Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and Western Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
117
Highest
107,336
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Lowest
0
Zimbabwe
Median
704
Years covered
28
1997–2024
Data points
4,175
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and Western Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 107,336 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 704, and the mean is 7,014.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Monaco (up 32,266.7%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 100.0%).
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 107,336 | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 2 | Germany | 93,329 | 2023 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 3 | United States of America | 80,171 | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 4 | Austria | 56,388 | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 48,827 | 2019 | up 185.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Switzerland | 42,839 | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 7 | France | 39,795 | 2023 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 8 | Canada | 34,986 | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 9 | Spain | 31,778 | 2023 | up 108.4% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 31,105 | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 18,039 | 2023 | up 52.8% | flat |
| 12 | Greece | 17,278 | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 16,604 | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 14 | Australia | 14,015 | 2022 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 15 | Romania | 13,741 | 2023 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 11,516 | 2023 | up 245.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Ireland | 11,150 | 2022 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 11,102 | 2023 | up 42.2% | falling |
| 19 | Portugal | 9,258 | 2023 | up 200.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Hungary | 8,940 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 7,167 | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Grenada | 6,939 | 2018 | up 98.1% | rising |
| 23 | Türkiye | 6,025 | 2022 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Argentina | 5,956 | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Finland | 5,813 | 2023 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 26 | Cyprus | 5,180 | 2023 | up 244.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Japan | 5,099 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 28 | Czechia | 4,856 | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Norway | 4,795 | 2023 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 30 | Israel | 4,205 | 2014 | — | rising |
| 31 | New Zealand | 4,043 | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 3,883 | 2023 | up 664.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Brazil | 3,660 | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 34 | Malta | 3,467 | 2023 | up 1,147.0% | volatile |
| 35 | India | 3,392 | 2023 | up 111.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Slovakia | 3,247 | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Latvia | 3,243 | 2023 | up 139.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Lithuania | 2,916 | 2023 | up 335.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Jordan | 2,630 | 2024 | up 386.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 2,524 | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 41 | Republic of Korea | 2,514 | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Georgia | 2,490 | 2023 | up 2,974.1% | volatile |
| 43 | South Africa | 2,087 | 2023 | down 42.2% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 1,926 | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Croatia | 1,770 | 2023 | up 1,687.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Russian Federation | 1,644 | 2024 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Dominican Republic | 1,621 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 48 | Ukraine | 1,504 | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Estonia | 1,469 | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Albania | 1,322 | 2024 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Iceland | 1,204 | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 52 | Malaysia | 1,009 | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Monaco | 971 | 2024 | up 32,266.7% | volatile |
| 54 | San Marino | 898 | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 55 | Slovenia | 799 | 2023 | up 126.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Qatar | 790 | 2024 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Liechtenstein | 754 | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 58 | Morocco | 722 | 2024 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Thailand | 704 | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Republic of Moldova | 626 | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Philippines | 545 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 62 | Egypt | 515 | 2024 | up 169.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Colombia | 500 | 2022 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 64 | Hong Kong, China | 454 | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Belarus | 401 | 2024 | up 340.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 368 | 2023 | up 569.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Serbia | 336 | 2024 | up 150.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Bahrain | 311 | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 282 | 2023 | up 281.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Andorra | 237 | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 71 | Indonesia | 222 | 2018 | up 212.7% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 216 | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 190 | 2020 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 157 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Honduras | 156 | 2019 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 150 | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Ghana | 139 | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 78 | Macau, China | 128 | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 79 | Aruba | 123 | 2016 | up 251.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 122 | 2024 | up 269.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Armenia | 113 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 82 | Viet Nam | 104 | 2022 | up 511.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Cuba | 85 | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Mozambique | 78 | 2018 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 85 | Barbados | 75 | 2011 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 86 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 68 | 2020 | up 1,033.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Oman | 57 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 53 | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 52 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 48 | 2024 | up 152.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Côte d'Ivoire | 42 | 2023 | up 320.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Tunisia | 42 | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 38 | 2023 | up 216.7% | rising |
| 94 | Namibia | 30 | 2022 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 95 | Cape Verde | 29 | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 96 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 25 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Rwanda | 15 | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Bermuda | 8 | 2023 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 6 | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Benin | 4 | 2022 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Brunei Darussalam | 4 | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Cameroon | 4 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 4 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Botswana | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3 | 2020 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritania | 3 | 2020 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 2023 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Lesotho | 1 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Niger | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Cambodia | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Madagascar | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Mali | 0 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Eswatini | 0 | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Samoa | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2015 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 827,844
- SDG: World 827,844
- UIS: World 827,844
- WB: World 827,844
- UNICEF: World 826,923
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 775,408
- MDG: Developed Regions 769,891
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 755,572
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 755,407
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 737,350
- WB: Oecd Members 735,011
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 715,887
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 679,787
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 636,211
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 632,744
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 625,820
- SDG: Europe 622,185
- UNICEF: Western Europe 593,062
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 461,301
- WB: European Union 461,301
- WB: Euro Area 387,375
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 385,605
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 115,165
- SDG: Northern America 115,165
- WB: North America 115,165
- UNICEF: North America 115,157
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 72,965
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 59,664
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 50,316
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 46,138
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 43,148
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 43,148
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 41,604
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 24,908
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 24,885
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 24,885
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 24,885
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 24,885
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 24,885
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 24,669
About this data
February 2026 Data Release