The charts below show the levels of participation in education and science in developing and industrialised countries in 1980 and 1990.

The charts below show the levels of participation in education and science in developing and industrialised countries in 1980 and 1990.
The chart gives information about UK
immigration
,
emigration
and net
migration
between 1999 and 2008. Both
immigration
and
emigration
rates rose over the period shown, but the figures for
immigration
were significantly higher. Net
migration
peaked in 2004 and 2007. In 1999, over 450,000
people
came to live in the UK,
while
the number of
people
who emigrated stood at just under 300,000. The figure for net
migration
was around 160,000, and it remained at a similar level until 2003. From 1999 to 2004, the
immigration
rate rose by nearly 150,000
people
, but there was a much smaller rise in
emigration
. Net
migration
peaked at almost 250,000
people
in 2004. After 2004, the rate of
immigration
remained high, but the number of
people
emigrating fluctuated.
Emigration
fell suddenly in 2007, before peaking at about 420,000
people
in 2008.
As a result
, the net
migration
figure rose to around 240,000 in 2007
,
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but fell back to around 160,000 in 2008.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • enrollment rates
  • primary education
  • secondary education
  • tertiary education
  • literacy rates
  • scientific research
  • research and development (R&D)
  • correlation
  • gender disparities
  • participation
  • developing countries
  • industrialized countries
  • investment
  • comparison
  • impact
  • specified years
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