Inbound internationally mobile students from the Arab States, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
111
Highest
109,739
Turkey
Lowest
0
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
298
Years covered
28
1997–2024
Data points
4,069
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from the Arab States, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 109,739 in Turkey; the lowest is 0 in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 298, and the mean is 5,493.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 6,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 100.0%).
Inbound internationally mobile students … both States Arab UIS: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 109,739 | 2022 | up 5,204.0% | volatile |
| 2 | France | 89,419 | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 47,318 | 2023 | up 348.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 42,228 | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 41,568 | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 39,975 | 2023 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 7 | Russia | 35,846 | 2024 | up 1,134.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Jordan | 34,830 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 9 | Malaysia | 20,027 | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 15,789 | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 11 | Qatar | 13,141 | 2024 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 12,076 | 2024 | up 108.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 10,093 | 2023 | up 119.1% | volatile |
| 14 | India | 8,246 | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Iran | 8,145 | 2020 | up 1,226.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Spain | 7,678 | 2023 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 5,503 | 2022 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Romania | 5,056 | 2023 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Hungary | 4,994 | 2023 | up 995.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Georgia | 4,879 | 2023 | up 1,369.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Bahrain | 4,484 | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 22 | Ukraine | 4,398 | 2024 | down 51.3% | rising |
| 23 | Morocco | 4,359 | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 24 | Belgium | 4,134 | 2023 | up 148.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Tunisia | 4,033 | 2023 | up 212.6% | rising |
| 26 | Switzerland | 2,773 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 2,604 | 2023 | up 219.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Ireland | 2,582 | 2022 | up 407.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Oman | 2,348 | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 30 | Netherlands | 1,896 | 2019 | up 652.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Austria | 1,791 | 2023 | up 127.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechia | 1,161 | 2023 | up 256.1% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 1,011 | 2024 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 34 | Portugal | 985 | 2023 | up 926.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Japan | 942 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 931 | 2023 | up 351.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Greece | 802 | 2023 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 38 | Armenia | 790 | 2024 | up 229.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Sweden | 645.04 | 2023 | up 85.9% | rising |
| 40 | Cyprus | 638 | 2023 | up 359.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 612 | 2023 | up 123.4% | rising |
| 42 | Botswana | 580 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 43 | South Korea | 573 | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 525 | 2024 | up 2,988.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Lithuania | 510 | 2023 | up 684.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Philippines | 508 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Malta | 455 | 2023 | up 309.9% | volatile |
| 48 | South Africa | 435 | 2023 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 49 | Azerbaijan | 423 | 2024 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Denmark | 416 | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Serbia | 391 | 2024 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Norway | 376 | 2023 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 53 | New Zealand | 372.36 | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Cuba | 366 | 2024 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Rwanda | 346 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Brazil | 298 | 2023 | up 161.4% | rising |
| 57 | Indonesia | 278 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 221 | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovakia | 202 | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 60 | Israel | 196 | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Mauritania | 189 | 2020 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 158 | 2023 | up 113.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 145 | 2023 | up 2,800.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 132 | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Niger | 124 | 2019 | up 6,100.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 114 | 2023 | up 776.9% | rising |
| 67 | Thailand | 106 | 2024 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 106 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Estonia | 94 | 2023 | up 487.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 94 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 71 | Slovenia | 84 | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Croatia | 52 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Moldova | 52 | 2024 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Ghana | 49 | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 75 | Hong Kong | 46 | 2024 | up 411.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Grenada | 42 | 2018 | up 320.0% | rising |
| 77 | Ecuador | 26 | 2023 | up 1,200.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Iceland | 23 | 2023 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Mali | 19 | 2015 | — | rising |
| 80 | Benin | 16 | 2022 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 16 | 2024 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Chile | 15 | 2023 | up 400.0% | falling |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 15 | 2023 | up 1,400.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Colombia | 13 | 2022 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Vietnam | 13 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Brunei | 12 | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Tanzania | 12 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 88 | Mauritius | 10 | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 6 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 89 | Mozambique | 6 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2020 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 3 | 2019 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Monaco | 3 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Andorra | 2 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Macao | 2 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Namibia | 2 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2015 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 2021 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Mongolia | 1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 98 | El Salvador | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | San Marino | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2017 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Albania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Bermuda | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Laos | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Lesotho | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Madagascar | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Eswatini | 0 | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 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 641,572
- SDG: World 641,572
- UIS: World 641,572
- WB: World 641,572
- UNICEF: World 641,513
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 448,539
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 418,886
- WB: Oecd Members 396,515
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 392,579
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 392,124
- MDG: Developed Regions 338,846
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 337,070
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 331,195
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 293,372
- SDG: Europe 275,431
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 270,717
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 241,689
- UNICEF: Western Europe 224,500
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 195,611
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 185,468
- WB: European Union 185,468
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 171,051
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 170,684
- WB: Euro Area 169,980
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 169,928
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 168,080
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 168,080
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 133,700
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 127,980
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 126,379
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 118,998
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 63,147
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 60,304
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 55,764
- SDG: Northern America 55,764
- UNICEF: North America 55,764
- WB: North America 55,764
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 52,180
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 52,180
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 52,026
About this data
February 2026 Data Release