Egypt vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes

Egypt
51,162 number
in 2016
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
187,960 number
in 2018
Egypt rank
25th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
26th

Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes over time

  • Egypt
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k200220102018

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 187,960 number against 51,162 number in Egypt, a difference of 136,798 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 3.7 times Egypt's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 25th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 26th of 127 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 31,108 number 93,732 number 62,624 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 47,995 number 155,835 number 107,840 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes, Egypt or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 187,960 number against 51,162 number in Egypt as of 2018.
What is the difference in total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes between Egypt and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
136,798 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
9 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2016.
How do Egypt and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes?
Egypt ranks 25th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 26th of 127 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
171 places, 2,593 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of students who have crossed a national or territorial border for the purpose of education and are now enrolled in tertiary institutions outside their country of origin.