Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
110
Highest
66,310
Germany
Lowest
0
El Salvador
Median
350.5
Years covered
28
1997–2024
Data points
4,196
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 66,310 in Germany; the lowest is 0 in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 350.5, and the mean is 4,414.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 1,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 100.0%).
Inbound internationally mobile students … both Eastern UIS estimate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 66,310 | 2023 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 56,650 | 2023 | up 245.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Czechia | 38,911 | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 33,894 | 2023 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 24,606 | 2024 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 23,498 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 7 | Italy | 19,540 | 2023 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 8 | Austria | 18,859 | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 9 | Slovakia | 16,505 | 2023 | up 142.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Romania | 15,162 | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 11 | France | 14,975 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 12 | Netherlands | 14,747 | 2019 | up 571.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Hungary | 9,927 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 14 | Serbia | 9,736 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 7,610 | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Slovenia | 6,740 | 2023 | up 226.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Turkey | 6,536 | 2022 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 18 | Switzerland | 5,951 | 2023 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 5,601 | 2023 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 5,543 | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 5,434 | 2023 | down 26.2% | rising |
| 22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,299 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 23 | Finland | 4,705 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 4,446 | 2023 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 4,296 | 2024 | up 57.2% | flat |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 4,061 | 2023 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Croatia | 3,735 | 2023 | up 967.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Moldova | 3,669 | 2024 | up 484.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Greece | 3,365 | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Belgium | 3,288 | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 31 | Ukraine | 3,144 | 2024 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,065 | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 33 | Australia | 2,984 | 2022 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 34 | Armenia | 2,848 | 2024 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 35 | Sweden | 2,763 | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 2,545 | 2024 | up 70.7% | falling |
| 37 | Belarus | 2,319 | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Latvia | 2,179 | 2023 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 39 | Norway | 1,829 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 40 | Israel | 1,822 | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 41 | South Korea | 1,725 | 2023 | up 186.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Japan | 1,447 | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 43 | Estonia | 1,427 | 2023 | up 197.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Ireland | 1,156 | 2022 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Portugal | 1,142 | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 1,138 | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Georgia | 838 | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 815 | 2024 | up 494.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Cyprus | 724 | 2023 | up 102.8% | falling |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 491 | 2023 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 51 | Malta | 453.5 | 2023 | up 192.6% | rising |
| 52 | Malaysia | 445 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 53 | Argentina | 409 | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Albania | 396 | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 55 | India | 362 | 2023 | up 262.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Iceland | 339 | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 57 | Mongolia | 319 | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 58 | Jordan | 316 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 59 | New Zealand | 306.62 | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Egypt | 294 | 2024 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 61 | Thailand | 252 | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Qatar | 251 | 2024 | up 221.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Brazil | 210 | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 64 | Hong Kong | 172 | 2024 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 121 | 2017 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Iran | 120 | 2020 | up 263.6% | rising |
| 67 | South Africa | 91 | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Monaco | 89 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Philippines | 82 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Morocco | 73 | 2024 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Indonesia | 50 | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 72 | Vietnam | 44 | 2022 | up 388.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Liechtenstein | 41 | 2021 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Ecuador | 36 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Colombia | 33 | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 75 | Niger | 33 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Chile | 31 | 2023 | up 675.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 24 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 79 | Bahrain | 22 | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Grenada | 21 | 2018 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 81 | Oman | 18 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Tunisia | 16 | 2023 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Mozambique | 14 | 2018 | up 1,300.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Andorra | 12 | 2024 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 12 | 2020 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 86 | Macao | 6 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ghana | 5 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Namibia | 5 | 2022 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Tanzania | 4 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Cuba | 3 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Mauritania | 3 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Mauritius | 3 | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Honduras | 2 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Aruba | 1 | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Barbados | 1 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 95 | San Marino | 1 | 2024 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Benin | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Bermuda | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Brunei | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Botswana | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Cameroon | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Cambodia | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Laos | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Mali | 0 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Rwanda | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 99 | El Salvador | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 480,838
- SDG: World 480,838
- UIS: World 480,838
- WB: World 480,838
- UNICEF: World 480,674
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 469,068
- MDG: Developed Regions 454,523
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 450,530
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 447,240
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 438,147
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 437,693
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 428,956
- SDG: Europe 418,140
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 398,341
- WB: Oecd Members 387,289
- UNICEF: Western Europe 344,583
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 326,788
- WB: European Union 326,788
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 321,918
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 238,720
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 217,602
- WB: Euro Area 190,331
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 186,596
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 161,116
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 150,214
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 93,564
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 93,564
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 73,040
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 48,710
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 43,096
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 42,258
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 33,270
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 30,192
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 29,100
- SDG: Northern America 29,100
- UNICEF: North America 29,100
- WB: North America 29,100
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 23,335
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 19,886
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 19,600
About this data
February 2026 Data Release