Inbound internationally mobile students from South and West Asia, male (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
91
Highest
139,272
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Lowest
0
Tunisia
Median
416
Years covered
17
2008–2024
Data points
1,764
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from South and West Asia, male (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 139,272 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the lowest is 0 in Tunisia.
The median across all reporting countries is 416, and the mean is 6,337.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 5,041.7%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 139,272 | 2023 | up 397.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Australia | 110,412 | 2023 | up 306.4% | rising |
| 3 | Canada | 97,743 | 2023 | up 515.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Germany | 49,514 | 2023 | up 431.9% | rising |
| 5 | Türkiye | 17,232 | 2022 | up 769.9% | rising |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 16,965 | 2024 | up 793.8% | volatile |
| 7 | India | 15,345 | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 8 | Malaysia | 15,202 | 2024 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 12,913 | 2023 | up 216.5% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 12,151 | 2023 | up 238.5% | rising |
| 11 | Georgia | 7,173 | 2023 | up 655.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7,096 | 2020 | up 155.1% | rising |
| 13 | France | 5,593 | 2023 | up 113.8% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Korea | 4,823 | 2023 | up 163.6% | rising |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 4,750 | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 16 | Finland | 4,635 | 2023 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 17 | New Zealand | 4,603 | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 4,354 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Sweden | 3,895 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 3,199 | 2023 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 21 | Hungary | 2,867 | 2023 | up 276.2% | rising |
| 22 | Ireland | 2,686 | 2022 | up 264.4% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 2,497 | 2023 | up 468.8% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands | 2,361 | 2019 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 25 | Czechia | 2,170 | 2023 | up 782.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Norway | 1,999 | 2023 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 1,981 | 2024 | up 147.3% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 1,948 | 2023 | up 1,207.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Armenia | 1,737 | 2024 | up 229.6% | rising |
| 30 | Austria | 1,710 | 2023 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 31 | Belarus | 1,314 | 2024 | up 131.3% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 1,288 | 2023 | up 193.4% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 1,205 | 2023 | up 155.8% | rising |
| 34 | Switzerland | 1,181 | 2023 | up 768.4% | rising |
| 35 | Thailand | 1,095 | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 36 | Egypt | 1,077 | 2024 | up 152.2% | rising |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 980 | 2024 | up 81.1% | rising |
| 38 | Denmark | 924 | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 922 | 2023 | up 253.3% | rising |
| 40 | Lithuania | 889 | 2023 | up 921.8% | rising |
| 41 | Hong Kong | 680 | 2024 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 42 | Malta | 617 | 2023 | up 5,041.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Romania | 556 | 2023 | up 106.7% | rising |
| 44 | Republic of Moldova | 462 | 2024 | up 2,980.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Mauritius | 461 | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 46 | Bahrain | 416 | 2024 | up 22.0% | flat |
| 47 | Slovenia | 412 | 2023 | up 2,475.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Oman | 411 | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 49 | Estonia | 405 | 2023 | up 743.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Slovakia | 361 | 2023 | up 1,619.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 322 | 2023 | up 278.8% | rising |
| 51 | South Africa | 322 | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 309 | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 54 | Luxembourg | 196 | 2023 | up 326.1% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 180 | 2024 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Brazil | 131 | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 109 | 2023 | up 990.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Greece | 96 | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 59 | Croatia | 59 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Morocco | 59 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 59 | Viet Nam | 59 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Iceland | 53 | 2023 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 63 | Botswana | 50 | 2023 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 64 | Jordan | 48 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 65 | North Macedonia | 31 | 2023 | up 1,450.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 27 | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Argentina | 23 | 2023 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 68 | Brunei Darussalam | 21 | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 69 | Ghana | 17 | 2023 | up 240.0% | rising |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 8 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 71 | Ecuador | 7 | 2023 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 71 | Liechtenstein | 7 | 2021 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 71 | Niger | 7 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 6.5 | 2024 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Colombia | 5 | 2022 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Namibia | 5 | 2022 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4 | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Macao | 4 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 77 | Rwanda | 4 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Monaco | 3 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Mongolia | 3 | 2024 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Andorra | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Benin | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Lesotho | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 82 | Mozambique | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Bermuda | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 86 | El Salvador | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | 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 810,217
- SDG: World 810,217
- UIS: World 810,217
- WB: World 810,217
- UNICEF: World 809,451
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 695,585
- MDG: Developed Regions 686,379
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 670,192
- WB: Oecd Members 655,459
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 643,070
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 611,307
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 554,055
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 496,598
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 348,215
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 347,598
- SDG: Europe 291,038
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 257,594
- UNICEF: Western Europe 245,054
- AIMS: Pacific 116,149
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 116,149
- SDG: Oceania 116,149
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 116,137
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 105,657
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 103,478
- WB: European Union 103,478
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 103,160
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 103,160
- WB: Euro Area 90,247
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 90,188
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 77,963
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 66,518
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 65,581
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 55,558
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 52,463
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 51,212
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 41,537
- UIS: Central Asia 36,749
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 36,746
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 36,615
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 31,041
About this data
February 2026 Data Release