Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)

ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.5%
Change on year
up 1.5%
Rank
203rd
of 221 groups
All-time high
0.5%
in 2023
All-time low
0.2%
in 1999
Years of data
27
1997–2023

Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1997–2023

00.10.20.30.40.51997201020231997: 0.254 %1998: 0.248 %1999: 0.233 %2000: 0.236 %2001: 0.235 %2002: 0.243 %2003: 0.24 %2004: 0.234 %2005: 0.238 %2006: 0.24 %2007: 0.24 %2008: 0.245 %2009: 0.246 %2010: 0.241 %2011: 0.265 %2012: 0.26 %2013: 0.284 %2014: 0.317 %2015: 0.338 %2016: 0.362 %2017: 0.37 %2018: 0.387 %2019: 0.439 %2020: 0.47 %2021: 0.484 %2022: 0.492 %2023: 0.5 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) recorded 0.5% for mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 75.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 0.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1999.

That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year

Annual values for Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1997 to 2023.
Year % Change
1997 0.3%
1998 0.2% -2.3%
1999 0.2% -5.9%
2000 0.2% +1.2%
2001 0.2% -0.2%
2002 0.2% +3.2%
2003 0.2% -1.4%
2004 0.2% -2.2%
2005 0.2% +1.7%
2006 0.2% +0.5%
2007 0.2% -0.1%
2008 0.2% +2.4%
2009 0.2% +0.3%
2010 0.2% -1.9%
2011 0.3% +9.7%
2012 0.3% -1.8%
2013 0.3% +9.3%
2014 0.3% +11.5%
2015 0.3% +6.6%
2016 0.4% +7.1%
2017 0.4% +2.4%
2018 0.4% +4.5%
2019 0.4% +13.5%
2020 0.5% +6.9%
2021 0.5% +3.0%
2022 0.5% +1.8%
2023 0.5% +1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% 3
2000s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 10
2010s 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 10
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 4

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)

  1. 200 Sierra Leone 0.2% compare
  2. 201 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.2% compare
  3. 202 Madagascar 0.2% compare
  4. 203 Mozambique 0.2% compare
  5. 204 Papua New Guinea 0.2% compare
  6. 205 Uganda 0.1% compare
  7. 206 Malawi 0.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 0.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2023.
What is the lowest mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1999.
How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying?
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 203rd out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
Is mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
Over the last ten years it is up 75.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
430 places, 10,928 data points, 1997–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release