Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)

ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying was 1.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.6%
Change on year
up 1.7%
Rank
70th
of 221 groups
All-time high
1.6%
in 2023
All-time low
0.6%
in 1999
Years of data
27
1997–2023

Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1997–2023

00.511.51997201020231997: 0.674 %1998: 0.653 %1999: 0.639 %2000: 0.647 %2001: 0.662 %2002: 0.7 %2003: 0.736 %2004: 0.705 %2005: 0.697 %2006: 0.718 %2007: 0.708 %2008: 0.731 %2009: 0.76 %2010: 0.789 %2011: 0.813 %2012: 0.846 %2013: 0.849 %2014: 0.937 %2015: 0.998 %2016: 1.1 %2017: 1.1 %2018: 1.2 %2019: 1.2 %2020: 1.4 %2021: 1.5 %2022: 1.5 %2023: 1.6 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) recorded 1.6% 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 1.7% on the previous year and up 83.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 1.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1999.

ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 70th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year

Annual values for Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1997 to 2023.
Year % Change
1997 0.7%
1998 0.7% -3.1%
1999 0.6% -2.0%
2000 0.6% +1.2%
2001 0.7% +2.2%
2002 0.7% +5.8%
2003 0.7% +5.2%
2004 0.7% -4.3%
2005 0.7% -1.1%
2006 0.7% +3.1%
2007 0.7% -1.5%
2008 0.7% +3.2%
2009 0.8% +4.0%
2010 0.8% +3.8%
2011 0.8% +3.0%
2012 0.8% +4.1%
2013 0.8% +0.4%
2014 0.9% +10.4%
2015 1.0% +6.4%
2016 1.1% +9.2%
2017 1.1% +2.7%
2018 1.2% +6.4%
2019 1.2% +4.4%
2020 1.4% +9.1%
2021 1.5% +7.1%
2022 1.5% +5.5%
2023 1.6% +1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 3
2000s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 10
2010s 1.0% 0.8% 1.2% 10
2020s 1.5% 1.4% 1.6% 4

Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)

  1. 67 Aruba 5.0% compare
  2. 68 Croatia 4.9% compare
  3. 69 Bahrain 4.9% compare
  4. 70 Guinea-Bissau 4.9% compare
  5. 71 Marshall Islands 4.8% compare
  6. 72 Palau 4.8% compare
  7. 73 Uzbekistan 4.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 1.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2023.
What is the lowest mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1999.
How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying?
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 70th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
Is mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
Over the last ten years it is up 83.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) data come from?
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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