Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
179
Highest
29,387
Uzbekistan
Lowest
0
Uruguay
Median
4
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
15,544
What the numbers show
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 29,387 in Uzbekistan; the lowest is 0 in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 4, and the mean is 523.4.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom (up 39,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students … Central Asia: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 29,387 | 2023 | up 1,071.3% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 25,620 | 2023 | up 1,275.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 8,722 | 2023 | up 1,061.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 4,164 | 2023 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Turkey | 2,870 | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 2,754 | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 2,369 | 2023 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 2,295 | 2023 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 2,210 | 2023 | up 168.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Jordan | 2,130 | 2023 | up 7,788.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 1,211 | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran | 1,035 | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Israel | 914 | 2023 | up 3,873.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 895 | 2023 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Egypt | 783 | 2023 | up 12,950.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 718 | 2023 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Nigeria | 652 | 2023 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Georgia | 642 | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 422 | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Iraq | 411 | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Lebanon | 402 | 2023 | up 4,925.0% | volatile |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 393 | 2023 | up 39,200.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Syria | 353 | 2023 | up 246.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Sudan | 329 | 2023 | up 6,480.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Ukraine | 211 | 2023 | up 160.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 201 | 2023 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 27 | South Korea | 163 | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Yemen | 162 | 2023 | up 16,100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | United States | 129 | 2023 | up 248.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Niger | 92 | 2023 | up 1,433.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Palestine | 66 | 2023 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 65 | 2023 | up 622.2% | volatile |
| 33 | North Korea | 51 | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Germany | 41 | 2023 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Belarus | 40 | 2023 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Ghana | 34 | 2023 | up 1,600.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Ireland | 34 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 32 | 2023 | up 966.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Australia | 31 | 2023 | up 416.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Canada | 29 | 2023 | up 866.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Lithuania | 27 | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Nepal | 27 | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Tunisia | 27 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 24 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 45 | South Africa | 21 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 17 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Armenia | 17 | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Somalia | 17 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 49 | Philippines | 16 | 2023 | up 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Zimbabwe | 15 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Angola | 14 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 14 | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 53 | France | 12 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Japan | 12 | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Sweden | 12 | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Libya | 11 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Algeria | 10 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Hungary | 10 | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Kuwait | 10 | 2023 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Laos | 10 | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Italy | 9 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Netherlands | 9 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Tanzania | 9 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Bahrain | 8 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Brazil | 8 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Cameroon | 8 | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Kenya | 8 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Poland | 8 | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Thailand | 8 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Eritrea | 7 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Spain | 7 | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Gambia | 7 | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Liberia | 7 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Moldova | 7 | 2023 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Romania | 7 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Finland | 6 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Greece | 6 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Mauritania | 6 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Malawi | 6 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 76 | British Virgin Islands | 6 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Austria | 5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Portugal | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Chad | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Uganda | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Vietnam | 5 | 2023 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Zambia | 5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Albania | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Congo | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Denmark | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Honduras | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Myanmar | 4 | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Malaysia | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Belgium | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Cyprus | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Djibouti | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mexico | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Mali | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Namibia | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | New Zealand | 3 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Qatar | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Singapore | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | South Sudan | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Central African Republic | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Colombia | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Comoros | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Czechia | 2 | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Fiji | 2 | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Jamaica | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Cambodia | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Latvia | 2 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 107 | Maldives | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Mozambique | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Norway | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Oman | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Slovakia | 2 | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Benin | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Belize | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bhutan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 125 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Dominica | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Ecuador | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Gabon | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Iceland | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 1 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritius | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Slovenia | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Togo | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Tonga | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Venezuela | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Samoa | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Anguilla | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Cook Islands | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Argentina | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Burundi | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Bahamas | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Barbados | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Botswana | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Switzerland | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Chile | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Costa Rica | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Cuba | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Estonia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Grenada | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Guyana | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Croatia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Macao | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Malta | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Montenegro | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Peru | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Rwanda | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Senegal | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | El Salvador | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Serbia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Suriname | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Eswatini | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Seychelles | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Uruguay | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 93,700
- SDG: World 93,700
- UIS: World 93,700
- WB: World 93,698
- UNICEF: World 93,693
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 91,969
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 91,713
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 91,619
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 89,758
- MDG: Developing Regions 87,537
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 85,976
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 76,073
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 75,939
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 73,011
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 70,189
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 69,733
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 52,175
- WB: Ibrd Only 48,598
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 48,297
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 47,358
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 47,225
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 47,225
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 46,627
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 46,619
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 46,619
- GPE: Region 3 45,289
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 45,121
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 43,734
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 43,542
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 43,474
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 43,092
- WB: Ida Total 43,021
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 42,455
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 42,446
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 40,172
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 40,104
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 40,024
- UIS: Central Asia 39,733
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 39,440
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 39,310
About this data
February 2026 Data Release