Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, male (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
210
Highest
363,805
India
Lowest
3
Naoero
Median
1,938
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
15,563
What the numbers show
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, male (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 363,805 in India; the lowest is 3 in Naoero.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,938, and the mean is 8,309.
Over the past decade 156 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 2,696.2%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 90.0%).
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 363,805 | 2023 | up 246.7% | volatile |
| 2 | China (People’s Republic of) | 257,565 | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Nigeria | 57,426 | 2023 | up 184.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Germany | 50,892 | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 48,147 | 2023 | up 188.5% | volatile |
| 6 | France | 45,507 | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Italy | 35,301 | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 32,504 | 2023 | up 195.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Morocco | 30,761 | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran | 29,596 | 2023 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Korea | 25,206 | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Brazil | 24,087 | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 23,723 | 2023 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 14 | United States of America | 23,136 | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 21,420 | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 19,797 | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Spain | 19,717 | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 18,558 | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Nepal | 18,469 | 2023 | up 76.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Mexico | 16,873 | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Egypt | 16,032 | 2023 | up 165.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Colombia | 15,683 | 2023 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Hong Kong (China) | 15,674 | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 15,238 | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Algeria | 15,107 | 2023 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Syrian Arab Republic | 15,059 | 2023 | up 293.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Cameroon | 13,578 | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Greece | 13,386 | 2023 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Tunisia | 12,746 | 2023 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Lebanon | 11,601 | 2023 | up 129.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Russia | 11,525 | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Austria | 11,318 | 2023 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Ghana | 11,057 | 2023 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Cyprus | 10,876 | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Malaysia | 10,557 | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 10,190 | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Japan | 9,980 | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Senegal | 9,487 | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Switzerland | 8,638 | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Kuwait | 8,614 | 2023 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Romania | 8,169 | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Ukraine | 7,931 | 2023 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Peru | 7,929 | 2023 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Belgium | 7,835 | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 7,541 | 2023 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 7,326 | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 7,274 | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Ecuador | 7,199 | 2023 | up 86.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Netherlands | 7,029 | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6,872 | 2023 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 6,588 | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Philippines | 6,544 | 2023 | up 196.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 6,379 | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Portugal | 6,359 | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Thailand | 6,138 | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 6,009 | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Singapore | 5,876 | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Ireland | 5,661 | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Jordan | 5,644 | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Kenya | 5,200 | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Hungary | 4,874 | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4,754 | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Australia | 4,588 | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,474 | 2023 | up 2,696.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Albania | 4,458 | 2023 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Argentina | 4,442 | 2023 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Sweden | 4,366 | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 4,179 | 2023 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 4,142 | 2023 | up 173.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Norway | 4,118 | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 71 | South Africa | 4,010 | 2023 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Israel | 3,906 | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Benin | 3,776 | 2023 | up 115.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Angola | 3,665 | 2023 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Congo | 3,357 | 2023 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Togo | 3,323 | 2023 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 3,285 | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 3,207 | 2023 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 3,156 | 2023 | up 222.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Guinea | 3,111 | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Oman | 3,015 | 2023 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Haiti | 2,921 | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Czechia | 2,818 | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 2,713 | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Afghanistan | 2,550 | 2023 | up 174.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Qatar | 2,526 | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Iraq | 2,481 | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Slovak Republic | 2,401 | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Myanmar | 2,369 | 2023 | up 241.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Gabon | 2,317 | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Palestine, State of | 2,314 | 2023 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 2,279 | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 2,279 | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Chad | 2,257 | 2023 | up 369.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Serbia | 2,204 | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 2,167 | 2023 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Jamaica | 2,090 | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Denmark | 2,086 | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Mali | 2,073 | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Madagascar | 2,045 | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Honduras | 2,043 | 2023 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Croatia | 2,043 | 2023 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Finland | 2,028 | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritius | 1,997 | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 1,960 | 2023 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 1,917 | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Bahamas | 1,895 | 2023 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Uganda | 1,888 | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1,878 | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,853 | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Panama | 1,776 | 2023 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Georgia | 1,680 | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 1,628 | 2023 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Mozambique | 1,560 | 2023 | up 247.4% | volatile |
| 115 | New Zealand | 1,537 | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Cambodia | 1,503 | 2023 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 117 | El Salvador | 1,493 | 2023 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1,486 | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Libya | 1,463 | 2023 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Guatemala | 1,431 | 2023 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Latvia | 1,399 | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Sudan | 1,289 | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Yemen | 1,280 | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Niger | 1,206 | 2023 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Bahrain | 1,162 | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,149 | 2023 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Cuba | 1,143 | 2023 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Mongolia | 1,058 | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Iceland | 960 | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Burundi | 953 | 2023 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Slovenia | 949 | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Moldova | 938 | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Comoros | 922 | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Estonia | 902 | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Armenia | 874 | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Mauritania | 862 | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Belarus | 857 | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 840 | 2023 | up 174.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Zambia | 768 | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 140 | North Macedonia | 757 | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Paraguay | 741 | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Andorra | 722 | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Uruguay | 715 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 659 | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Macau (China) | 636 | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Gambia | 630 | 2023 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Liechtenstein | 583 | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 564 | 2023 | up 317.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Malawi | 515 | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Bermuda | 473 | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Botswana | 470 | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Guyana | 463 | 2023 | up 148.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Malta | 459 | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Gibraltar | 456 | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 414 | 2023 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Djibouti | 413 | 2023 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Brunei Darussalam | 405 | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 405 | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Tajikistan | 390 | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 362 | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | 359 | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Dominica | 356 | 2023 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Barbados | 351 | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Suriname | 343 | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Namibia | 338 | 2023 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Cayman Islands | 337 | 2023 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Eritrea | 337 | 2023 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Liberia | 326 | 2023 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Montenegro | 321 | 2023 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Belize | 302 | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Somalia | 293 | 2023 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Timor-Leste | 281 | 2023 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 173 | San Marino | 251 | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 233 | 2023 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Bhutan | 232 | 2023 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Monaco | 224 | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Eswatini | 189 | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 178 | South Sudan | 183 | 2023 | up 1,307.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 178 | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Fiji | 153 | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 148 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Grenada | 148 | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Maldives | 147 | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 143 | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 134 | 2023 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Tonga | 123 | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Puerto Rico | 121 | 2023 | up 384.0% | volatile |
| 188 | British Virgin Islands | 118 | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Sint Maarten | 115 | 2023 | up 1,816.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Seychelles | 113 | 2023 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 103 | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Papua New Guinea | 101 | 2023 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Samoa | 70 | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 68 | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Lesotho | 62 | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Curaçao | 54 | 2023 | up 1,250.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Aruba | 51 | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Kiribati | 42 | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 199 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 40 | 2023 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Anguilla | 31 | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Solomon Islands | 19 | 2023 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 202 | Marshall Islands | 18 | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Palau | 18 | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Vanuatu | 13 | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 205 | Montserrat | 12 | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 205 | Niue | 12 | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Tuvalu | 7 | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 208 | Tokelau | 5 | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 209 | Cook Islands | 4 | 2023 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 210 | Naoero | 3 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 1.74 million
- UIS: World 1.74 million
- WB: World 1.74 million
- MDG: World 1.74 million
- UNICEF: World 1.73 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 1.38 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 1.35 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 1.31 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 1.28 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 1.22 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 1.01 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 934,552
About this data
February 2026 Data Release