The bar chart and table show information about students from abroad studying in four English-speaking countries in 2004 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart displays the average

number

of foreign

students

, which study abroad in the

USA

,

UK

,

Australia

and

Canada

,

while

the table illustrates their

percentage

in two different

years

.

Overall

, the first three

countries

, the

USA

, the

UK

and

Australia

have a higher increment in their

number

of foreign

students

than

Canada

. In comparison, the

number

of foreign

students

in 2012 is significantly higher than in 2004.

Moreover

, the

percentage

of people who studied abroad in the

last

three

countries

has increased noticeably,

while

in the

USA

, it remained constant. Looking

initially

at the bar chart, the highest

number

of foreign

students

is in the

USA

, which grew approximately 70000 from 170000 in 2004 to 240000 in 2012. In the next two

countries

, people who studied abroad in

UK

and

Australia

were around 120000 in 2004 and rose to approximately under 20000 in 2012. Ultimately,

Canada

is ranked as the lowest country with foreign

students

, and the

number

didn’t change significantly in 8

years

, from 35000 in 2004 to over 55000 in 2012. Regarding the remaining table, in

Australia

the

percentage

of overseas

students

has increased substantially with 5% in eight

years

, from 19% in 2004 to 24% in 2012,

therefore

it remained the highest country of overseas

students

compared to

USA

,

UK

and

Canada

. The figures for the

UK

and

Canada

went up slightly from 9% and 5% in 2004 to 13% and 7% in 2012 respectively.

Whereas

the situation in the

USA

remained unchanged over time with 2% in both

years

,

therefore

it has the lowest

percentage

compared to all English-speaking

countries

.