The table illustrates the number of students from four different countries who attended tertiary institutions in a western country in 2000 and 2005. Overall, the number of international students dropped slightly over this five year period, and in particular there was a significant decrease in numbers from China, although it still remained the largest group. There was a four fold rise in Brazilian student enrolments. In 2000, the number of students who came from China, at 35,000, was more than twice the number of Indian students, at 15,000. Smaller numbers came from Japan and Brazil, at 6,000 and 2,000 respectively. In 2005, the proportion of students changed considerably. Chinese student numbers decreased to 22,000, but there was a dramatic increase in the number of Brazilian students, which went from 2,000 to 8,000. Indian student numbers stayed mostly unchanged, at 16,000 and there was a small decrease in the number of Japanese students, from 6,000 in 2000 to 4,000 in 2005.
表显示从西方国家从四个不同的国家参加大专院校在2000年和2005年的学生人数。总的来说，国际学生的数量略有下降，在这五年期间，特别是在中国的数据有显著下降，但它仍然是最大的群体。在巴西学生入学人数增长四分之一倍。在2000年，35000的学生来自中国，数目，超过两次的印度15000学生数。较小的数字来自日本和巴西，分别在6000和2000。2005，学生的比例发生了很大的变化。中国学生的数量下降到22000，但在巴西学生人数急剧增加，从2000到8000。印度学生人数保持不变，在16000有在日本留学生人数减少，从6000 2000 2005 4000。