Inbound internationally mobile students from East Asia and the Pacific, female (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
90
Highest
126,241
United Kingdom
Lowest
0
Benin
Median
177.5
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
1,752
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from East Asia and the Pacific, female (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 90 countries. The highest value is 126,241 in United Kingdom; the lowest is 0 in Benin.
The median across all reporting countries is 177.5, and the mean is 6,550.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 2,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 100.0%).
Inbound internationally mobile students from East Asia and the: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 126,241 | 2023 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 2 | Australia | 110,291 | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 3 | South Korea | 58,643 | 2023 | up 145.7% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 52,779 | 2023 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 39,635 | 2024 | up 142.2% | rising |
| 6 | Malaysia | 39,587 | 2024 | up 267.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Germany | 29,640 | 2023 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 8 | Macao | 22,345 | 2024 | up 261.3% | rising |
| 9 | Thailand | 19,789 | 2024 | up 300.6% | rising |
| 10 | France | 18,978 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 11 | New Zealand | 12,252 | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 12 | Netherlands | 5,182 | 2019 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 4,796 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 4,752 | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 15 | Hungary | 3,362 | 2023 | up 444.0% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 3,240 | 2024 | up 482.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Vietnam | 3,035 | 2022 | up 278.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Ireland | 3,030 | 2022 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 19 | Switzerland | 2,850 | 2023 | up 108.5% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 2,825 | 2023 | up 173.5% | rising |
| 21 | Finland | 2,802 | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 2,757 | 2022 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 23 | Mongolia | 2,128 | 2024 | up 531.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Sweden | 1,982 | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 1,592 | 2023 | up 152.3% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium | 1,449 | 2023 | up 149.8% | rising |
| 27 | Jordan | 1,292 | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 28 | Denmark | 1,231 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 1,120 | 2023 | up 272.1% | rising |
| 30 | Brazil | 1,100 | 2023 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 31 | Czechia | 1,029 | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 32 | Norway | 942 | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 33 | Austria | 894.88 | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 34 | India | 758 | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 589 | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Qatar | 422 | 2024 | up 201.4% | rising |
| 37 | Argentina | 314 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 38 | Cyprus | 304 | 2023 | up 157.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 294 | 2023 | up 345.5% | rising |
| 40 | Iran | 216 | 2020 | up 730.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 207 | 2023 | up 283.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Malta | 203 | 2023 | up 1,591.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 202 | 2024 | up 119.6% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | 202 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 45 | Laos | 190 | 2020 | up 222.0% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 165 | 2023 | up 312.5% | rising |
| 47 | South Africa | 161 | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 48 | Iceland | 153 | 2023 | up 159.3% | rising |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 142 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Lithuania | 132 | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Romania | 128 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 52 | Brunei | 98 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 53 | Greece | 95 | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 54 | Cuba | 92.27 | 2024 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 90 | 2023 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 56 | Slovakia | 75 | 2023 | up 226.1% | rising |
| 57 | Serbia | 71 | 2024 | up 1,320.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 70 | 2024 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 59 | Georgia | 63 | 2023 | up 384.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Samoa | 60 | 2023 | up 160.9% | rising |
| 61 | Latvia | 57 | 2023 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 62 | Croatia | 52 | 2023 | up 2,500.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Bahrain | 40 | 2024 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 64 | Tunisia | 33 | 2023 | up 560.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 31 | 2022 | up 40.9% | flat |
| 66 | Slovenia | 26 | 2023 | up 271.4% | rising |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 19 | 2024 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 67 | Moldova | 19 | 2024 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Mozambique | 19 | 2018 | up 850.0% | rising |
| 67 | Oman | 19 | 2024 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 14 | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 72 | Ghana | 12 | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Chile | 11 | 2023 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Armenia | 7 | 2024 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Namibia | 7 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Monaco | 6 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Honduras | 5 | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 78 | Botswana | 4 | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritius | 4 | 2024 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 80 | Liechtenstein | 3 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 81 | Niger | 2 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Rwanda | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 85 | Andorra | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Bermuda | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 85 | Madagascar | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 1 | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 85 | El Salvador | 1 | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Benin | 0 | 2022 | 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 822,981
- SDG: World 822,981
- UIS: World 822,981
- WB: World 822,981
- UNICEF: World 769,874
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 742,533
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 737,237
- WB: Oecd Members 686,838
- MDG: Developed Regions 634,108
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 607,404
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 489,142
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 484,861
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 470,677
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 223,243
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 223,040
- SDG: Europe 219,127
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 216,509
- UNICEF: Western Europe 211,216
- AIMS: Pacific 125,202
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 125,202
- SDG: Oceania 125,202
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 122,543
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 113,778
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 81,403
- WB: European Union 81,403
- WB: Euro Area 71,872
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 71,820
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 19,003
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 17,410
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 14,456
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 13,619
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 12,027
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 12,027
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 9,105
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 8,718
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 6,825
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 4,795
- WB: Small States 4,692
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 4,594
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 3,960
About this data
February 2026 Data Release