Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East Asia and the Pacific, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
205
Highest
422,403
China
Lowest
0
Montserrat
Median
295
Years covered
28
1996–2023
Data points
9,820
What the numbers show
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East Asia and the Pacific, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 422,403 in China; the lowest is 0 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 295, and the mean is 4,921.
Over the past decade 163 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 5,333.3%), and the largest decrease in Cayman Islands (down 100.0%).
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 422,403 | 2023 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 100,462 | 2018 | up 203.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 61,374 | 2018 | up 417.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Nepal | 50,250 | 2018 | up 806.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Indonesia | 29,961 | 2021 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 26,951 | 2018 | up 404.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | 25,957 | 2018 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 8 | Malaysia | 23,488 | 2018 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 18,079 | 2018 | up 325.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 14,871 | 2018 | up 158.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Thailand | 13,987 | 2018 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 12,698 | 2019 | up 356.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Nigeria | 11,341 | 2018 | up 546.6% | volatile |
| 14 | United States of America | 10,322 | 2018 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 15 | Hong Kong, China | 10,051 | 2016 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 16 | Singapore | 9,613 | 2018 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 17 | Brazil | 8,610 | 2018 | up 698.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Myanmar | 7,227 | 2018 | up 219.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6,236 | 2018 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Mongolia | 6,216 | 2018 | up 169.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 5,956 | 2018 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Japan | 5,587 | 2018 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 5,188 | 2018 | up 519.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Yemen | 5,183 | 2018 | up 159.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4,547 | 2018 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Cambodia | 4,426 | 2018 | up 150.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Canada | 4,367 | 2018 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 4,230 | 2018 | up 633.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Kenya | 3,893 | 2018 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 30 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,870 | 2018 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 31 | France | 3,355 | 2018 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Australia | 3,286 | 2018 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Solomon Islands | 3,194 | 2018 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 34 | Germany | 3,157 | 2018 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 35 | Egypt | 2,732 | 2018 | up 408.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Italy | 2,686 | 2018 | up 407.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 2,449 | 2018 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 38 | Libya | 2,123 | 2018 | up 203.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Mauritius | 2,118 | 2018 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Bhutan | 2,074 | 2018 | up 497.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Timor-Leste | 2,032 | 2018 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 1,910 | 2018 | up 461.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Iraq | 1,868 | 2018 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 1,771 | 2018 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 45 | Maldives | 1,732 | 2018 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Jordan | 1,725 | 2018 | up 163.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Oman | 1,655 | 2018 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 48 | New Zealand | 1,651 | 2018 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 49 | Zimbabwe | 1,544 | 2018 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 1,488 | 2018 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Somalia | 1,473 | 2018 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Mexico | 1,445 | 2018 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Türkiye | 1,349 | 2018 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 54 | Ghana | 1,294 | 2018 | up 293.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 1,290 | 2018 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 56 | South Africa | 1,255 | 2018 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 57 | Spain | 1,236 | 2018 | up 307.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Sweden | 1,215 | 2018 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 59 | Macau, China | 1,127 | 2016 | up 218.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Chile | 1,111 | 2018 | up 233.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Kuwait | 1,077 | 2018 | up 308.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,071 | 2018 | up 495.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Tonga | 1,047 | 2018 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 64 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,028 | 2018 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 65 | Norway | 1,019 | 2018 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Kiribati | 984 | 2018 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 67 | Fiji | 935 | 2018 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 68 | Afghanistan | 912 | 2018 | up 421.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Samoa | 909 | 2018 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 70 | Poland | 891 | 2018 | up 209.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Palestine, State of | 862 | 2018 | up 266.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Netherlands | 830 | 2018 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 73 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 771 | 2018 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Peru | 749 | 2018 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Lebanon | 733 | 2018 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 703 | 2018 | up 219.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Zambia | 702 | 2018 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Czechia | 621 | 2018 | up 248.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Uganda | 606 | 2018 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Argentina | 568 | 2018 | up 197.4% | rising |
| 81 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 552 | 2018 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Cameroon | 529 | 2018 | up 248.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Ireland | 512 | 2018 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 483 | 2018 | up 570.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Austria | 465 | 2018 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 86 | Finland | 456 | 2018 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 446 | 2018 | up 324.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Switzerland | 435 | 2018 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 89 | Algeria | 416 | 2018 | up 372.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Denmark | 413 | 2018 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 91 | Morocco | 409 | 2018 | up 510.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Tuvalu | 403 | 2018 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 93 | Ukraine | 389 | 2018 | up 135.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Slovakia | 381 | 2018 | up 231.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Portugal | 373 | 2018 | up 172.3% | rising |
| 96 | Hungary | 355 | 2018 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 97 | Lithuania | 347 | 2018 | up 671.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Bahrain | 337 | 2018 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Rwanda | 326 | 2018 | up 858.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Belgium | 315 | 2018 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 101 | Greece | 309 | 2018 | up 263.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Mozambique | 307 | 2018 | up 219.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 295 | 2017 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Guinea | 293 | 2018 | up 632.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Malawi | 268 | 2018 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 256 | 2018 | up 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 245 | 2018 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 108 | Botswana | 235 | 2018 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Israel | 219 | 2018 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 214 | 2018 | up 375.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 208 | 2018 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 112 | Romania | 193 | 2018 | down 36.1% | flat |
| 113 | Estonia | 192 | 2018 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Aruba | 188 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Seychelles | 181 | 2018 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Senegal | 169 | 2018 | up 267.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Serbia | 164 | 2018 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Djibouti | 163 | 2018 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Niger | 163 | 2018 | up 5,333.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Tunisia | 159 | 2018 | up 127.1% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 156 | 2018 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Gambia | 153 | 2018 | up 856.2% | volatile |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 145 | 2018 | up 281.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Eritrea | 144 | 2018 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Marshall Islands | 141 | 2018 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 126 | Madagascar | 132 | 2018 | up 407.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Naoero | 131 | 2018 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 128 | Namibia | 129 | 2018 | up 344.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 126 | 2018 | up 447.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Mauritania | 121 | 2018 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Mali | 118 | 2018 | up 337.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Equatorial Guinea | 113 | 2018 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Paraguay | 111 | 2018 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 108 | 2018 | up 227.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Costa Rica | 93 | 2018 | up 173.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Albania | 90 | 2018 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | 90 | 2018 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Chad | 87 | 2018 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Congo | 84 | 2018 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Guatemala | 77 | 2018 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Croatia | 76 | 2018 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 141 | Slovenia | 76 | 2018 | up 130.3% | rising |
| 143 | Uruguay | 75 | 2018 | up 240.9% | rising |
| 144 | Haiti | 72 | 2018 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Liberia | 71 | 2018 | up 222.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70 | 2018 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 146 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 70 | 2018 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 146 | Cape Verde | 70 | 2018 | up 159.3% | volatile |
| 149 | El Salvador | 68 | 2018 | up 257.9% | rising |
| 150 | Belarus | 66 | 2018 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Côte d'Ivoire | 66 | 2018 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Tokelau | 66 | 2018 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 153 | Jamaica | 64 | 2018 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Latvia | 63 | 2018 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 58 | 2018 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Iceland | 58 | 2018 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 157 | Panama | 54 | 2018 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 158 | Andorra | 52 | 2018 | up 5,100.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Angola | 51 | 2018 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Dominican Republic | 49 | 2018 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 48 | 2018 | up 860.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Benin | 46 | 2018 | up 283.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Burundi | 43 | 2018 | up 258.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Gabon | 38 | 2018 | up 533.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Niue | 34 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 166 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 32 | 2018 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 166 | Georgia | 32 | 2018 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32 | 2018 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 169 | Cyprus | 30 | 2018 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Honduras | 29 | 2018 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 171 | Armenia | 25 | 2018 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 25 | 2018 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 173 | Cuba | 22 | 2018 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 174 | Republic of Moldova | 20 | 2018 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Nicaragua | 19 | 2018 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | 18 | 2018 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Guyana | 16 | 2018 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Lesotho | 16 | 2018 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Eswatini | 16 | 2018 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 177 | British Virgin Islands | 16 | 2018 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Bahamas | 15 | 2018 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Togo | 15 | 2018 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Barbados | 11 | 2018 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 11 | 2018 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Palau | 10 | 2018 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Belize | 9 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 9 | 2018 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Dominica | 9 | 2018 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 186 | Liechtenstein | 9 | 2018 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7 | 2018 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Montenegro | 6 | 2018 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Gibraltar | 5 | 2018 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Grenada | 5 | 2018 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Suriname | 5 | 2018 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 | 2018 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 2018 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Malta | 3 | 2018 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 198 | Bermuda | 2 | 2018 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 2018 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Anguilla | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 202 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Monaco | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 202 | San Marino | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 202 | Montserrat | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 990,967
- UIS: World 990,967
- MDG: World 990,962
- WB: World 990,621
- UNICEF: World 979,509
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 930,328
- MDG: Developing Regions 925,669
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 890,666
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 886,769
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 874,917
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 868,096
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 852,727
- WB: Ibrd Only 684,334
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 659,490
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 653,619
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 653,619
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 648,657
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 643,706
- AIMS: East Asia 637,490
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 602,563
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 601,049
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 600,895
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 575,697
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 536,113
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 501,145
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 471,636
- SDG: Eastern Asia 471,636
- MDG: Eastern Asia 466,049
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 356,710
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 346,944
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 310,993
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 301,456
- GPE: Region 3 270,279
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 252,596
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 228,255
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 226,934
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 225,249
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 221,227
- AIMS: South and West Asia 219,878
- MDG: Southern Asia 219,878
About this data
February 2026 Data Release