The graph below shows four countries of residence of overseas students in Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparis, who were climbing up calmly, with spantanious surges.ons where relevant.

The given line graph shows the

number

of undergraduates in Australia from four Asian states namely Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and

Singapore

during almost two decades starting from 1982 until 2000.

Overall

, the progressive upward trend was recorded in all countries with constant fluctuation to both positive and negative sides,

while

Singapore

demonstrated moderate growth only. Focusing on unstable figures,

initially

, Indonesia presented the largest rise within the given span. Starting from less than a thousand students

number

, Indonesia showed a boom of scholars between 1986 and 1988 till 1998, when

this

anomaly dropped down and started its improvement again. Malaysia and Hong Kong projected the same result

at the end

of the statistics;

however

, the origins were completely different from each other. The huge difference could not prevent Hong Kong learners from catching up with Malaysian peers, who were climbing up calmly, with spontaneous surges.

Nevertheless

, a decline

by

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approximately 5000 students was recorded

at the end

of 1996 in both countries.

Conversely

, the

number

of

Singapore

international applicants increased

for

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20000 throughout the whole period, being the only country to do so consistently, without any jumps.

Initially

, starting with a minimum, they reached the mark of 10000 only in 1995,

while

other countries did

this

earlier.

In addition

, in the

last

year of the chart,

Singapore

finished in second place by

number

of students narrowly below 20000.