The charts below show the number of university students in a particular country and how much the government spent on each student between 1984 and 2009 as well as the financial condition of the students' families. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The first chart gives information about the number of students that enrolled in university in a country over the period of 25 years. In 1984, there were around 160000 university students, but the number increased to 400000 students in 2009 which was more than twice as high as the record in 1984.
The second chart shows the amount of government funding that each student received. Clearly we can see a downward trend, falling from 14500 dollars to 11000 dollars in 2004. Although there had been a slight increase by 2009, the amount of spending was still much lower than that in 1984.
The last chart illustrates three levels of family income of these students. Over half of the students come from middle income families, followed by low income families with 26%. However, the ones that are better off only consist of less than 20%.
To sum up, it might be possible that the financial situation of most students’ families is above the average level, so even if the governmental funds were reduced, the number of university students still continually increased from 1999 to 2004.