Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound), both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
133
Highest
79.9%
Grenada
Lowest
-159.3%
Bermuda
Median
-0.9%
Years covered
26
1998–2023
Data points
2,154
What the numbers show
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound), both sexes (UIS estimate) (%) is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 79.9% in Grenada; the lowest is -159.3% in Bermuda.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.9%, and the mean is -6.1%.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 13,555.2%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 31,172.7%).
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grenada | 79.9% | 2018 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 1 | Anguilla | -279.6% | 2008 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Macao | 64.4% | 2023 | up 150.3% | falling |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 64.0% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 4 | Monaco | 44.6% | 2023 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Qatar | 27.5% | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia | 26.4% | 2023 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 7 | San Marino | 25.6% | 2023 | up 168.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Malta | 24.5% | 2023 | up 343.6% | volatile |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 22.1% | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.9% | 2023 | up 956.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 18.3% | 2023 | up 172.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Switzerland | 13.8% | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 13 | Austria | 13.7% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 14 | Czechia | 13.3% | 2023 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 15 | New Zealand | 13.0% | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 16 | Netherlands | 11.9% | 2021 | up 274.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Singapore | 10.6% | 2012 | — | flat |
| 18 | Hungary | 9.7% | 2023 | up 194.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Georgia | 9.7% | 2023 | up 389.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Portugal | 9.4% | 2023 | up 577.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | 8.8% | 2023 | up 223.0% | rising |
| 22 | Hong Kong | 8.0% | 2023 | up 539.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Denmark | 7.9% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 24 | Aruba | 7.5% | 2016 | up 923.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Latvia | 7.3% | 2023 | up 341.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Belgium | 7.2% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 27 | Slovenia | 7.0% | 2023 | up 13,555.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Finland | 6.7% | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 29 | France | 5.7% | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 30 | Malaysia | 5.5% | 2023 | up 2,106.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Poland | 4.9% | 2023 | up 1,989.3% | volatile |
| 32 | United States | 4.6% | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 33 | Sweden | 4.3% | 2023 | up 154.8% | rising |
| 34 | Ireland | 4.1% | 2022 | up 206.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Russia | 3.9% | 2023 | up 151.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Lithuania | 3.8% | 2023 | up 175.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Japan | 3.8% | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 38 | Barbados | 3.8% | 2011 | up 135.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Estonia | 3.7% | 2023 | up 204.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Argentina | 3.1% | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Burundi | 2.9% | 2023 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Turkey | 2.2% | 2022 | up 1,341.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Spain | 2.2% | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 2.2% | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 45 | South Africa | 2.1% | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 46 | Armenia | 1.9% | 2023 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Lebanon | 1.6% | 2023 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Bahrain | 1.6% | 2023 | up 353.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Romania | 1.4% | 2023 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 50 | South Korea | 1.4% | 2023 | up 178.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 1.3% | 2022 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Jordan | 1.3% | 2023 | down 62.0% | rising |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Italy | 0.9% | 2023 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 0.9% | 2023 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Mexico | 0.7% | 2023 | up 208.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Rwanda | 0.6% | 2023 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Egypt | 0.5% | 2023 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Cuba | 0.5% | 2023 | down 87.5% | falling |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 0.5% | 2023 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | -0.0% | 2023 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Norway | -0.1% | 2023 | up 97.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Thailand | -0.1% | 2023 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Philippines | -0.2% | 2008 | down 223.7% | falling |
| 65 | Indonesia | -0.6% | 2018 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 66 | Brazil | -0.6% | 2023 | down 94.0% | falling |
| 67 | Botswana | -0.9% | 2023 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Mozambique | -1.1% | 2018 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 69 | Serbia | -1.2% | 2023 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 70 | Honduras | -1.2% | 2019 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 71 | Israel | -1.3% | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 72 | Greece | -1.3% | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Iran | -1.4% | 2020 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 74 | China | -1.5% | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 75 | Bangladesh | -1.6% | 2022 | down 43.9% | flat |
| 76 | Belarus | -1.7% | 2023 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 77 | India | -1.8% | 2023 | down 222.8% | falling |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | -2.0% | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 79 | El Salvador | -2.1% | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 80 | Namibia | -2.1% | 2022 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Algeria | -2.1% | 2023 | down 93.6% | rising |
| 82 | Colombia | -2.3% | 2022 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 83 | Croatia | -2.3% | 2023 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 84 | Iceland | -2.4% | 2023 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -2.5% | 2020 | down 185.3% | falling |
| 86 | Ecuador | -2.7% | 2023 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 87 | Ghana | -2.7% | 2023 | down 31,172.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Madagascar | -2.9% | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 89 | Ukraine | -3.1% | 2023 | down 1,055.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Cambodia | -3.5% | 2021 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 91 | Morocco | -3.6% | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Niger | -3.9% | 2019 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Vietnam | -4.4% | 2022 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Cote d'Ivoire | -4.5% | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Benin | -4.8% | 2022 | down 241.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | -5.3% | 2020 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Slovakia | -6.0% | 2023 | up 45.3% | falling |
| 98 | Guinea | -6.1% | 2012 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Cameroon | -6.3% | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | -6.5% | 2023 | down 102.3% | falling |
| 101 | Tajikistan | -6.6% | 2017 | down 2,083.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Mauritius | -7.4% | 2022 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Laos | -9.5% | 2020 | down 261.6% | rising |
| 104 | Mongolia | -9.5% | 2023 | down 108.0% | falling |
| 105 | Mali | -9.7% | 2015 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 106 | Albania | -10.8% | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | -11.1% | 2023 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | -11.1% | 2023 | down 116.6% | falling |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -12.1% | 2023 | down 291.7% | falling |
| 110 | Brunei | -12.6% | 2023 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 111 | Lesotho | -13.8% | 2018 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Palestine | -14.2% | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | -15.7% | 2023 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Moldova | -16.9% | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 115 | Guyana | -18.6% | 2012 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | -19.4% | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Uzbekistan | -20.5% | 2021 | down 150.4% | falling |
| 118 | Cyprus | -22.2% | 2023 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritania | -23.4% | 2020 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | -27.8% | 2004 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 121 | Cape Verde | -30.3% | 2018 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 122 | Samoa | -34.1% | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 123 | British Virgin Islands | -34.3% | 2020 | down 246.3% | falling |
| 124 | Eswatini | -34.4% | 2013 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 125 | Liechtenstein | -38.9% | 2021 | down 85.1% | rising |
| 126 | Andorra | -51.1% | 2023 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 127 | Turkmenistan | -64.5% | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 128 | Djibouti | -64.6% | 2011 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Seychelles | -71.4% | 2023 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Comoros | -102.3% | 2014 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Luxembourg | -114.9% | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 132 | Bermuda | -159.3% | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release