Inbound internationally mobile students from unknown continents, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
112
Highest
238,986
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0
Vietnam
Median
19.5
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,997
What the numbers show
Inbound internationally mobile students from unknown continents, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 112 countries. The highest value is 238,986 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 in Vietnam.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.5, and the mean is 6,284.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Italy (up 26,358.8%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).
Inbound internationally mobile students … continents unknown both: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 238,986 | 2024 | up 15,288.7% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 194,327 | 2024 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 3 | Senegal | 53,200 | 2024 | up 156.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 46,175 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 30,321 | 2024 | up 103.8% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 26,339 | 2020 | up 7,646.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Lebanon | 23,264 | 2019 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 14,355 | 2024 | up 812.6% | falling |
| 9 | Honduras | 10,569 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Italy | 8,996 | 2023 | up 26,358.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Sweden | 7,256 | 2024 | up 40.1% | flat |
| 12 | Jamaica | 6,423 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Belgium | 5,106 | 2023 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 4,745 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Canada | 4,617 | 2023 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 16 | South Africa | 4,561 | 2023 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Greece | 3,611 | 2023 | up 192.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Switzerland | 2,790 | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Israel | 2,684 | 2024 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 2,574 | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 21 | France | 1,927 | 2024 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Austria | 1,853 | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Ghana | 1,730 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 949 | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Morocco | 949 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Poland | 598 | 2024 | up 17,520.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Turkey | 569 | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 443 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Jordan | 436 | 2024 | up 344.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Norway | 408 | 2024 | up 5,000.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Cambodia | 354 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Armenia | 336 | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Brunei | 325 | 2023 | up 1,447.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Brazil | 227 | 2024 | up 320.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 191 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Russia | 184 | 2023 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Czechia | 179 | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Spain | 149 | 2024 | up 204.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 138 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Albania | 135 | 2024 | up 121.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Botswana | 109 | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Tunisia | 85 | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Egypt | 78 | 2024 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Ukraine | 66 | 2024 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Burkina Faso | 55 | 2024 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Cuba | 55 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Ireland | 51 | 2022 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Chile | 41 | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Georgia | 34 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 50 | India | 30 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Mozambique | 28 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Moldova | 24 | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 53 | United States | 22.83 | 2023 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Serbia | 22 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Indonesia | 21 | 2018 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Bermuda | 20 | 2023 | up 1,900.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Ecuador | 19 | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Madagascar | 13 | 2023 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Hungary | 12 | 2024 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Croatia | 10 | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Aruba | 8 | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Japan | 7 | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Bahrain | 6 | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Estonia | 6 | 2024 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 2024 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 68 | New Zealand | 5 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Andorra | 4 | 2024 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Belarus | 4 | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Malta | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 | 2024 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Cyprus | 1 | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Argentina | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Burundi | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Benin | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Cameroon | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Colombia | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Denmark | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Algeria | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Grenada | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Iran | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Iceland | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | South Korea | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Lesotho | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Lithuania | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Latvia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Macao | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Mexico | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Mauritania | 0 | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Mauritius | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Malaysia | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Namibia | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Niger | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Oman | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Philippines | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Portugal | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Qatar | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Romania | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Rwanda | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Slovenia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Eswatini | 0 | 2015 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Thailand | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Vietnam | 0 | 2022 | 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 1.03 million
- SDG: World 1.03 million
- UIS: World 1.03 million
- WB: World 1.03 million
- UNICEF: World 1.03 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 571,047
- WB: Oecd Members 349,246
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 339,655
- MDG: Developed Regions 278,391
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 175,218
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 166,138
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 156,875
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 155,242
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 134,903
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 134,899
- SDG: Europe 131,417
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 129,324
- UNICEF: Western Europe 126,471
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 122,897
- WB: European Union 122,897
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 115,788
- WB: Euro Area 112,913
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 112,858
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 63,360
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 56,158
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 54,850
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 25,457
- SDG: Northern America 25,457
- WB: North America 25,457
- UNICEF: North America 25,437
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 24,710
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 24,685
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 24,685
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 24,685
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 24,685
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 24,685
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 24,676
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 18,884
- AIMS: Pacific 18,454
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 18,454
About this data
February 2026 Data Release