Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and Western Europe, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (UIS estimate) (number) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
92
Highest
1.59
Cuba
Lowest
0
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Median
1.08
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
894

What the numbers show

Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and Western Europe, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 92 countries. The highest value is 1.59 in Cuba; the lowest is 0 in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.08, and the mean is 0.9813.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 171.4%), and the largest decrease in Brunei Darussalam (down 100.0%).

Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 1.59 2024 up 24.1% rising
2 Mauritania 1.5 2020 down 1.7% falling
3 Republic of Korea 1.47 2023 up 96.9% rising
4 Iceland 1.46 2023 up 10.4% rising
5 Monaco 1.46 2024 rising
6 Belgium 1.42 2023 up 2.1% flat
7 Ireland 1.35 2022 up 43.5% rising
8 Sri Lanka 1.35 2023 up 88.7% rising
9 New Zealand 1.35 2023 up 7.9% flat
10 Ghana 1.35 2023 down 20.5% falling
11 Latvia 1.34 2023 up 60.5% rising
12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.32 2023 up 14.1% rising
13 France 1.3 2023 down 6.7% falling
14 Sweden 1.28 2023 up 15.7% rising
15 Hungary 1.27 2023 up 32.1% rising
16 Australia 1.27 2022 up 13.3% rising
17 Argentina 1.26 2023 up 42.9% rising
18 Namibia 1.24 2022 down 9.0% flat
19 Qatar 1.23 2024 down 1.5% flat
20 Italy 1.23 2023 up 9.5% rising
21 Denmark 1.22 2023 down 2.8% flat
22 Slovakia 1.21 2023 up 84.8% rising
23 Chile 1.2 2023 up 9.2% rising
24 Netherlands 1.2 2019 down 2.9% flat
25 Dominican Republic 1.2 2024 down 4.5% rising
26 Ecuador 1.2 2023 down 6.5% flat
27 India 1.19 2023 down 1.4% flat
28 Bahrain 1.19 2024 up 44.6% rising
29 Cyprus 1.17 2023 down 4.8% rising
30 Spain 1.17 2023 up 16.6% rising
31 Morocco 1.17 2024 up 45.0% rising
32 Portugal 1.16 2023 up 11.3% rising
33 Albania 1.16 2024 up 42.5% rising
34 Poland 1.15 2023 up 27.5% rising
35 Luxembourg 1.15 2023 up 18.2% rising
36 Croatia 1.13 2023 up 25.3% rising
37 Rwanda 1.12 2024 up 68.7% rising
38 Norway 1.12 2023 down 7.1% falling
39 Andorra 1.12 2024 down 19.5% falling
40 Germany 1.11 2023 up 11.1% rising
41 Austria 1.1 2023 up 3.1% rising
42 Lithuania 1.1 2023 up 30.0% rising
43 Türkiye 1.1 2022 up 10.8% rising
44 Côte d'Ivoire 1.09 2023 rising
45 South Africa 1.09 2023 down 12.5% falling
46 Greece 1.09 2023 unchanged flat
47 Mauritius 1.08 2024 up 4.5% rising
48 Slovenia 1.07 2023 down 19.5% falling
49 Cape Verde 1.07 2018 down 18.4% volatile
50 Estonia 1.05 2023 up 0.2% flat
51 Brazil 1.04 2023 up 16.3% rising
52 Oman 1.03 2024 down 0.5% rising
53 Czechia 1.03 2023 up 26.4% rising
54 Romania 1.03 2023 up 112.1% rising
55 Macau, China 1.03 2024 up 16.7% falling
56 Canada 1.03 2023 up 9.4% rising
57 Honduras 1.03 2019 down 19.6% falling
58 Bulgaria 1.01 2023 up 32.7% rising
59 Benin 1 2022 up 171.4% volatile
60 El Salvador 0.9817 2023 down 9.6% flat
61 Colombia 0.9685 2022 down 15.9% falling
62 Serbia 0.9649 2024 up 47.5% rising
63 Malta 0.9634 2023 down 28.9% falling
64 Switzerland 0.9434 2023 down 0.3% flat
65 San Marino 0.9395 2024 up 31.5% rising
66 Finland 0.9046 2023 up 24.5% rising
67 Mozambique 0.9024 2018 down 15.6% falling
68 Egypt 0.8459 2024 up 145.1% rising
69 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8378 2020 up 30.3% flat
70 Jordan 0.8264 2024 down 21.1% falling
71 Hong Kong, China 0.816 2024 up 26.2% rising
72 North Macedonia 0.7667 2023 down 45.2% falling
73 Japan 0.7462 2023 down 1.3% falling
74 Georgia 0.7244 2023 down 20.7% falling
75 Liechtenstein 0.6427 2021 up 27.4% rising
76 Malaysia 0.6248 2024 down 5.8% falling
77 Bermuda 0.6 2023 down 63.3% falling
78 Armenia 0.5694 2024 down 42.1% falling
79 Tunisia 0.5556 2023 down 58.3% falling
80 Azerbaijan 0.5484 2024 down 64.4% falling
81 Belarus 0.5483 2024 up 27.9% flat
82 Botswana 0.5 2023 down 71.4% volatile
83 Viet Nam 0.4247 2022 down 32.4% falling
84 Thailand 0.3777 2024 down 31.6% falling
85 Republic of Moldova 0.3609 2024 up 168.5% rising
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3431 2023 down 68.9% falling
87 Saudi Arabia 0.2996 2024 down 61.2% falling
88 Mongolia 0.2 2024 down 76.7% falling
89 Uzbekistan 0.0979 2024 down 90.2% volatile
90 Brunei Darussalam 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
90 Cameroon 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 2020 volatile

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Indicator
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and Western Europe, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (UIS estimate) (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
93 places, 894 data points, 2008–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release