year from 1976 to 2011. Overall, The percentage of overseas students from Asia and other countries had an upward trend, while the figure for the UK declined dramatically. Moreover, In 1976, the proportion of international students from Asia started at the lowest position and in contrast that of the UK was the highest position, but both were swapped at the end of the period. In particular, there was a sharp increase of 15% in the rate of international students from Asia, ranking first among all countries in 2011, although this region stood at nearly 2, 5 % in 1976. Next, The year 1976 witnessed a gradual drop of 7, 5% in the percentage of oversea students from other countries, but this figure experienced an upward trend by 6, 5% between 1986 and 2006 and decreased marginally by 1, 5 % in 2011. As can be seen in the line graph, the proportion of international students in the UK dropped dramatically from 1976 to 2011, with the figures amounting to 14% for the former and 5% for the latter. Finally, the total of abroad students from all countries was a downward trend from 1976 to 2001 by 2, 5 %, then rose sharply to 25% in 2011.

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