Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
115
Highest
151,067
France
Lowest
0
Tajikistan
Median
779
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
6,318
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 115 countries. The highest value is 151,067 in France; the lowest is 0 in Tajikistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 779, and the mean is 7,370.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Iran (up 32,605.0%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 100.0%).
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa … Africa both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 151,067 | 2024 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 96,965 | 2023 | up 185.4% | rising |
| 3 | Turkey | 59,682 | 2023 | up 2,111.3% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 55,407 | 2023 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 43,223 | 2024 | up 147.3% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 42,825 | 2023 | up 193.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Russia | 34,512 | 2023 | up 618.6% | volatile |
| 8 | South Africa | 30,124 | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 9 | Senegal | 30,083 | 2024 | up 148.4% | rising |
| 10 | Portugal | 23,912 | 2023 | up 465.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Morocco | 22,949 | 2024 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 18,690 | 2024 | up 150.8% | rising |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 18,096 | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Malaysia | 15,244 | 2024 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Italy | 14,082 | 2023 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 16 | India | 11,046 | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Poland | 10,146 | 2024 | up 1,560.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Belgium | 9,820 | 2023 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Burundi | 8,934 | 2025 | up 442.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 8,625 | 2024 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 21 | Rwanda | 8,079 | 2024 | up 1,055.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Tunisia | 7,580 | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7,394 | 2024 | up 175.9% | rising |
| 24 | Cameroon | 7,388 | 2023 | up 141.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Egypt | 6,572 | 2024 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 26 | Brazil | 6,544 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 27 | Iran | 6,541 | 2022 | up 32,605.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Jordan | 6,032 | 2024 | up 164.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Ukraine | 5,554 | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Hungary | 5,324 | 2024 | up 323.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Qatar | 5,029 | 2024 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Niger | 4,296 | 2019 | up 319.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 4,224 | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 4,061 | 2025 | up 701.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Benin | 3,959 | 2022 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 36 | Romania | 3,392 | 2023 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 37 | Finland | 3,356 | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 38 | Ghana | 3,341 | 2024 | down 78.2% | falling |
| 39 | Switzerland | 3,246 | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 40 | South Korea | 2,505 | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Japan | 2,237 | 2023 | up 104.9% | rising |
| 42 | Philippines | 2,123 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Namibia | 2,066 | 2022 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 44 | Botswana | 1,950 | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 45 | Austria | 1,742 | 2024 | up 95.9% | rising |
| 46 | Czechia | 1,679 | 2023 | up 234.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Sweden | 1,663 | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Mauritius | 1,644 | 2022 | up 167.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Netherlands | 1,491 | 2019 | up 160.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Ireland | 1,461 | 2022 | up 193.4% | rising |
| 51 | Cuba | 1,403 | 2024 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Oman | 1,028 | 2024 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Thailand | 1,020 | 2024 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Belarus | 974 | 2024 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Norway | 952 | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 56 | Tanzania | 937 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Lithuania | 827 | 2024 | up 181.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Madagascar | 779 | 2023 | down 52.7% | rising |
| 59 | Cyprus | 726 | 2024 | up 71.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Mali | 711 | 2015 | — | falling |
| 61 | Greece | 693 | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 62 | Serbia | 670 | 2024 | up 178.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Argentina | 649 | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 633 | 2015 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 65 | Bahrain | 605 | 2024 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 66 | New Zealand | 589.33 | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 462 | 2024 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 68 | Mozambique | 455 | 2018 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 69 | Malta | 433.3 | 2023 | up 702.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Mexico | 430 | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Denmark | 342 | 2024 | down 52.8% | rising |
| 72 | Estonia | 303 | 2024 | up 422.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Mauritania | 295 | 2020 | up 139.8% | rising |
| 74 | Indonesia | 293 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 278 | 2024 | up 9,166.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Israel | 274 | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Grenada | 264 | 2018 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 260 | 2024 | up 1,138.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Latvia | 260 | 2024 | up 202.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Hong Kong | 254 | 2024 | up 323.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 236 | 2024 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovakia | 184 | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 83 | Vietnam | 156 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Macao | 153 | 2024 | up 155.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovenia | 150 | 2023 | up 614.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | 148 | 2024 | up 678.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 127 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 88 | Iceland | 88 | 2023 | up 319.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Armenia | 82 | 2024 | up 1,950.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Lesotho | 74 | 2018 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Croatia | 73 | 2023 | up 812.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63 | 2023 | up 472.7% | rising |
| 94 | Eswatini | 45 | 2015 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 95 | Chile | 36 | 2024 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Colombia | 24 | 2022 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 96 | Ecuador | 24 | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Brunei | 21 | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 21 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Sri Lanka | 20 | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Monaco | 19 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 102 | Barbados | 11 | 2011 | up 266.7% | rising |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 8 | 2024 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 7 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 4 | 2023 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Liechtenstein | 4 | 2021 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Andorra | 3 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Mongolia | 3 | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Aruba | 2 | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | El Salvador | 2 | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Bermuda | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Comoros | 0 | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Honduras | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2017 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 868,629
- SDG: World 868,629
- UIS: World 868,629
- WB: World 868,629
- UNICEF: World 868,173
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 576,435
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 562,808
- MDG: Developed Regions 542,533
- WB: Oecd Members 539,516
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 539,332
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 523,682
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 496,183
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 477,928
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 477,495
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 453,569
- SDG: Europe 425,450
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 391,628
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 378,546
- UNICEF: Western Europe 373,234
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 351,593
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 340,636
- MDG: Developing Regions 326,096
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 275,830
- WB: European Union 275,830
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 273,165
- WB: Euro Area 253,878
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 253,805
- WB: Ibrd Only 228,172
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 195,810
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 195,810
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 195,810
- UNICEF: Africa 195,810
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 160,836
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 159,057
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 159,057
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 159,057
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 159,057
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 159,057
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 159,057
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 158,762
About this data
February 2026 Data Release