Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central and Eastern Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
210
Highest
70,918
Ukraine
Lowest
0
Tokelau
Median
571
Years covered
27
1997–2023
Data points
11,335
What the numbers show
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central and Eastern Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 70,918 in Ukraine; the lowest is 0 in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 571, and the mean is 4,660.
Over the past decade 165 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 7,999.7%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 100.0%).
Outbound internationally mobile … both Eastern Central Europe: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 70,918 | 2023 | up 172.8% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 65,470 | 2023 | up 337.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 59,698 | 2023 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Syria | 58,698 | 2023 | up 1,889.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Turkmenistan | 56,772 | 2023 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 52,471 | 2023 | up 329.8% | volatile |
| 7 | India | 51,205 | 2023 | up 656.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 41,579 | 2023 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 29,012 | 2023 | up 287.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran | 27,872 | 2023 | up 835.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Egypt | 26,162 | 2023 | up 7,999.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Belarus | 23,935 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Slovakia | 23,539 | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 14 | Iraq | 21,453 | 2023 | up 2,321.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Russia | 17,053 | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 16 | Moldova | 16,079 | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 17 | Morocco | 14,472 | 2023 | up 403.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Turkey | 13,465 | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 13,236 | 2023 | up 82.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Nigeria | 12,628 | 2023 | up 357.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,500 | 2023 | up 239.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Somalia | 11,130 | 2023 | up 2,340.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,748 | 2023 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 10,700 | 2023 | up 543.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Jordan | 10,040 | 2023 | up 176.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Yemen | 9,704 | 2023 | up 2,141.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Greece | 8,682 | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 28 | Serbia | 8,574 | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 8,081 | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Italy | 7,974 | 2023 | up 182.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 7,441 | 2023 | up 1,119.8% | volatile |
| 32 | France | 6,516 | 2023 | up 165.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Palestine | 6,511 | 2023 | up 769.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Romania | 6,044 | 2023 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 35 | Vietnam | 5,390 | 2023 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 5,276 | 2023 | up 221.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Lebanon | 4,711 | 2023 | up 353.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Indonesia | 4,683 | 2023 | up 267.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Montenegro | 4,446 | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 40 | Croatia | 4,361 | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 41 | Algeria | 4,327 | 2023 | up 1,479.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 4,292 | 2023 | up 5,009.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Czechia | 3,953 | 2023 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Sudan | 3,936 | 2023 | up 1,379.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Tunisia | 3,812 | 2023 | up 83.7% | volatile |
| 46 | United States | 3,666 | 2023 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 3,580 | 2023 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 48 | Mongolia | 3,414 | 2023 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Georgia | 3,192 | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 50 | Chad | 2,995 | 2023 | up 2,550.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 2,992 | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Sweden | 2,987 | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Norway | 2,949 | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 54 | Cameroon | 2,878 | 2023 | up 582.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 2,763 | 2023 | up 983.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Ghana | 2,622 | 2023 | up 371.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Libya | 2,620 | 2023 | up 832.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Ethiopia | 2,306 | 2023 | up 1,314.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Armenia | 2,300 | 2023 | down 49.8% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 2,291 | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Hungary | 2,175 | 2023 | up 280.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 2,171 | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 63 | Albania | 2,125 | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 64 | Ecuador | 2,117 | 2023 | up 1,340.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Finland | 1,941 | 2023 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 66 | South Korea | 1,814 | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Ireland | 1,700 | 2023 | up 252.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Kenya | 1,610 | 2023 | up 194.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Colombia | 1,582 | 2023 | up 830.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Poland | 1,472 | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Rwanda | 1,463 | 2023 | up 2,298.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Djibouti | 1,450 | 2023 | up 4,042.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Japan | 1,411 | 2023 | up 128.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Guinea | 1,365 | 2023 | up 637.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Canada | 1,330 | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 76 | Congo | 1,253 | 2023 | up 235.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,245 | 2023 | up 735.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Austria | 1,211 | 2023 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Malaysia | 1,209 | 2023 | down 62.5% | rising |
| 80 | Brazil | 1,127 | 2023 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 1,084 | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Netherlands | 1,082 | 2023 | up 420.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Angola | 1,078 | 2023 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Tanzania | 1,063 | 2023 | up 223.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Mali | 1,048 | 2023 | up 766.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Zambia | 1,030 | 2023 | up 234.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 1,015 | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 88 | Lithuania | 1,008 | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 89 | Portugal | 983 | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 90 | South Africa | 949 | 2023 | up 647.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 948 | 2023 | up 432.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Mauritania | 883 | 2023 | up 1,476.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Niger | 859 | 2023 | up 1,127.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Gabon | 826 | 2023 | up 2,403.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Senegal | 821 | 2023 | up 584.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Cyprus | 763 | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Thailand | 755 | 2023 | up 417.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Haiti | 739 | 2023 | up 898.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Uganda | 669 | 2023 | up 502.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | 651 | 2023 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Switzerland | 624 | 2023 | up 210.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 624 | 2023 | up 226.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Mexico | 605 | 2023 | up 165.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Denmark | 597 | 2023 | up 273.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Estonia | 577 | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Belgium | 565 | 2023 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 107 | United Arab Emirates | 560 | 2023 | up 1,202.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Benin | 527 | 2023 | up 512.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Laos | 506 | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Philippines | 503 | 2023 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Peru | 463 | 2023 | up 245.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Gambia | 460 | 2023 | up 1,079.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Nepal | 434 | 2023 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Burundi | 418 | 2023 | up 574.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Namibia | 395 | 2023 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 378 | 2023 | up 1,412.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 367 | 2023 | up 1,046.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Slovenia | 364 | 2023 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 119 | Mozambique | 354 | 2023 | up 420.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Cuba | 351 | 2023 | up 932.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 328 | 2023 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Bolivia | 318 | 2023 | up 622.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Comoros | 303 | 2023 | up 1,793.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Venezuela | 291 | 2023 | up 315.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 277 | 2023 | up 284.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Maldives | 263 | 2023 | up 806.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Eritrea | 250 | 2023 | up 2,400.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Australia | 243 | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Togo | 230 | 2023 | up 576.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Liberia | 215 | 2023 | up 1,553.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Madagascar | 213 | 2023 | up 334.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Cambodia | 200 | 2023 | up 250.9% | volatile |
| 133 | South Sudan | 197 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Qatar | 187 | 2023 | up 434.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Kuwait | 175 | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 136 | North Korea | 168 | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Argentina | 167 | 2023 | up 421.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Botswana | 166 | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 164 | 2023 | up 412.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Chile | 151 | 2023 | up 308.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Bahrain | 139 | 2023 | up 152.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Mauritius | 137 | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Oman | 127 | 2023 | up 262.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Eswatini | 127 | 2023 | up 182.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Malawi | 122 | 2023 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 146 | El Salvador | 105 | 2023 | up 1,066.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 93 | 2023 | up 389.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Panama | 83 | 2023 | up 196.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Singapore | 82 | 2023 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 81 | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Dominican Republic | 81 | 2023 | up 636.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Hong Kong | 78 | 2023 | up 290.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Luxembourg | 78 | 2023 | up 271.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Malta | 73 | 2023 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Guatemala | 72 | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Honduras | 72 | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Suriname | 71 | 2023 | up 1,320.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Jamaica | 67 | 2023 | up 139.3% | volatile |
| 159 | New Zealand | 62 | 2023 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Paraguay | 62 | 2023 | up 342.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Seychelles | 62 | 2023 | up 376.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 59 | 2023 | up 5,800.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Dominica | 58 | 2023 | up 866.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Nicaragua | 38 | 2023 | up 245.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 29 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Guyana | 26 | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 26 | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Lesotho | 24 | 2023 | up 242.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Uruguay | 23 | 2023 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Bhutan | 19 | 2023 | up 850.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Grenada | 19 | 2023 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Anguilla | 18 | 2023 | up 1,700.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Belize | 13 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13 | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 11 | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Brunei | 9 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Andorra | 8 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Palau | 8 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 8 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Fiji | 7 | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Liechtenstein | 6 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Samoa | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Gibraltar | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Macao | 4 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Monaco | 4 | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Barbados | 3 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Bahamas | 2 | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 191 | British Virgin Islands | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Bermuda | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Curacao | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Cayman Islands | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Cook Islands | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Aruba | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Kiribati | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Nauru | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | San Marino | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | East Timor | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Tonga | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Montserrat | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Niue | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Tokelau | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 978,664
- UIS: World 978,664
- MDG: World 978,660
- WB: World 978,645
- UNICEF: World 978,553
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 869,783
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 860,045
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 854,502
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 745,589
- MDG: Developing Regions 699,855
- WB: Ibrd Only 607,975
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 547,077
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 534,000
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 533,931
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 477,447
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 458,911
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 441,495
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 440,023
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 440,023
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 422,970
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 410,394
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 399,858
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 395,683
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 384,509
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 381,317
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 361,245
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 345,585
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 313,142
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 312,325
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 310,510
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 304,691
- MDG: Developed Regions 278,805
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 273,577
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 272,346
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 268,870
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 268,554
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 268,405
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 268,249
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 267,353
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 266,467
About this data
February 2026 Data Release