Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, male (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
210
Highest
81.8%
Niue
Lowest
0.1%
North Korea
Median
2.3%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
15,326
What the numbers show
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, male (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 81.8% in Niue; the lowest is 0.1% in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.3%, and the mean is 6.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,465.
Over the past decade 149 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 600.4%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 86.1%).
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio … abroad countries male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niue | 81.8% | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 70.0% | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Tokelau | 64.9% | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 57.6% | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 50.3% | 2023 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Cyprus | 41.7% | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Gibraltar | 38.6% | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Andorra | 33.5% | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 31.8% | 2023 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Dominica | 29.6% | 2023 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Bermuda | 27.9% | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 12 | San Marino | 26.7% | 2023 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Monaco | 25.6% | 2016 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22.3% | 2023 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Nauru | 20.4% | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Montserrat | 20.1% | 2023 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Cayman Islands | 19.7% | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 19.2% | 2023 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Tonga | 15.7% | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 15.5% | 2023 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Moldova | 14.9% | 2020 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Bahamas | 14.6% | 2023 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 14.5% | 2023 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 24 | British Virgin Islands | 13.8% | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Bhutan | 12.9% | 2023 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Kiribati | 12.7% | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Anguilla | 12.5% | 2023 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Kuwait | 12.3% | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.0% | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Montenegro | 11.0% | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.6% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 10.3% | 2023 | up 143.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 10.0% | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Slovakia | 9.9% | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.8% | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Singapore | 9.5% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 9.1% | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Comoros | 8.7% | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Gabon | 8.1% | 2023 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Iceland | 7.8% | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Samoa | 7.8% | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Palestine | 7.6% | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.5% | 2023 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.5% | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Maldives | 7.3% | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 7.3% | 2023 | up 224.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Belarus | 7.3% | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Seychelles | 7.1% | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Mongolia | 7.1% | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7.1% | 2023 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 7.0% | 2023 | up 600.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Marshall Islands | 7.0% | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Mauritius | 6.9% | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Lebanon | 6.9% | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Solomon Islands | 6.7% | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Greece | 6.4% | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.4% | 2023 | up 208.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Barbados | 6.3% | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Grenada | 6.2% | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Aruba | 6.2% | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Albania | 6.1% | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Macao | 5.7% | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Palau | 5.6% | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 5.4% | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Oman | 5.1% | 2022 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Djibouti | 5.1% | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Brunei | 5.0% | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 5.0% | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Austria | 5.0% | 2023 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Qatar | 4.9% | 2022 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Latvia | 4.8% | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Syria | 4.7% | 2023 | up 210.1% | volatile |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 4.6% | 2023 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.6% | 2023 | up 204.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Bahrain | 4.5% | 2023 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Estonia | 4.4% | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Lithuania | 4.4% | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Georgia | 4.2% | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Nepal | 4.1% | 2023 | up 178.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Ireland | 4.0% | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Switzerland | 4.0% | 2023 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.9% | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Tunisia | 3.9% | 2023 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Ukraine | 3.8% | 2022 | up 185.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Croatia | 3.6% | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Jordan | 3.6% | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Malta | 3.6% | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 3.5% | 2023 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Serbia | 3.4% | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 3.4% | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Fiji | 3.3% | 2023 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Norway | 3.3% | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Congo | 3.2% | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Israel | 3.0% | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 95 | South Korea | 3.0% | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | 2.8% | 2023 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Italy | 2.7% | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Germany | 2.7% | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Portugal | 2.6% | 2023 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Belize | 2.6% | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Eswatini | 2.6% | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Mauritania | 2.5% | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 2.5% | 2023 | up 103.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Belgium | 2.5% | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 105 | France | 2.4% | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Hungary | 2.2% | 2023 | up 100.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Ecuador | 2.2% | 2023 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Jamaica | 2.2% | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Slovenia | 2.1% | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Romania | 2.1% | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Guyana | 2.1% | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 112 | East Timor | 2.1% | 2023 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Sweden | 2.0% | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 2.0% | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Canada | 1.9% | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Finland | 1.9% | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Spain | 1.8% | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Iran | 1.8% | 2023 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Libya | 1.8% | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Vietnam | 1.8% | 2023 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Czechia | 1.8% | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Chad | 1.7% | 2023 | up 163.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Uruguay | 1.7% | 2023 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Chile | 1.6% | 2023 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Curacao | 1.6% | 2023 | up 540.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Gambia | 1.6% | 2023 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Paraguay | 1.6% | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 1.6% | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Panama | 1.5% | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Bolivia | 1.5% | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Malaysia | 1.5% | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Cameroon | 1.5% | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.5% | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Namibia | 1.5% | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 135 | New Zealand | 1.5% | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Netherlands | 1.4% | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Suriname | 1.4% | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Colombia | 1.4% | 2022 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Denmark | 1.4% | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Senegal | 1.4% | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Iraq | 1.4% | 2023 | up 89.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Togo | 1.4% | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Peru | 1.3% | 2023 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Algeria | 1.3% | 2023 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Yemen | 1.3% | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Somalia | 1.3% | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Laos | 1.3% | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Costa Rica | 1.2% | 2023 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Haiti | 1.2% | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 150 | China | 1.2% | 2023 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Micronesia (country) | 1.2% | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Guinea | 1.1% | 2023 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Benin | 1.1% | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Venezuela | 1.1% | 2023 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 1.1% | 2023 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Botswana | 1.1% | 2023 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Turkey | 1.1% | 2022 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 159 | United Kingdom | 1.0% | 2023 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Ghana | 1.0% | 2023 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Egypt | 1.0% | 2023 | up 247.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Poland | 0.9% | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 163 | El Salvador | 0.8% | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Australia | 0.8% | 2023 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 165 | India | 0.8% | 2023 | up 230.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8% | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Nigeria | 0.7% | 2023 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Cuba | 0.7% | 2023 | up 167.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Cambodia | 0.7% | 2023 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Bangladesh | 0.7% | 2023 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Pakistan | 0.7% | 2023 | up 146.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Central African Republic | 0.7% | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Honduras | 0.7% | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Russia | 0.7% | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Rwanda | 0.7% | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Mali | 0.6% | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Nicaragua | 0.6% | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Thailand | 0.6% | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Niger | 0.6% | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Dominican Republic | 0.5% | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Burkina Faso | 0.5% | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Eritrea | 0.5% | 2023 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Japan | 0.5% | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Brazil | 0.5% | 2022 | up 101.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Sudan | 0.5% | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Angola | 0.4% | 2023 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Liberia | 0.4% | 2023 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 188 | United States | 0.4% | 2022 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Burundi | 0.4% | 2023 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Kenya | 0.4% | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Mexico | 0.3% | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Indonesia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Myanmar | 0.3% | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Argentina | 0.3% | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Zambia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Sierra Leone | 0.3% | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 197 | Philippines | 0.3% | 2023 | up 206.5% | volatile |
| 198 | South Africa | 0.3% | 2023 | up 98.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Puerto Rico | 0.3% | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 200 | South Sudan | 0.3% | 2023 | up 314.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.3% | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 202 | Guatemala | 0.2% | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 203 | Mozambique | 0.2% | 2023 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 204 | Madagascar | 0.2% | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 205 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 206 | Malawi | 0.2% | 2023 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 207 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2% | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 208 | Tanzania | 0.2% | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 209 | Ethiopia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 210 | North Korea | 0.1% | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 8.9%
- AIMS: Central Asia 8.4%
- SDG: Central Asia 8.4%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 8.3%
- UIS: Central Asia 8.3%
- WB: Pacific Island Small States 6.8%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 6.3%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 5.4%
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 5.1%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 5.0%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 5.0%
- WB: Other Small States 4.9%
- WB: Small States 4.8%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 4.8%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 4.5%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 4.5%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 4.3%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 3.7%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 3.7%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 3.6%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 3.6%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 3.5%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 3.5%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 3.4%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 3.3%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 3.0%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 3.0%
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 3.0%
- WB: Euro Area 2.9%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 2.9%
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 2.9%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 2.8%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 2.8%
- SDG: Western Asia 2.7%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 2.7%
- WB: European Union 2.7%
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 2.6%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 2.5%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 2.5%
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 2.5%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release