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Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (UIS estimate) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
208
Highest
1.55 UIS estimate
Paraguay
Lowest
0.0444 UIS estimate
Cook Islands
Median
0.9641 UIS estimate
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
5,354

What the numbers show

Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (UIS estimate) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 1.55 UIS estimate in Paraguay; the lowest is 0.0444 UIS estimate in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9641 UIS estimate, and the mean is 0.8972 UIS estimate.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 35.

Over the past decade 169 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Palau (up 532.7%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 62.2%).

Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio … abroad countries adjusted: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 1.55 UIS estimate 2023 up 6.4% rising
2 Finland 1.5 UIS estimate 2023 up 3.1% flat
3 Poland 1.47 UIS estimate 2023 down 5.9% falling
4 Romania 1.43 UIS estimate 2023 down 1.7% flat
5 Maldives 1.43 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.4% rising
6 Slovenia 1.42 UIS estimate 2023 up 7.8% rising
7 Croatia 1.42 UIS estimate 2023 up 2.9% flat
8 Norway 1.41 UIS estimate 2023 up 4.2% flat
9 Russia 1.41 UIS estimate 2023 down 6.0% falling
10 Suriname 1.4 UIS estimate 2023 up 11.3% rising
11 Philippines 1.4 UIS estimate 2023 up 7.8% rising
12 Uruguay 1.39 UIS estimate 2023 up 6.2% rising
13 Albania 1.39 UIS estimate 2023 up 2.2% flat
14 Seychelles 1.37 UIS estimate 2023 down 3.9% rising
15 Ireland 1.36 UIS estimate 2023 up 4.7% flat
16 Montenegro 1.34 UIS estimate 2023 up 41.4% rising
17 Iceland 1.34 UIS estimate 2023 up 5.2% rising
18 Cape Verde 1.33 UIS estimate 2023 up 47.1% rising
19 Bolivia 1.33 UIS estimate 2023 up 5.8% rising
20 Serbia 1.32 UIS estimate 2023 up 18.8% rising
21 Czechia 1.32 UIS estimate 2023 down 9.3% falling
22 Japan 1.31 UIS estimate 2023 up 8.0% rising
23 Bulgaria 1.31 UIS estimate 2023 up 0.5% flat
24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3 UIS estimate 2023 up 17.4% rising
25 Lithuania 1.3 UIS estimate 2023 down 0.1% flat
26 Puerto Rico 1.29 UIS estimate 2023 up 1.4% flat
27 Sweden 1.29 UIS estimate 2023 up 8.3% rising
28 United States 1.29 UIS estimate 2022 up 7.5% rising
29 Hungary 1.27 UIS estimate 2023 down 5.9% flat
30 Thailand 1.27 UIS estimate 2023 up 15.3% rising
31 Brazil 1.27 UIS estimate 2022 up 24.1% rising
32 South Korea 1.26 UIS estimate 2023 up 13.0% rising
33 Brunei 1.26 UIS estimate 2023 down 5.7% flat
34 Andorra 1.25 UIS estimate 2023 up 11.7% rising
35 Venezuela 1.25 UIS estimate 2023 up 29.6% rising
36 France 1.25 UIS estimate 2023 up 10.0% rising
37 Saint Lucia 1.25 UIS estimate 2023 up 38.6% rising
38 Netherlands 1.25 UIS estimate 2023 up 9.2% rising
39 Denmark 1.24 UIS estimate 2023 up 9.7% rising
40 Austria 1.23 UIS estimate 2023 up 29.5% rising
41 Slovakia 1.23 UIS estimate 2023 up 1.1% flat
42 North Macedonia 1.23 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.7% rising
43 Mongolia 1.23 UIS estimate 2023 up 10.2% rising
44 Malta 1.23 UIS estimate 2023 up 49.0% rising
45 China 1.22 UIS estimate 2023 up 6.3% rising
46 Portugal 1.22 UIS estimate 2023 up 11.1% rising
47 Luxembourg 1.22 UIS estimate 2023 up 9.8% rising
48 Canada 1.21 UIS estimate 2023 up 17.1% rising
49 Dominican Republic 1.21 UIS estimate 2023 up 8.5% rising
50 Peru 1.21 UIS estimate 2023 up 1.2% flat
51 Estonia 1.21 UIS estimate 2023 down 12.0% falling
52 San Marino 1.2 UIS estimate 2023 down 17.5% falling
53 Germany 1.2 UIS estimate 2023 up 3.2% rising
54 Spain 1.2 UIS estimate 2023 up 10.5% rising
55 Bahrain 1.19 UIS estimate 2023 up 30.3% rising
56 Jamaica 1.19 UIS estimate 2023 up 16.4% rising
57 Switzerland 1.18 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.8% rising
58 Greece 1.18 UIS estimate 2023 up 26.0% rising
59 Lesotho 1.17 UIS estimate 2023 down 4.5% flat
60 Nicaragua 1.17 UIS estimate 2023 up 7.1% rising
61 Italy 1.17 UIS estimate 2023 up 14.0% rising
62 Bhutan 1.17 UIS estimate 2023 up 35.3% rising
63 Madagascar 1.16 UIS estimate 2023 up 1.2% flat
64 Vietnam 1.16 UIS estimate 2023 up 29.9% rising
65 Oman 1.16 UIS estimate 2022 up 99.7% rising
66 Qatar 1.15 UIS estimate 2022 down 2.4% falling
67 Belgium 1.15 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.3% rising
68 Myanmar 1.14 UIS estimate 2023 up 71.6% rising
69 Latvia 1.13 UIS estimate 2023 down 9.0% falling
70 Argentina 1.13 UIS estimate 2023 down 1.7% flat
71 Ukraine 1.12 UIS estimate 2022 up 18.9% rising
72 Namibia 1.11 UIS estimate 2023 up 29.4% rising
73 Cuba 1.1 UIS estimate 2023 down 1.1% falling
74 Cyprus 1.1 UIS estimate 2023 up 0.9% flat
75 Colombia 1.1 UIS estimate 2022 up 5.7% rising
76 Gibraltar 1.1 UIS estimate 2023 down 5.8% flat
77 Australia 1.09 UIS estimate 2023 up 0.1% flat
78 Barbados 1.09 UIS estimate 2023 up 37.3% rising
79 Fiji 1.08 UIS estimate 2023 up 36.6% rising
80 Honduras 1.08 UIS estimate 2023 up 16.6% rising
81 Panama 1.07 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.9% rising
82 Georgia 1.07 UIS estimate 2023 up 17.5% rising
83 Bermuda 1.07 UIS estimate 2023 up 23.3% rising
84 Malaysia 1.06 UIS estimate 2023 up 5.5% rising
85 Cayman Islands 1.06 UIS estimate 2023 up 33.4% rising
86 British Virgin Islands 1.05 UIS estimate 2023 up 36.2% rising
87 Ecuador 1.04 UIS estimate 2023 up 0.2% falling
88 Papua New Guinea 1.03 UIS estimate 2023 up 19.1% rising
89 El Salvador 1.03 UIS estimate 2023 up 8.1% rising
90 Antigua and Barbuda 1.03 UIS estimate 2023 up 108.0% rising
91 Liechtenstein 1.03 UIS estimate 2023 up 5.7% flat
92 Kenya 1.02 UIS estimate 2023 up 25.0% rising
93 Mexico 1.02 UIS estimate 2023 up 15.8% rising
94 Macao 1.01 UIS estimate 2023 up 27.1% rising
95 Mauritius 1.01 UIS estimate 2023 up 25.7% rising
96 United Arab Emirates 1 UIS estimate 2023 up 38.8% rising
97 New Zealand 0.9994 UIS estimate 2023 up 9.3% rising
98 Botswana 0.9969 UIS estimate 2023 up 7.5% rising
99 Gabon 0.9962 UIS estimate 2023 up 16.5% rising
100 Algeria 0.987 UIS estimate 2023 up 28.0% rising
101 Costa Rica 0.9847 UIS estimate 2023 up 21.5% rising
102 United Kingdom 0.984 UIS estimate 2023 up 18.2% rising
103 Bahamas 0.969 UIS estimate 2023 up 41.0% rising
104 Hong Kong 0.9655 UIS estimate 2023 up 13.0% rising
105 Chile 0.9626 UIS estimate 2023 up 3.5% rising
106 Zimbabwe 0.9498 UIS estimate 2023 up 40.7% rising
107 Sao Tome and Principe 0.934 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.3% rising
108 Sri Lanka 0.9156 UIS estimate 2023 up 63.2% rising
109 Moldova 0.9152 UIS estimate 2020 up 10.1% rising
110 Eswatini 0.9114 UIS estimate 2023 up 1.7% rising
111 Iran 0.91 UIS estimate 2023 up 17.9% rising
112 Trinidad and Tobago 0.9053 UIS estimate 2023 down 14.0% falling
113 Tunisia 0.8873 UIS estimate 2023 up 38.6% rising
114 South Africa 0.8855 UIS estimate 2023 up 8.2% rising
115 Guatemala 0.873 UIS estimate 2023 up 4.8% rising
116 Dominica 0.8627 UIS estimate 2023 up 42.7% rising
117 Indonesia 0.8598 UIS estimate 2023 up 4.0% flat
118 Morocco 0.8228 UIS estimate 2023 up 25.5% rising
119 Nigeria 0.8088 UIS estimate 2023 up 60.0% rising
120 Curacao 0.8028 UIS estimate 2023 down 48.4% rising
121 North Korea 0.7995 UIS estimate 2023 up 10.1% flat
122 East Timor 0.7929 UIS estimate 2023 up 19.9% rising
123 Grenada 0.779 UIS estimate 2023 up 13.5% rising
124 Lebanon 0.7785 UIS estimate 2023 up 37.5% rising
125 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.7783 UIS estimate 2023 up 30.4% rising
126 Liberia 0.7772 UIS estimate 2023 up 80.7% rising
127 Guyana 0.7766 UIS estimate 2023 down 27.2% falling
128 Laos 0.7703 UIS estimate 2023 up 71.3% rising
129 Saudi Arabia 0.7664 UIS estimate 2023 up 36.4% rising
130 Anguilla 0.7642 UIS estimate 2023 up 273.1% rising
131 Turkey 0.758 UIS estimate 2022 up 37.4% rising
132 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7548 UIS estimate 2023 up 26.9% rising
133 Cameroon 0.7433 UIS estimate 2023 up 8.0% rising
134 Belarus 0.7381 UIS estimate 2023 up 224.2% rising
135 Malawi 0.7338 UIS estimate 2023 up 34.8% rising
136 Mozambique 0.7271 UIS estimate 2023 up 33.9% rising
137 Haiti 0.7255 UIS estimate 2023 down 2.8% flat
138 Nepal 0.7195 UIS estimate 2023 up 71.4% rising
139 Israel 0.7122 UIS estimate 2023 up 104.9% rising
140 Tanzania 0.7118 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.6% rising
141 Comoros 0.7108 UIS estimate 2023 up 31.7% rising
142 Eritrea 0.7028 UIS estimate 2023 up 36.2% rising
143 India 0.6996 UIS estimate 2023 up 71.6% rising
144 Belize 0.6925 UIS estimate 2023 up 27.5% rising
145 Uganda 0.6856 UIS estimate 2023 down 1.4% falling
146 Cambodia 0.6825 UIS estimate 2023 up 48.4% rising
147 Congo 0.6804 UIS estimate 2023 up 43.2% rising
148 Palau 0.6786 UIS estimate 2023 up 532.7% rising
149 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6759 UIS estimate 2023 up 18.9% rising
150 Armenia 0.6704 UIS estimate 2023 up 96.7% rising
151 Palestine 0.6618 UIS estimate 2023 up 14.2% rising
152 Burundi 0.6584 UIS estimate 2023 down 0.9% falling
153 Angola 0.6578 UIS estimate 2023 up 9.7% rising
154 Rwanda 0.6516 UIS estimate 2023 up 18.1% rising
155 Syria 0.6383 UIS estimate 2023 up 24.9% rising
156 Zambia 0.6327 UIS estimate 2023 down 11.8% falling
157 Kuwait 0.6274 UIS estimate 2023 up 42.6% rising
158 South Sudan 0.6166 UIS estimate 2023 up 145.3% rising
159 Equatorial Guinea 0.6129 UIS estimate 2023 up 2.7% falling
160 Jordan 0.6004 UIS estimate 2023 up 14.3% rising
161 Senegal 0.5988 UIS estimate 2023 up 10.6% flat
162 Aruba 0.5895 UIS estimate 2023 up 58.5% rising
163 Montserrat 0.5797 UIS estimate 2023 down 34.5% falling
164 Benin 0.5708 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.3% rising
165 Yemen 0.5635 UIS estimate 2023 up 28.6% rising
166 Togo 0.5588 UIS estimate 2023 up 35.1% rising
167 Sudan 0.5488 UIS estimate 2023 up 27.1% rising
168 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5423 UIS estimate 2023 up 46.8% rising
169 Burkina Faso 0.5286 UIS estimate 2023 up 19.3% rising
170 Mali 0.5269 UIS estimate 2023 up 6.8% rising
171 Guinea-Bissau 0.5164 UIS estimate 2023 up 24.0% rising
172 Djibouti 0.5111 UIS estimate 2023 down 6.6% falling
173 Central African Republic 0.5079 UIS estimate 2023 down 12.9% falling
174 Afghanistan 0.4978 UIS estimate 2023 up 5.2% flat
175 Iraq 0.4878 UIS estimate 2023 up 4.6% flat
176 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.4711 UIS estimate 2023 up 9.4% rising
177 Ghana 0.4664 UIS estimate 2023 up 11.4% rising
178 Samoa 0.4559 UIS estimate 2023 down 16.3% falling
179 Somalia 0.4451 UIS estimate 2023 up 12.0% rising
180 Micronesia (country) 0.4333 UIS estimate 2023 up 9.3% rising
181 Azerbaijan 0.4269 UIS estimate 2023 up 135.3% rising
182 Tonga 0.4184 UIS estimate 2023 up 28.0% rising
183 Libya 0.4164 UIS estimate 2023 up 19.3% rising
184 Ethiopia 0.4141 UIS estimate 2023 up 31.2% rising
185 Kiribati 0.4099 UIS estimate 2023 down 12.4% flat
186 Egypt 0.4025 UIS estimate 2023 down 32.1% falling
187 Guinea 0.3915 UIS estimate 2023 down 2.1% falling
188 Niue 0.3826 UIS estimate 2023 up 78.1% volatile
189 Sierra Leone 0.3822 UIS estimate 2023 down 25.3% falling
190 Mauritania 0.3774 UIS estimate 2023 up 19.4% rising
191 Gambia 0.3761 UIS estimate 2023 down 24.9% falling
192 Bangladesh 0.3725 UIS estimate 2023 up 130.0% rising
193 Nauru 0.3723 UIS estimate 2023 up 19.6% falling
194 Vanuatu 0.359 UIS estimate 2023 up 53.0% rising
195 Tuvalu 0.3542 UIS estimate 2023 down 9.6% falling
196 Niger 0.3535 UIS estimate 2023 up 5.0% flat
197 Pakistan 0.3453 UIS estimate 2023 up 19.5% rising
198 Kyrgyzstan 0.3377 UIS estimate 2023 down 2.1% falling
199 Uzbekistan 0.3359 UIS estimate 2023 up 37.5% rising
200 Marshall Islands 0.3324 UIS estimate 2023 up 178.8% volatile
201 Chad 0.3107 UIS estimate 2023 down 41.3% falling
202 Kazakhstan 0.2569 UIS estimate 2023 up 42.1% rising
203 Solomon Islands 0.252 UIS estimate 2023 up 4.7% rising
204 Turkmenistan 0.2468 UIS estimate 2023 down 6.4% rising
205 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.228 UIS estimate 2023 down 17.3% rising
206 Tokelau 0.2124 UIS estimate 2023 up 327.6% volatile
207 Tajikistan 0.052 UIS estimate 2023 down 47.9% falling
208 Cook Islands 0.0444 UIS estimate 2023 down 62.2% volatile

Regions and income groups

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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) (UIS estimate)
Unit
UIS estimate
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