Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
116
Highest
132,248
Germany
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
1,085
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
6,290
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 132,248 in Germany; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,085, and the mean is 9,387.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Monaco (up 32,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Saint Lucia (down 100.0%).
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe … Europe both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 132,248 | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 102,309 | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 76,914 | 2024 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 65,268 | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 5 | Poland | 62,641 | 2024 | up 129.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Netherlands | 60,652 | 2019 | up 221.3% | volatile |
| 7 | France | 47,273 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 8 | Switzerland | 46,453 | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 9 | Czechia | 42,129 | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Spain | 36,842 | 2024 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 32,760 | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 29,211 | 2023 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 28,383 | 2023 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 14 | Romania | 26,081 | 2023 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 24,621 | 2023 | up 172.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Denmark | 21,696 | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Russia | 20,382 | 2023 | down 57.7% | rising |
| 18 | Slovakia | 19,834 | 2024 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Hungary | 17,367 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 20 | Sweden | 13,086 | 2024 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 12,600 | 2024 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 10,631 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 23 | Serbia | 9,964 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 24 | Portugal | 9,809 | 2023 | up 178.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Finland | 9,481 | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 26 | Ireland | 7,578 | 2022 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 27 | Slovenia | 7,573 | 2023 | up 212.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Lithuania | 6,560 | 2024 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Cyprus | 6,009 | 2024 | up 118.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Norway | 5,803 | 2024 | up 33.8% | flat |
| 31 | Croatia | 5,240 | 2023 | up 1,039.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Greece | 5,111 | 2023 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,916 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 34 | Israel | 4,833 | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Japan | 4,797 | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 36 | Latvia | 4,415 | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Moldova | 3,673 | 2024 | up 526.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Argentina | 3,634 | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Malta | 3,519 | 2023 | up 802.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Ecuador | 3,007 | 2023 | up 1,242.4% | volatile |
| 41 | South Korea | 3,001 | 2024 | up 205.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 2,912 | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 43 | Armenia | 2,885 | 2024 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 44 | Brazil | 2,739 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 2,678 | 2023 | up 135.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,640 | 2024 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Ukraine | 2,452 | 2024 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 48 | Belarus | 2,359 | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Georgia | 2,348 | 2025 | up 828.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 2,338 | 2024 | up 85.4% | flat |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 2,321 | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Estonia | 2,304 | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Albania | 2,073 | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 54 | New Zealand | 1,981 | 2024 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 55 | South Africa | 1,750 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 56 | Thailand | 1,684 | 2024 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Mexico | 1,474 | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Iceland | 1,180 | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 59 | Monaco | 990 | 2024 | up 32,900.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Malaysia | 932 | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 61 | San Marino | 899 | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 62 | Iran | 861 | 2022 | up 2,291.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 791 | 2024 | up 477.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Liechtenstein | 785 | 2021 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 727 | 2024 | up 179.6% | rising |
| 66 | India | 664 | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Morocco | 663 | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Egypt | 571 | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 69 | Hong Kong | 427 | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Colombia | 421 | 2022 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 412 | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 377 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 73 | Qatar | 368 | 2024 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Mongolia | 315 | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Chile | 310 | 2024 | up 1,007.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Andorra | 246 | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 77 | Indonesia | 240 | 2018 | up 238.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Mauritius | 217 | 2022 | up 205.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Philippines | 139 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 80 | Bahrain | 122 | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Aruba | 120 | 2016 | up 252.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 116 | 2017 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Vietnam | 105 | 2022 | up 377.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Mozambique | 103 | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 85 | Grenada | 96 | 2018 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 86 | Macao | 82 | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 42 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 88 | Oman | 35 | 2024 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 89 | Namibia | 34 | 2022 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 90 | Cuba | 33 | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 90 | El Salvador | 33 | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 92 | Cape Verde | 31 | 2018 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 93 | Barbados | 24 | 2011 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Tanzania | 21 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Madagascar | 19 | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 17 | 2023 | up 183.3% | rising |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 99 | Ghana | 15 | 2024 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 99 | Honduras | 15 | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Benin | 4 | 2022 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Bermuda | 4 | 2023 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Cameroon | 4 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 101 | Rwanda | 4 | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Brunei | 3 | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Laos | 3 | 2020 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritania | 3 | 2020 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Botswana | 2 | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Lesotho | 1 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Mali | 1 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Niger | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Cambodia | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Eswatini | 0 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 112 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Samoa | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 1.07 million
- SDG: World 1.07 million
- UIS: World 1.07 million
- WB: World 1.07 million
- UNICEF: World 1.06 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 1.02 million
- MDG: Developed Regions 1.02 million
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 1.00 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 996,036
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 988,150
- WB: Oecd Members 925,254
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 921,448
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 917,929
- SDG: Europe 893,667
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 879,018
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 845,267
- UNICEF: Western Europe 803,930
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 743,495
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 693,391
- WB: European Union 693,391
- WB: Euro Area 497,552
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 492,312
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 267,502
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 206,657
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 197,254
- WB: Ibrd Only 192,855
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 183,436
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 177,176
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 144,821
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 117,518
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 117,518
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 105,626
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 105,441
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 97,136
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 94,483
- SDG: Northern America 94,483
- WB: North America 94,483
- UNICEF: North America 94,479
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 67,886
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 65,282
About this data
February 2026 Data Release