The line graph shows the proportion of students aged 18-25 studying in the universities of Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand from 1961 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph shows the proportion of students aged 18-25 studying in the universities of Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand from 1961 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graphs illustrate the percentage of university pupils aged 18 to 25
years-old
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in four different countries from 1961 to 2011. In general, an upward trend was seen in
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all four graphs.
First,
Singapore had fluctuating trends until 2001, but it increased from 15% to 40% over 50 years.
Furthermore
, Malaysia had the lowest proportion of
students
among the four countries in 1961,
then
it increased moderately until 1991 but remained flat until 2011.
In addition
, the Philippines
initially
had approximately 7% of
students
in 1961,
then
it went up by 20% in 2011. Thailand had 25% of university
students
in the beginning, but it showed slight shifts until 1991. After that, the proportion of
students
in Thailand surged by nearly 42% in 2011. It clearly depicts that both Singapore and Thailand have more university
students
than in the Philippines and Malaysia. From 1971 to 1991, Malaysia had more pupils than the Philippines but it surpassed in 1991.
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  • proportion
  • higher education
  • trend
  • contrast
  • significant
  • increase
  • decrease
  • plateau
  • governmental policies
  • economic situations
  • cultural attitudes
  • education growth
  • correlation
  • historical events
  • political events
  • projection
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