Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and Western Europe, male (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
95
Highest
43,843
Germany
Lowest
0
Samoa
Median
463
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
1,760
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and Western Europe, male (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 43,843 in Germany; the lowest is 0 in Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 463, and the mean is 3,448.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Monaco (up 11,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 96.3%).
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 43,843 | 2023 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 43,421 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 3 | Austria | 26,644 | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 22,043 | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 21,676 | 2019 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 17,256 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 7 | France | 16,380 | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 14,385 | 2023 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 11,480 | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 8,247 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 7,849 | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 12 | Denmark | 7,267 | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 13 | Romania | 6,758 | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 14 | Australia | 5,926 | 2022 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 5,742 | 2023 | up 202.4% | rising |
| 16 | Sweden | 4,664 | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 17 | Ireland | 4,399 | 2022 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 4,217 | 2023 | up 180.4% | rising |
| 19 | Hungary | 3,766 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 20 | Poland | 3,296 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 21 | Finland | 3,052 | 2023 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 2,920 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 23 | Türkiye | 2,861 | 2022 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 2,524 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 25 | Czechia | 2,387 | 2023 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 26 | Cyprus | 2,344 | 2023 | up 258.4% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 2,242 | 2023 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 1,795 | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 1,766 | 2023 | up 1,519.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Ecuador | 1,726 | 2023 | up 714.2% | volatile |
| 31 | New Zealand | 1,599 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 32 | India | 1,516 | 2023 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 1,482 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 1,444 | 2023 | up 2,389.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Jordan | 1,440 | 2024 | up 445.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Slovakia | 1,431 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 37 | Lithuania | 1,379 | 2023 | up 280.9% | rising |
| 38 | Latvia | 1,292 | 2023 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 39 | Luxembourg | 1,163 | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 40 | South Africa | 995 | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 41 | Republic of Korea | 874 | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 42 | Croatia | 822 | 2023 | up 1,480.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 720 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 44 | Estonia | 715 | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 621 | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 46 | Albania | 605 | 2024 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 47 | Thailand | 511 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 48 | San Marino | 463 | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 49 | Republic of Moldova | 460 | 2024 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 50 | Liechtenstein | 459 | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 51 | Iceland | 420 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 52 | Slovenia | 384 | 2023 | up 172.3% | rising |
| 53 | Qatar | 343 | 2024 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 54 | Monaco | 339 | 2024 | up 11,200.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Morocco | 328 | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 56 | Egypt | 279 | 2024 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 274 | 2023 | up 953.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Belarus | 259 | 2024 | up 311.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Colombia | 254 | 2022 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 60 | Hong Kong, China | 250 | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 61 | Serbia | 171 | 2024 | up 111.1% | rising |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 143 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Bahrain | 139 | 2024 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 64 | Chile | 125 | 2023 | up 257.1% | rising |
| 65 | Andorra | 111 | 2024 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 66 | El Salvador | 109 | 2023 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 67 | Honduras | 77 | 2019 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 68 | Viet Nam | 73 | 2022 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Armenia | 72 | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 69 | Mauritius | 72 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 71 | Macau, China | 63 | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 72 | Ghana | 55 | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 73 | Mozambique | 41 | 2018 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 74 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 37 | 2020 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 31 | 2024 | up 416.7% | volatile |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 30 | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Oman | 28 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 78 | Tunisia | 27 | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 24.66 | 2024 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 80 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 15 | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 82 | Cape Verde | 14 | 2018 | up 55.6% | falling |
| 83 | Namibia | 13 | 2022 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Rwanda | 7 | 2024 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Bermuda | 5 | 2023 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 5 | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 87 | Brunei Darussalam | 4 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Cameroon | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Benin | 2 | 2022 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Botswana | 2 | 2023 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Mauritania | 1 | 2020 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Niger | 1 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 94 | Mali | 0 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Samoa | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 377,529
- SDG: World 377,529
- UIS: World 377,529
- WB: World 377,529
- UNICEF: World 377,088
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 351,197
- MDG: Developed Regions 349,304
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 343,333
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 342,231
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 334,707
- WB: Oecd Members 330,310
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 323,900
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 305,908
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 286,238
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 284,472
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 280,255
- SDG: Europe 279,416
- UNICEF: Western Europe 263,463
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 207,347
- WB: European Union 207,347
- WB: Euro Area 173,468
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 172,646
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 35,808
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 27,972
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 26,071
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 22,775
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 22,775
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 22,012
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 21,270
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 11,257
- WB: Small States 10,362
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 7,948
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 7,647
- AIMS: Pacific 7,570
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 7,570
- SDG: Oceania 7,570
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 7,525
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 6,578
- WB: Other Small States 6,323
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 4,559
About this data
February 2026 Data Release