Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
208
Highest
54,228
China
Lowest
0
Montserrat
Median
375.5
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
15,563
What the numbers show
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 54,228 in China; the lowest is 0 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 375.5, and the mean is 3,338.
Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 8,148.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 100.0%).
Outbound internationally mobile … male Eastern Central Europe: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 54,228 | 2023 | up 349.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 53,330 | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 49,527 | 2023 | up 317.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 47,323 | 2023 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 41,585 | 2023 | up 648.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Ukraine | 40,401 | 2023 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Syria | 36,424 | 2023 | up 1,342.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 31,317 | 2023 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 28,434 | 2023 | up 286.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Egypt | 22,849 | 2023 | up 8,148.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Iran | 17,754 | 2023 | up 789.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Belarus | 15,096 | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Iraq | 15,058 | 2023 | up 1,894.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Slovakia | 10,726 | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Morocco | 9,968 | 2023 | up 346.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 9,754 | 2023 | up 203.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Turkey | 9,529 | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Nigeria | 8,890 | 2023 | up 327.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Afghanistan | 8,610 | 2023 | up 467.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Yemen | 8,272 | 2023 | up 1,988.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Moldova | 8,234 | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Somalia | 7,756 | 2023 | up 1,985.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Jordan | 7,594 | 2023 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Russia | 7,566 | 2023 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Germany | 6,423 | 2023 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Pakistan | 5,506 | 2023 | up 1,003.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Israel | 5,175 | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Palestine | 4,908 | 2023 | up 639.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,660 | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Greece | 4,177 | 2023 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Vietnam | 4,138 | 2023 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Italy | 4,081 | 2023 | up 124.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Serbia | 3,669 | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Lebanon | 3,641 | 2023 | up 297.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Algeria | 3,207 | 2023 | up 1,253.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Sudan | 3,134 | 2023 | up 1,124.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Indonesia | 2,942 | 2023 | up 272.4% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 2,758 | 2023 | up 169.9% | volatile |
| 39 | France | 2,689 | 2023 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Chad | 2,587 | 2023 | up 2,387.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Mongolia | 2,576 | 2023 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Romania | 2,425 | 2023 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Tunisia | 2,398 | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 2,327 | 2023 | up 890.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Cameroon | 2,239 | 2023 | up 521.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Georgia | 2,197 | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 2,115 | 2023 | up 2,878.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 2,008 | 2023 | up 301.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Armenia | 1,968 | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Libya | 1,922 | 2023 | up 743.0% | volatile |
| 51 | United States | 1,846 | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Montenegro | 1,836 | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Ecuador | 1,745 | 2023 | up 1,342.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 1,717 | 2023 | up 195.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 1,615 | 2023 | up 1,078.8% | volatile |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 1,609 | 2023 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Croatia | 1,606 | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Czechia | 1,575 | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Sweden | 1,400 | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Colombia | 1,307 | 2023 | up 890.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Guinea | 1,204 | 2023 | up 713.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Spain | 1,106 | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Congo | 1,050 | 2023 | up 207.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Norway | 1,045 | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 65 | South Korea | 1,035 | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 1,031 | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Kenya | 1,025 | 2023 | up 133.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Djibouti | 993 | 2023 | up 3,324.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 968 | 2023 | up 606.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Albania | 964 | 2023 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Rwanda | 936 | 2023 | up 2,240.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Malaysia | 922 | 2023 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Angola | 896 | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Cote d'Ivoire | 881 | 2023 | up 443.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Zambia | 857 | 2023 | up 208.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Hungary | 835 | 2023 | up 217.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Finland | 805 | 2023 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Mali | 803 | 2023 | up 782.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Latvia | 752 | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Saudi Arabia | 735 | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Mauritania | 707 | 2023 | up 1,404.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Tanzania | 703 | 2023 | up 139.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Canada | 694 | 2023 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Haiti | 694 | 2023 | up 1,019.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Japan | 686 | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Senegal | 679 | 2023 | up 662.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Ireland | 667 | 2023 | up 177.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Brazil | 644 | 2023 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Niger | 643 | 2023 | up 1,113.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Netherlands | 628 | 2023 | up 427.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Poland | 615 | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 92 | South Africa | 610 | 2023 | up 735.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Gabon | 607 | 2023 | up 1,858.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Lithuania | 554 | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Austria | 530 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 511 | 2023 | up 197.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Benin | 488 | 2023 | up 502.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Estonia | 477 | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Uganda | 468 | 2023 | up 463.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Myanmar | 444 | 2023 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Portugal | 429 | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Mexico | 388 | 2023 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Peru | 388 | 2023 | up 262.6% | volatile |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 378 | 2023 | up 1,119.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Thailand | 373 | 2023 | up 230.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Gambia | 343 | 2023 | up 1,082.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Cyprus | 341 | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Nepal | 335 | 2023 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 318 | 2023 | up 1,035.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 316 | 2023 | up 1,115.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Namibia | 309 | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Burundi | 307 | 2023 | up 490.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 301 | 2023 | up 1,268.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Bolivia | 290 | 2023 | up 705.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Denmark | 286 | 2023 | up 271.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Switzerland | 280 | 2023 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Laos | 280 | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Belgium | 273 | 2023 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Mozambique | 269 | 2023 | up 417.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Philippines | 240 | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Equatorial Guinea | 223 | 2023 | up 214.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Venezuela | 223 | 2023 | up 305.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Comoros | 210 | 2023 | up 1,515.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Togo | 202 | 2023 | up 648.1% | volatile |
| 125 | South Sudan | 174 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Madagascar | 173 | 2023 | up 302.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Eritrea | 170 | 2023 | up 2,328.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Liberia | 165 | 2023 | up 1,733.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Slovenia | 159 | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 130 | North Korea | 153 | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Botswana | 143 | 2023 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Central African Republic | 142 | 2023 | up 517.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Australia | 138 | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Cambodia | 138 | 2023 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Kuwait | 127 | 2023 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Maldives | 126 | 2023 | up 384.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Qatar | 125 | 2023 | up 346.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Chile | 106 | 2023 | up 292.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Argentina | 104 | 2023 | up 352.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Bahrain | 89 | 2023 | up 128.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Mauritius | 89 | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Malawi | 89 | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Eswatini | 87 | 2023 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 144 | El Salvador | 85 | 2023 | up 1,114.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Iceland | 84 | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Oman | 82 | 2023 | up 215.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Costa Rica | 64 | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Dominican Republic | 64 | 2023 | up 814.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Panama | 62 | 2023 | up 226.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Guatemala | 58 | 2023 | up 314.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Paraguay | 53 | 2023 | up 657.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 46 | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Honduras | 46 | 2023 | up 2,200.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 46 | 2023 | up 4,500.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Jamaica | 44 | 2023 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 42 | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Hong Kong | 40 | 2023 | up 344.4% | volatile |
| 157 | New Zealand | 40 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Dominica | 38 | 2023 | up 850.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Singapore | 38 | 2023 | up 137.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Malta | 34 | 2023 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 29 | 2023 | up 222.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Guyana | 23 | 2023 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Suriname | 22 | 2023 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 20 | 2023 | up 1,900.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Seychelles | 16 | 2023 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Uruguay | 14 | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Lesotho | 13 | 2023 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Grenada | 11 | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10 | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 2023 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Belize | 7 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Brunei | 7 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Bhutan | 7 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 7 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Anguilla | 7 | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Palau | 6 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Fiji | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Andorra | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Liechtenstein | 3 | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Macao | 3 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Samoa | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Barbados | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Bermuda | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Curacao | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Gibraltar | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Monaco | 1 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 189 | British Virgin Islands | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Aruba | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Bahamas | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Kiribati | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Nauru | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | San Marino | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | East Timor | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Tonga | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 197 | Montserrat | 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 694,279
- UIS: World 694,279
- MDG: World 694,278
- WB: World 694,271
- UNICEF: World 694,224
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 641,867
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 634,734
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 634,488
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 559,201
- MDG: Developing Regions 552,823
- WB: Ibrd Only 435,350
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 387,380
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 373,969
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 366,254
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 366,221
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 334,803
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 328,260
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 323,091
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 322,476
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 322,476
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 314,910
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 311,451
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 309,848
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 295,147
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 292,950
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 276,382
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 266,335
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 261,905
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 261,084
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 254,944
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 236,543
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 233,461
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 231,416
- UIS: Central Asia 226,426
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 223,850
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 222,274
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 221,698
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 211,842
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 208,240
- WB: Ida Total 199,138
About this data
February 2026 Data Release