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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
235
Highest
81.8%
Niue
Lowest
0.0%
Aland Islands
Median
1.8%
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 235 countries. The highest value is 81.8% in Niue; the lowest is 0.0% in Aland Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.8%, and the mean is 5.8%.

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, tertiary students studying: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niue 81.8% 2023 up 26.4% volatile
1 Tuvalu 70.0% 2023 up 18.0% volatile
2 Tokelau 64.9% 2023 down 9.2% volatile
2 Liechtenstein 57.6% 2023 up 30.8% volatile
3 Cook Islands 50.3% 2023 up 72.3% volatile
3 Cyprus 41.7% 2023 up 11.8% volatile
4 Gibraltar 38.6% 2023 up 10.6% volatile
4 Montserrat 20.1% 2023 up 70.1% volatile
5 Andorra 33.5% 2023 up 7.3% volatile
5 Anguilla 12.5% 2023 down 86.1% volatile
6 Luxembourg 31.8% 2023 up 21.7% volatile
6 Mayotte 0.0% 2023 flat
6 St. Helena 0.0% 2023 flat
7 Dominica 29.6% 2023 up 106.3% volatile
8 Bermuda 27.9% 2023 down 44.4% volatile
9 San Marino 26.7% 2023 down 70.8% volatile
10 Monaco 25.6% 2016 down 56.9% volatile
11 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22.3% 2023 up 33.0% volatile
12 Naoero, Republic of 20.4% 2023 down 0.6% volatile
13 Cayman Islands 19.7% 2023 up 48.7% volatile
14 Turkmenistan 19.2% 2023 up 99.4% volatile
15 Tonga 15.7% 2023 down 21.2% volatile
16 Hong Kong (China) 15.5% 2023 up 96.5% volatile
17 Moldova 14.9% 2020 up 43.9% volatile
18 Bahamas 14.6% 2023 up 67.7% volatile
19 Cabo Verde 14.5% 2023 up 87.6% volatile
20 British Virgin Islands 13.8% 2023 down 33.4% volatile
21 Bhutan 12.9% 2023 up 171.7% volatile
22 Kiribati 12.7% 2023 down 3.0% volatile
23 Kuwait 12.3% 2023 up 20.7% volatile
24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.0% 2023 up 19.4% volatile
25 Montenegro 11.0% 2023 up 4.1% volatile
26 Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands 10.6% 2023 volatile
27 Azerbaijan 10.3% 2023 up 143.6% volatile
28 Vanuatu 10.0% 2023 down 15.9% volatile
29 Slovak Republic 9.9% 2023 up 28.3% volatile
30 Antigua and Barbuda 9.8% 2023 down 10.6% volatile
31 Singapore 9.5% 2015 volatile
32 Kazakhstan 9.1% 2023 up 46.3% volatile
33 Comoros, Union of the 8.7% 2023 down 22.6% volatile
34 Gabon 8.1% 2023 up 117.8% volatile
35 Iceland 7.8% 2023 down 21.2% volatile
36 Samoa 7.8% 2023 up 42.5% volatile
37 Palestine 7.6% 2023 up 28.0% volatile
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.5% 2023 up 62.2% volatile
39 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.5% 2023 down 15.4% volatile
40 Maldives 7.3% 2023 up 43.8% volatile
41 Tajikistan, Republic of 7.3% 2023 up 224.6% volatile
42 Belarus, Republic of 7.3% 2023 down 30.1% volatile
43 Seychelles 7.1% 2023 up 73.7% volatile
44 Mongolia 7.1% 2023 up 125.0% volatile
45 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 7.1% 2023 up 112.1% volatile
46 Uzbekistan 7.0% 2023 up 600.4% volatile
47 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 7.0% 2023 down 9.8% volatile
48 Mauritius 6.9% 2023 down 15.6% volatile
49 Lebanon 6.9% 2023 up 104.7% volatile
50 Solomon Islands 6.7% 2023 down 34.3% volatile
51 Greece 6.4% 2023 up 7.7% volatile
52 Guinea-Bissau 6.4% 2023 up 208.1% volatile
53 Barbados 6.3% 2023 down 15.9% volatile
54 Grenada 6.2% 2023 down 5.4% volatile
55 Aruba 6.2% 2023 up 29.3% volatile
56 Albania 6.1% 2023 down 4.2% volatile
57 Macau (China) 5.7% 2023 up 5.5% volatile
58 Palau, Republic of 5.6% 2023 up 17.0% volatile
59 Bulgaria 5.4% 2023 up 9.5% volatile
60 Oman 5.1% 2022 up 18.3% volatile
61 Djibouti 5.1% 2023 up 24.1% volatile
62 Brunei Darussalam 5.0% 2023 down 33.6% volatile
63 Saint Lucia 5.0% 2023 down 17.3% volatile
64 Austria 5.0% 2023 up 59.1% volatile
65 Qatar 4.9% 2022 up 106.3% volatile
66 Latvia 4.8% 2023 up 20.2% volatile
67 Syrian Arab Republic 4.7% 2023 up 210.1% volatile
68 North Macedonia 4.6% 2023 up 91.3% volatile
69 Kyrgyz Republic 4.6% 2023 up 204.3% volatile
70 Bahrain 4.5% 2023 down 20.8% volatile
71 Estonia 4.4% 2023 up 16.9% volatile
72 Lithuania 4.4% 2023 down 4.7% volatile
73 Georgia 4.2% 2023 up 55.0% volatile
74 Nepal 4.1% 2023 up 178.3% volatile
75 Ireland 4.0% 2023 down 16.9% volatile
76 Switzerland 4.0% 2023 up 65.5% volatile
77 Trinidad and Tobago 3.9% 2023 down 3.6% volatile
78 Tunisia 3.9% 2023 up 83.7% volatile
79 Ukraine 3.8% 2022 up 185.2% volatile
80 Croatia 3.6% 2023 up 37.3% volatile
81 Jordan 3.6% 2023 up 3.8% volatile
82 Malta 3.6% 2023 down 51.1% volatile
83 United Arab Emirates 3.5% 2023 up 90.2% volatile
84 Serbia 3.4% 2023 up 22.2% volatile
85 Armenia 3.4% 2023 down 18.6% volatile
86 Fiji 3.3% 2023 up 94.1% volatile
87 Norway 3.3% 2023 down 23.2% volatile
88 Congo 3.2% 2023 down 17.9% volatile
89 Israel 3.0% 2023 down 12.1% volatile
90 Korea 3.0% 2023 down 4.1% volatile
91 Morocco 2.8% 2023 up 81.4% volatile
92 Italy 2.7% 2023 up 67.8% volatile
93 Germany 2.7% 2023 up 11.9% volatile
94 Portugal 2.6% 2023 up 39.0% volatile
95 Belize 2.6% 2023 down 14.8% volatile
96 Eswatini 2.6% 2023 up 7.9% volatile
97 Mauritania 2.5% 2023 up 31.8% volatile
98 Sri Lanka 2.5% 2023 up 103.5% volatile
99 Belgium 2.5% 2023 up 33.2% volatile
100 France 2.4% 2023 up 33.8% volatile
101 Hungary 2.2% 2023 up 100.6% volatile
102 Ecuador 2.2% 2023 up 151.9% volatile
103 Jamaica 2.2% 2023 up 58.0% volatile
104 Slovenia 2.1% 2023 up 11.9% volatile
105 Romania 2.1% 2023 up 10.5% volatile
106 Guyana 2.1% 2023 up 18.6% volatile
107 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 2.1% 2023 down 34.6% volatile
108 Sweden 2.0% 2023 down 17.1% volatile
109 Saudi Arabia 2.0% 2023 down 35.3% volatile
110 Canada 1.9% 2023 down 1.1% volatile
111 Finland 1.9% 2023 up 9.4% volatile
112 Spain 1.8% 2023 up 43.8% volatile
113 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.8% 2023 up 149.2% volatile
114 Libya 1.8% 2023 down 12.1% volatile
115 Viet Nam 1.8% 2023 up 164.5% volatile
116 Czechia 1.8% 2023 up 28.1% volatile
117 Chad 1.7% 2023 up 163.5% volatile
118 Uruguay 1.7% 2023 up 28.2% volatile
119 Chile 1.6% 2023 up 80.7% volatile
120 Curaçao 1.6% 2023 up 540.6% volatile
121 Gambia, The 1.6% 2023 up 74.6% volatile
122 Paraguay 1.6% 2023 up 32.3% volatile
123 Zimbabwe 1.6% 2023 down 0.8% volatile
124 Panama 1.5% 2023 up 30.1% volatile
125 Bolivia 1.5% 2023 up 18.6% volatile
126 Malaysia 1.5% 2023 down 26.4% volatile
127 Cameroon 1.5% 2023 up 15.5% volatile
128 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 1.5% 2023 down 0.1% volatile
129 Namibia 1.5% 2023 down 22.7% volatile
130 New Zealand 1.5% 2023 down 17.7% volatile
131 Netherlands 1.4% 2023 up 19.5% volatile
132 Suriname 1.4% 2023 down 8.9% volatile
133 Colombia 1.4% 2022 up 83.5% volatile
134 Denmark 1.4% 2023 up 3.6% volatile
135 Senegal 1.4% 2023 up 18.0% volatile
136 Iraq 1.4% 2023 up 89.4% volatile
137 Togo 1.4% 2023 up 26.4% volatile
138 Peru 1.3% 2023 up 53.4% volatile
139 Algeria 1.3% 2023 up 94.7% volatile
140 Yemen, Republic of 1.3% 2023 up 67.8% volatile
141 Somalia 1.3% 2023 up 136.0% volatile
142 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.3% 2023 up 34.9% volatile
143 Costa Rica 1.2% 2023 up 67.5% volatile
144 Haiti 1.2% 2023 up 0.6% volatile
145 China (People’s Republic of) 1.2% 2023 up 87.0% volatile
146 Micronesia, Federated States of 1.2% 2023 down 57.5% volatile
147 Guinea 1.1% 2023 up 18.9% volatile
148 Benin 1.1% 2023 up 54.2% volatile
149 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.1% 2023 up 84.5% volatile
150 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1.1% 2023 up 79.7% volatile
151 Lesotho, Kingdom of 1.1% 2023 down 3.4% volatile
152 Botswana 1.1% 2023 down 43.9% volatile
153 Türkiye 1.1% 2022 up 9.8% volatile
154 United Kingdom 1.0% 2023 up 40.4% volatile
155 Ghana 1.0% 2023 up 78.4% volatile
156 Egypt 1.0% 2023 up 247.8% volatile
157 Poland 0.9% 2023 up 63.7% volatile
158 El Salvador 0.8% 2023 up 32.8% volatile
159 Australia 0.8% 2023 up 5.1% volatile
160 India 0.8% 2023 up 230.8% volatile
161 Côte d’Ivoire 0.8% 2023 up 49.8% volatile
162 Nigeria 0.7% 2023 up 39.4% volatile
163 Cuba 0.7% 2023 up 167.5% volatile
164 Cambodia 0.7% 2023 up 89.0% volatile
165 Bangladesh 0.7% 2023 up 65.3% volatile
166 Pakistan 0.7% 2023 up 146.6% volatile
167 Central African Republic 0.7% 2023 up 18.1% volatile
168 Honduras 0.7% 2023 up 46.2% volatile
169 Russian Federation 0.7% 2023 up 72.8% volatile
170 Rwanda 0.7% 2023 down 6.7% volatile
171 Mali 0.6% 2023 down 3.4% volatile
172 Nicaragua 0.6% 2023 up 23.6% volatile
173 Thailand 0.6% 2023 up 17.5% volatile
174 Niger 0.6% 2023 up 13.5% volatile
175 Dominican Republic 0.5% 2023 up 13.3% volatile
176 Burkina Faso 0.5% 2023 up 34.0% volatile
177 Eritrea, The State of 0.5% 2023 down 45.4% volatile
178 Japan 0.5% 2023 down 4.4% volatile
179 Brazil 0.5% 2022 up 101.0% volatile
180 Sudan 0.5% 2023 up 26.7% volatile
181 Angola 0.4% 2023 down 21.6% volatile
182 Liberia 0.4% 2023 up 75.7% volatile
183 United States 0.4% 2022 up 47.8% volatile
184 Burundi 0.4% 2023 up 45.2% volatile
185 Kenya 0.4% 2023 up 27.8% volatile
186 Mexico 0.3% 2023 up 27.3% volatile
187 Indonesia 0.3% 2023 up 70.7% volatile
188 Myanmar 0.3% 2023 up 73.7% volatile
189 Argentina 0.3% 2023 up 70.9% volatile
190 Zambia 0.3% 2023 down 17.4% volatile
191 Sierra Leone 0.3% 2023 up 30.7% volatile
192 Philippines 0.3% 2023 up 206.5% volatile
193 South Africa 0.3% 2023 up 98.5% volatile
194 Puerto Rico 0.3% 2023 up 22.0% volatile
195 South Sudan, Republic of 0.3% 2023 up 314.4% volatile
196 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.3% 2023 up 53.6% volatile
197 Guatemala 0.2% 2023 up 12.0% volatile
198 Mozambique, Republic of 0.2% 2023 up 86.7% volatile
199 Madagascar, Republic of 0.2% 2023 up 5.3% volatile
200 Uganda 0.2% 2023 down 8.1% volatile
201 Malawi 0.2% 2023 down 39.5% volatile
202 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2023 down 14.9% volatile
203 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.2% 2023 down 9.8% volatile
204 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0.1% 2023 up 30.3% volatile
205 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.1% 2023 down 28.0% volatile
206 American Samoa 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Guam 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Isle of Man 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Saint Martin 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
206 New Caledonia 0.0% 2023 flat
206 French Polynesia 0.0% 2023 flat
206 United States Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
206 French Guiana 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Guadeloupe 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Martinique 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Réunion 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Western Sahara 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Bailiwick of Guernsey 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Jersey 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Saint Barthelemy 0.0% 2023 flat
206 St. Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Norfolk Island 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Pitcairn Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
206 Aland Islands 0.0% 2023 flat

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, male (UIS estimate) (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
456 places, 15,326 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release