Inbound internationally mobile students from South and West Asia, female (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
89
Highest
101,333
United Kingdom
Lowest
0
Tunisia
Median
317
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
1,763
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from South and West Asia, female (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 89 countries. The highest value is 101,333 in United Kingdom; the lowest is 0 in Tunisia.
The median across all reporting countries is 317, and the mean is 4,089.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 32,050.0%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 100.0%).
Inbound internationally mobile students from South and West Asia: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 101,333 | 2023 | up 669.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Canada | 69,294 | 2023 | up 922.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia | 56,501 | 2022 | up 364.9% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 24,384 | 2023 | up 687.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Turkey | 11,184 | 2022 | up 3,428.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 8,953 | 2023 | up 231.6% | rising |
| 7 | Malaysia | 8,933 | 2024 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 7,690 | 2023 | up 597.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 7,417 | 2024 | up 1,357.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Georgia | 7,271 | 2023 | up 865.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Iran | 6,677 | 2020 | up 157.1% | rising |
| 12 | India | 6,229 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 13 | France | 4,216 | 2023 | up 150.5% | rising |
| 14 | New Zealand | 3,650 | 2023 | up 69.9% | flat |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 2,951 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 16 | South Korea | 2,687 | 2023 | up 456.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Finland | 2,611 | 2023 | up 313.1% | rising |
| 18 | Qatar | 2,464 | 2024 | up 148.9% | rising |
| 19 | Sweden | 2,300 | 2023 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 2,074 | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 21 | Ireland | 1,920 | 2022 | up 686.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Hungary | 1,836 | 2023 | up 308.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Belarus | 1,649 | 2024 | up 327.2% | rising |
| 24 | Austria | 1,287 | 2023 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 1,269 | 2023 | up 146.9% | rising |
| 26 | Armenia | 1,184 | 2024 | up 174.7% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands | 1,171 | 2019 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 1,152 | 2023 | up 766.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Czechia | 1,087 | 2023 | up 1,094.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Spain | 941 | 2023 | up 359.0% | rising |
| 31 | Switzerland | 921 | 2023 | up 912.1% | rising |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 886 | 2024 | up 614.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Thailand | 819 | 2024 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 34 | Belgium | 756 | 2023 | up 188.6% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 741 | 2023 | up 470.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Denmark | 722 | 2023 | up 95.7% | rising |
| 37 | Moldova | 643 | 2024 | up 32,050.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Malta | 546 | 2023 | up 10,820.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Portugal | 512 | 2023 | up 330.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Latvia | 506 | 2023 | up 2,563.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Bahrain | 484 | 2024 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 42 | Mauritius | 433 | 2024 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 43 | Oman | 430 | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 44 | Hong Kong | 375 | 2024 | up 188.5% | rising |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 317 | 2023 | up 183.0% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 312 | 2023 | up 940.0% | volatile |
| 47 | South Africa | 279 | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 48 | Lithuania | 262 | 2023 | up 3,175.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Romania | 232 | 2023 | up 154.9% | rising |
| 50 | Estonia | 189 | 2023 | up 1,160.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Slovakia | 183 | 2023 | up 1,563.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Serbia | 137 | 2024 | up 1,857.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 117 | 2023 | up 408.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Egypt | 111 | 2024 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100 | 2023 | up 4,900.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Brazil | 88 | 2023 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 57 | Slovenia | 82 | 2023 | up 530.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Iceland | 56 | 2023 | up 409.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Jordan | 54 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 49 | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 61 | Botswana | 48 | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 26 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Vietnam | 26 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Ghana | 25 | 2023 | up 525.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Croatia | 23 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 21 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Morocco | 19 | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Cuba | 14.5 | 2024 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Argentina | 13 | 2023 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Brunei | 11 | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 70 | Monaco | 11 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 7 | 2024 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 72 | Namibia | 7 | 2022 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Macao | 6 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Liechtenstein | 4 | 2021 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | 4 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Rwanda | 4 | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Ecuador | 3 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Benin | 2 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Niger | 2 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 82 | Bermuda | 1 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Colombia | 1 | 2022 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Madagascar | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Andorra | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 85 | El Salvador | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Tunisia | 0 | 2023 | 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 512,070
- SDG: World 512,070
- UIS: World 512,070
- WB: World 512,070
- UNICEF: World 511,626
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 441,782
- WB: Oecd Members 438,729
- MDG: Developed Regions 435,379
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 432,670
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 426,890
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 376,983
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 346,252
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 332,509
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 199,289
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 198,743
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 169,119
- SDG: Europe 168,615
- UNICEF: Western Europe 160,112
- AIMS: Pacific 80,639
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 80,639
- SDG: Oceania 80,639
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 80,637
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 57,090
- WB: European Union 57,090
- WB: Euro Area 49,449
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 49,426
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 40,329
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 39,177
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 39,177
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 38,940
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 38,372
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 33,324
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 28,379
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 25,741
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 25,726
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 24,174
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 21,622
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 18,748
- UIS: Central Asia 18,748
- AIMS: South and West Asia 14,557
About this data
February 2026 Data Release