Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
210
Highest
607,214
India
Lowest
4
Nauru
Median
3,644
Years covered
27
1997–2023
Data points
11,340
What the numbers show
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 607,214 in India; the lowest is 4 in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,644, and the mean is 16,440.
Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 2,802.9%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 81.5%).
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary … both North Western Europe: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 607,214 | 2023 | up 327.3% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 580,053 | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 110,487 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 109,665 | 2023 | up 255.1% | volatile |
| 5 | France | 103,165 | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 6 | Italy | 74,856 | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 64,892 | 2023 | up 216.4% | volatile |
| 8 | South Korea | 63,111 | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 9 | Iran | 60,099 | 2023 | up 104.3% | volatile |
| 10 | United States | 58,767 | 2023 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 11 | Morocco | 57,626 | 2023 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 12 | Brazil | 54,335 | 2023 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 46,990 | 2023 | up 251.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkey | 46,612 | 2023 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 45,545 | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 43,479 | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 42,630 | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 18 | Russia | 35,729 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 19 | Mexico | 33,700 | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 32,096 | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 31,755 | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 22 | Nepal | 30,376 | 2023 | up 121.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 29,810 | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 29,676 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 29,663 | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Greece | 28,672 | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 27 | Austria | 25,108 | 2023 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 24,745 | 2023 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 29 | Tunisia | 23,949 | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 30 | Egypt | 23,919 | 2023 | up 169.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Ukraine | 23,670 | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 32 | Japan | 22,877 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 33 | Cyprus | 22,723 | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 22,119 | 2023 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 35 | Malaysia | 21,785 | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 36 | Lebanon | 20,846 | 2023 | up 166.4% | rising |
| 37 | Syria | 20,811 | 2023 | up 307.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Poland | 20,747 | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 39 | Indonesia | 20,598 | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 40 | Philippines | 18,980 | 2023 | up 241.7% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 18,502 | 2023 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 17,265 | 2023 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 43 | Ghana | 16,912 | 2023 | up 138.0% | rising |
| 44 | Netherlands | 16,636 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 45 | Belgium | 16,576 | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 15,860 | 2023 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 47 | Senegal | 15,781 | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 14,944 | 2023 | up 115.5% | rising |
| 49 | Ecuador | 14,518 | 2023 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Thailand | 14,302 | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 51 | Portugal | 14,260 | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 52 | Ireland | 14,241 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 53 | Kuwait | 13,888 | 2023 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 13,373 | 2023 | up 123.3% | rising |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 13,217 | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 56 | Albania | 12,337 | 2023 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12,291 | 2023 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 58 | Singapore | 12,207 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 59 | Chile | 11,450 | 2023 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 60 | Kenya | 11,188 | 2023 | up 51.7% | falling |
| 61 | Hungary | 11,062 | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 62 | Norway | 10,565 | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 63 | Venezuela | 10,333 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 64 | Sweden | 10,149 | 2023 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 65 | Argentina | 9,270 | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 8,934 | 2023 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Jordan | 8,862 | 2023 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 8,783 | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 69 | South Africa | 8,514 | 2023 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 70 | Israel | 7,116 | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,025 | 2023 | up 2,802.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Czechia | 6,827 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 73 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6,728 | 2023 | up 201.0% | rising |
| 74 | Angola | 6,716 | 2023 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 75 | Cape Verde | 6,646 | 2023 | up 102.6% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 6,212 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 77 | Ethiopia | 6,140 | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 78 | Benin | 5,988 | 2023 | up 132.7% | rising |
| 79 | Slovakia | 5,909 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 80 | Congo | 5,835 | 2023 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 81 | Lithuania | 5,708 | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Serbia | 5,622 | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 83 | Oman | 5,582 | 2023 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 5,471 | 2023 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Togo | 5,196 | 2023 | up 127.7% | rising |
| 86 | Haiti | 5,193 | 2023 | up 99.2% | rising |
| 87 | Croatia | 5,177 | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 88 | Gabon | 4,941 | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 89 | Madagascar | 4,823 | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 90 | Myanmar | 4,774 | 2023 | up 328.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Denmark | 4,769 | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 4,681 | 2023 | up 64.7% | flat |
| 93 | Jamaica | 4,614 | 2023 | up 46.2% | falling |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 4,605 | 2023 | up 137.5% | rising |
| 95 | Georgia | 4,558 | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,428 | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 4,319 | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 98 | Guinea | 4,317 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 4,107 | 2023 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 100 | Mauritius | 4,034 | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 101 | Bolivia | 3,919 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 102 | Qatar | 3,772 | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Bahamas | 3,743 | 2023 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 104 | Iraq | 3,676 | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 3,669 | 2023 | up 180.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 3,618 | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 3,570 | 2023 | up 112.5% | rising |
| 108 | Uganda | 3,499 | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 109 | Latvia | 3,479 | 2023 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 110 | Mali | 3,312 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 111 | Rwanda | 3,250 | 2023 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 112 | Palestine | 3,226 | 2023 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 3,160 | 2023 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 114 | Mozambique | 3,091 | 2023 | up 312.7% | rising |
| 115 | Belarus | 3,085 | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 116 | New Zealand | 3,014 | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 117 | El Salvador | 2,925 | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 118 | Mongolia | 2,921 | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 119 | Moldova | 2,799 | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 120 | Chad | 2,744 | 2023 | up 332.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Tanzania | 2,696 | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 122 | Guatemala | 2,669 | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 123 | Cuba | 2,610 | 2023 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,521 | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 125 | Estonia | 2,513 | 2023 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 126 | Slovenia | 2,456 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,368 | 2023 | up 106.3% | rising |
| 128 | Armenia | 2,366 | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 129 | Cambodia | 2,362 | 2023 | up 131.1% | rising |
| 130 | Iceland | 2,203 | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 131 | Bahrain | 2,152 | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 132 | Libya | 2,101 | 2023 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 133 | Sudan | 1,952 | 2023 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 134 | Niger | 1,837 | 2023 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 1,811 | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 136 | Burundi | 1,793 | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 137 | Comoros | 1,750 | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 138 | Paraguay | 1,719 | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 139 | Yemen | 1,657 | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 140 | Andorra | 1,606 | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 141 | Uruguay | 1,572 | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 142 | Zambia | 1,487 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 1,376 | 2023 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 144 | Macao | 1,324 | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritania | 1,196 | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 146 | Liechtenstein | 1,170 | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 147 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,136 | 2023 | up 327.1% | rising |
| 148 | Botswana | 980 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 149 | Malta | 972 | 2023 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 150 | Bermuda | 959 | 2023 | down 21.0% | flat |
| 151 | Gibraltar | 947 | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Gambia | 943 | 2023 | up 48.0% | flat |
| 153 | Brunei | 909 | 2023 | down 59.1% | rising |
| 153 | Malawi | 909 | 2023 | up 32.5% | flat |
| 155 | Suriname | 881 | 2023 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 156 | Guyana | 847 | 2023 | up 137.9% | rising |
| 157 | Barbados | 835 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 158 | Montenegro | 769 | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Djibouti | 711 | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 160 | Cayman Islands | 702 | 2023 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Namibia | 690 | 2023 | up 137.9% | rising |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 647 | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 163 | Dominica | 636 | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 164 | Central African Republic | 635 | 2023 | up 35.1% | falling |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 620 | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 165 | Turkmenistan | 620 | 2023 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 167 | Sierra Leone | 616 | 2023 | up 56.3% | falling |
| 168 | East Timor | 576 | 2023 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Bhutan | 547 | 2023 | up 170.8% | rising |
| 170 | Belize | 535 | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 170 | San Marino | 535 | 2023 | down 69.7% | flat |
| 172 | Liberia | 501 | 2023 | up 101.2% | falling |
| 173 | Monaco | 464 | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 174 | Eritrea | 461 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 175 | Somalia | 452 | 2023 | up 51.2% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 388 | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 177 | Laos | 379 | 2023 | up 73.1% | falling |
| 178 | Maldives | 376 | 2023 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Eswatini | 364 | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 180 | North Korea | 335 | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 334 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 182 | Puerto Rico | 301 | 2023 | up 142.7% | rising |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 286 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 264 | 2023 | up 35.4% | flat |
| 185 | Grenada | 251 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 186 | British Virgin Islands | 244 | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 187 | Fiji | 237 | 2023 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 188 | South Sudan | 235 | 2023 | up 1,466.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 213 | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 190 | Tonga | 190 | 2023 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 191 | Papua New Guinea | 158 | 2023 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 192 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 143 | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 193 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 125 | 2023 | up 861.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Lesotho | 121 | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 195 | Aruba | 104 | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 196 | Samoa | 92 | 2023 | up 41.5% | falling |
| 197 | Curacao | 90 | 2023 | up 2,150.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Anguilla | 63 | 2023 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Kiribati | 49 | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 200 | Micronesia (country) | 40 | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 201 | Marshall Islands | 32 | 2023 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Vanuatu | 30 | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 203 | Solomon Islands | 29 | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 204 | Palau | 24 | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Montserrat | 24 | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 206 | Niue | 22 | 2023 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Tuvalu | 7 | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 207 | Tokelau | 7 | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 209 | Cook Islands | 6 | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 210 | Nauru | 4 | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 3.45 million
- UIS: World 3.45 million
- WB: World 3.45 million
- MDG: World 3.45 million
- UNICEF: World 3.42 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 2.65 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 2.55 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 2.51 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 2.44 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 2.35 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 2.01 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 1.80 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 1.70 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 1.34 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 1.23 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 1.21 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 1.12 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 1.07 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 1.06 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 947,017
- WB: Oecd Members 934,790
- MDG: Developed Regions 906,496
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 875,719
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 855,537
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 854,727
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 852,651
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 852,651
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 851,876
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 846,254
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 842,930
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 842,848
- AIMS: East Asia 839,927
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 837,655
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 837,630
- AIMS: South and West Asia 829,107
- MDG: Southern Asia 829,107
- SDG: Southern Asia 829,107
- UIS: South and West Asia 829,107
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 824,438
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 769,008
About this data
February 2026 Data Release