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Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, female (UIS estimate) (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
208
Highest
59.1%
Liechtenstein
Lowest
0.0%
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Median
2.3%
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
5,354

What the numbers show

Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, female (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 59.1% in Liechtenstein; the lowest is 0.0% in Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.3%, and the mean is 5.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,325.

Over the past decade 176 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 916.2%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 80.1%).

Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Liechtenstein 59.1% 2023 up 38.3% rising
1 Niue 31.3% 2023 up 125.2% volatile
2 Cyprus 46.4% 2023 up 13.1% rising
2 Tokelau 13.8% 2023 up 288.4% volatile
3 Andorra 44.7% 2023 up 26.1% rising
3 Montserrat 11.7% 2023 up 11.4% rising
4 Gibraltar 42.8% 2023 up 2.3% rising
4 Anguilla 9.5% 2023 down 48.1% falling
5 Luxembourg 40.5% 2023 up 38.6% rising
5 Cook Islands 2.2% 2023 down 34.8% volatile
6 San Marino 33.3% 2023 down 80.1% volatile
7 Bermuda 29.9% 2023 down 31.1% falling
8 Dominica 25.6% 2023 up 194.4% volatile
9 Tuvalu 24.8% 2023 up 6.6% flat
10 Cape Verde 21.5% 2023 up 209.2% rising
11 Cayman Islands 20.9% 2023 up 99.1% rising
12 Montenegro 16.6% 2023 up 66.2% rising
13 Bhutan 15.5% 2023 up 278.2% rising
14 Hong Kong, China 14.9% 2023 up 122.1% rising
15 British Virgin Islands 14.5% 2023 down 9.0% falling
16 Bahamas 14.1% 2023 up 136.5% rising
17 Republic of Moldova 13.6% 2020 up 58.4% rising
18 Slovakia 12.9% 2023 up 30.6% rising
19 Maldives 12.7% 2023 up 83.0% rising
20 Iceland 11.8% 2023 down 13.2% falling
21 Seychelles 11.3% 2023 up 58.5% rising
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.8% 2023 up 107.1% rising
23 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.5% 2023 up 45.5% rising
24 Antigua and Barbuda 10.1% 2023 up 86.0% rising
25 Albania 10.0% 2023 up 0.5% falling
26 Mongolia 9.2% 2023 up 158.4% rising
27 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.1% 2023 up 42.0% rising
28 Gabon 8.0% 2023 up 153.6% rising
29 Greece 7.9% 2023 up 40.2% rising
30 Bulgaria 7.8% 2023 up 10.5% rising
31 Kuwait 7.7% 2023 up 72.1% rising
32 Naoero 7.6% 2023 up 18.9% falling
33 Mauritius 7.0% 2023 up 6.1% flat
34 Barbados 6.9% 2023 up 16.3% rising
35 Brunei Darussalam 6.8% 2023 down 40.5% falling
36 Saint Lucia 6.6% 2023 up 22.1% rising
37 Sao Tome and Principe 6.6% 2023 up 138.3% rising
38 Tonga 6.6% 2023 up 0.9% rising
39 Austria 6.5% 2023 up 117.7% rising
40 Croatia 6.3% 2023 up 46.8% rising
41 Ireland 6.3% 2023 down 9.1% falling
42 Lithuania 6.2% 2023 down 4.9% rising
43 Comoros 6.2% 2023 up 1.9% falling
44 Oman 6.1% 2022 up 142.3% rising
45 North Macedonia 6.0% 2023 up 125.9% rising
46 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.9% 2023 up 10.2% rising
47 Qatar 5.8% 2022 up 99.3% rising
48 Macau, China 5.8% 2023 up 34.1% rising
49 Estonia 5.6% 2023 down 7.3% flat
50 Latvia 5.6% 2023 up 4.7% rising
51 Norway 5.6% 2023 down 15.7% falling
52 Bahrain 5.5% 2023 up 7.2% flat
53 Belarus 5.4% 2023 up 126.7% rising
54 Lebanon 5.3% 2023 up 181.5% rising
55 Kiribati 5.2% 2023 down 15.0% falling
56 Serbia 5.1% 2023 up 59.7% rising
57 Palestine, State of 5.0% 2023 up 46.2% rising
58 Switzerland 4.8% 2023 up 92.7% rising
59 Grenada 4.8% 2023 up 7.3% rising
60 Turkmenistan 4.7% 2023 up 86.6% rising
61 Malta 4.6% 2023 down 23.0% flat
62 Georgia 4.5% 2023 up 82.9% rising
63 Azerbaijan 4.4% 2023 up 473.2% volatile
64 Ukraine 4.3% 2022 up 243.9% rising
65 Korea 4.0% 2023 up 14.7% rising
66 Palau 3.8% 2023 up 640.0% volatile
67 Finland 3.8% 2023 up 19.2% rising
68 Romania 3.7% 2023 up 5.7% rising
69 Slovenia 3.7% 2023 up 31.9% rising
70 Aruba 3.6% 2023 up 104.9% volatile
71 Vanuatu 3.6% 2023 up 28.6% rising
72 Fiji 3.6% 2023 up 167.1% rising
73 Samoa 3.5% 2023 up 19.2% rising
74 Trinidad and Tobago 3.5% 2023 down 17.3% falling
75 Paraguay 3.5% 2023 up 60.0% rising
76 United Arab Emirates 3.5% 2023 up 164.1% rising
77 Tunisia 3.4% 2023 up 154.7% rising
78 Portugal 3.4% 2023 up 60.6% rising
79 Germany 3.4% 2023 up 17.0% rising
80 Guinea-Bissau 3.3% 2023 up 281.9% volatile
81 Italy 3.3% 2023 up 96.6% rising
82 France 3.3% 2023 up 54.1% rising
83 Hungary 3.1% 2023 up 78.6% rising
84 Syrian Arab Republic 3.0% 2023 up 287.4% rising
85 Nepal 3.0% 2023 up 376.9% volatile
86 Belgium 2.9% 2023 up 52.8% rising
87 Sweden 2.9% 2023 down 5.5% flat
88 Uruguay 2.8% 2023 up 45.2% rising
89 Jamaica 2.7% 2023 up 90.9% rising
90 Czechia 2.6% 2023 up 2.8% rising
91 Djibouti 2.6% 2023 up 15.9% rising
92 Canada 2.4% 2023 up 21.0% rising
93 Sint Maarten 2.4% 2023 up 42.3% rising
94 Suriname 2.4% 2023 up 12.8% rising
95 Uzbekistan 2.4% 2023 up 862.7% volatile
96 Kazakhstan 2.3% 2023 up 107.8% rising
97 Eswatini 2.3% 2023 up 9.8% falling
98 Marshall Islands 2.3% 2023 up 151.6% volatile
99 Ecuador 2.3% 2023 up 152.4% rising
100 Sri Lanka 2.3% 2023 up 232.2% rising
101 Armenia 2.3% 2023 up 60.2% rising
102 Morocco 2.3% 2023 up 127.6% rising
103 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.3% 2023 up 31.4% rising
104 Spain 2.2% 2023 up 64.1% rising
105 Jordan 2.2% 2023 up 18.6% rising
106 Congo 2.1% 2023 up 17.6% rising
107 Israel 2.1% 2023 up 80.1% rising
108 Viet Nam 2.1% 2023 up 252.5% rising
109 Netherlands 1.9% 2023 up 36.0% rising
110 Denmark 1.9% 2023 up 18.6% rising
111 Belize 1.8% 2023 up 8.7% rising
112 Poland 1.7% 2023 up 35.5% rising
113 Solomon Islands 1.7% 2023 down 31.3% falling
114 Peru 1.7% 2023 up 56.2% rising
115 Panama 1.7% 2023 up 47.6% rising
116 Namibia 1.6% 2023 up 1.2% falling
117 Guyana 1.6% 2023 down 14.0% falling
118 Timor-Leste 1.6% 2023 down 21.5% falling
119 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.6% 2023 up 193.9% rising
120 Malaysia 1.6% 2023 down 22.1% falling
121 Chile 1.6% 2023 up 87.0% rising
122 Colombia 1.6% 2022 up 95.5% rising
123 Kyrgyzstan 1.6% 2023 up 197.9% rising
124 China 1.5% 2023 up 104.4% rising
125 Saudi Arabia 1.5% 2023 down 11.8% flat
126 Zimbabwe 1.5% 2023 up 39.6% rising
127 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1.5% 2023 up 155.2% rising
128 New Zealand 1.5% 2023 down 10.0% falling
129 Algeria 1.3% 2023 up 149.3% rising
130 Lesotho 1.3% 2023 down 9.8% falling
131 Curaçao 1.3% 2023 up 128.6% rising
132 Costa Rica 1.2% 2023 up 103.4% rising
133 Cameroon 1.1% 2023 up 24.8% rising
134 Russian Federation 1.1% 2023 up 46.4% rising
135 Botswana 1.1% 2023 down 39.7% falling
136 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2023 up 66.0% rising
137 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.0% 2023 up 131.1% rising
138 Mauritania 1.0% 2023 up 57.4% rising
139 Equatorial Guinea 0.9% 2023 up 2.6% falling
140 Haiti 0.9% 2023 down 2.2% rising
141 Australia 0.9% 2023 up 5.2% rising
142 El Salvador 0.8% 2023 up 43.6% rising
143 Thailand 0.8% 2023 up 44.6% rising
144 Senegal 0.8% 2023 up 30.6% rising
145 Türkiye 0.8% 2022 up 50.9% rising
146 Cuba 0.8% 2023 up 164.0% rising
147 Togo 0.8% 2023 up 70.8% rising
148 Libya 0.7% 2023 up 4.9% falling
149 Nicaragua 0.7% 2023 up 35.2% rising
150 Yemen 0.7% 2023 up 115.8% rising
151 Honduras 0.7% 2023 up 71.5% rising
152 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2023 up 26.8% rising
153 Japan 0.7% 2023 up 9.1% flat
154 Iraq 0.7% 2023 up 98.1% rising
155 Benin 0.6% 2023 up 73.2% rising
156 Brazil 0.6% 2022 up 168.4% rising
157 United States of America 0.6% 2022 up 66.4% rising
158 Gambia 0.6% 2023 up 31.0% rising
159 Côte d'Ivoire 0.6% 2023 up 90.2% rising
160 Nigeria 0.6% 2023 up 123.0% rising
161 Somalia 0.6% 2023 up 164.4% rising
162 Afghanistan 0.5% 2023 up 89.1% rising
163 India 0.5% 2023 up 467.8% volatile
164 Chad 0.5% 2023 up 54.8% rising
165 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.5% 2023 down 53.6% falling
166 Philippines 0.5% 2023 up 257.6% rising
167 Cambodia 0.5% 2023 up 180.5% rising
168 Ghana 0.5% 2023 up 98.7% rising
169 Guinea 0.4% 2023 up 16.4% falling
170 Rwanda 0.4% 2023 up 10.2% rising
171 Kenya 0.4% 2023 up 59.9% rising
172 Egypt 0.4% 2023 up 136.3% rising
173 Myanmar 0.4% 2023 up 204.4% rising
174 Puerto Rico 0.4% 2023 up 25.2% rising
175 Argentina 0.4% 2023 up 67.2% rising
176 Tajikistan 0.4% 2023 up 69.3% rising
177 Mexico 0.4% 2023 up 47.4% rising
178 Central African Republic 0.3% 2023 up 2.9% falling
179 Eritrea 0.3% 2023 down 25.7% falling
180 Liberia 0.3% 2023 up 217.4% rising
181 Mali 0.3% 2023 up 3.2% rising
182 Indonesia 0.3% 2023 up 77.4% rising
183 Angola 0.3% 2023 down 14.0% falling
184 Burundi 0.3% 2023 up 43.9% rising
185 Burkina Faso 0.3% 2023 up 59.9% rising
186 Bangladesh 0.3% 2023 up 280.1% rising
187 Sudan 0.2% 2023 up 61.0% rising
188 South Africa 0.2% 2023 up 114.7% rising
189 Pakistan 0.2% 2023 up 194.7% rising
190 Madagascar 0.2% 2023 up 7.1% falling
191 Zambia 0.2% 2023 down 27.2% falling
192 Guatemala 0.2% 2023 up 17.4% rising
193 Niger 0.2% 2023 up 19.1% rising
194 South Sudan 0.2% 2023 up 916.2% volatile
195 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2023 up 1.5% falling
196 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.1% 2023 up 125.5% rising
197 Mozambique 0.1% 2023 up 149.9% rising
198 Malawi 0.1% 2023 down 18.5% falling
199 Sierra Leone 0.1% 2023 down 2.4% falling
200 Uganda 0.1% 2023 down 9.4% falling
201 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1% 2023 up 1.5% flat
202 Ethiopia 0.1% 2023 up 71.0% rising
203 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 20.7% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, female (UIS estimate) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
429 places, 5,354 data points, 2011–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release