Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in sub-Saharan Africa, male (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
204
Highest
8,634
Chad
Lowest
0
Cook Islands
Median
6
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
15,563
What the numbers show
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in sub-Saharan Africa, male (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 8,634 in Chad; the lowest is 0 in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 6, and the mean is 357.17.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 2,800.0%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 8,634 | 2023 | up 244.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6,931 | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 6,398 | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 4,746 | 2023 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Gabon | 3,161 | 2023 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Niger | 2,893 | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Congo | 2,877 | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Cameroon | 2,174 | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Benin | 1,870 | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,714 | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Mauritania | 1,571 | 2023 | up 607.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Comoros | 1,522 | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Guinea | 1,511 | 2023 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Togo | 1,475 | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 1,324 | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Mali | 1,324 | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Eswatini | 1,276 | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Namibia | 1,081 | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 19 | South Africa | 982 | 2023 | up 414.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Lesotho | 955 | 2023 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Uganda | 945 | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Ghana | 933 | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Rwanda | 925 | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 24 | India | 905 | 2023 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Angola | 860 | 2023 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 26 | South Sudan | 840 | 2023 | up 382.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Zambia | 837 | 2023 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 828 | 2023 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Djibouti | 821 | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 745 | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Kenya | 733 | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Burundi | 727 | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 647 | 2023 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Morocco | 608 | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 571 | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Somalia | 563 | 2023 | up 134.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Botswana | 485 | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Sudan | 398 | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Mozambique | 356 | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 332 | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Madagascar | 323 | 2023 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Germany | 313 | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 43 | France | 281 | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 274 | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Mauritius | 274 | 2023 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 46 | United States of America | 259 | 2023 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Senegal | 256 | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Liberia | 222 | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 150 | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Gambia | 147 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 51 | China | 124 | 2023 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 52 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 119 | 2023 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Tunisia | 99 | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Republic of Korea | 81 | 2023 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Brazil | 68 | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Cape Verde | 68 | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Eritrea | 68 | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Seychelles | 68 | 2023 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Lebanon | 67 | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Netherlands | 67 | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Pakistan | 64 | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Libya | 58 | 2023 | up 2,800.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Türkiye | 57 | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Sao Tome and Principe | 54 | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Portugal | 43 | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Switzerland | 41 | 2023 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Canada | 40 | 2023 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Egypt | 34 | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Algeria | 32 | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Italy | 30 | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 29 | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 29 | 2023 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Belgium | 27 | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Norway | 27 | 2023 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Sweden | 26 | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 24 | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 23 | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Spain | 23 | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Japan | 20 | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 20 | 2023 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Haiti | 17 | 2023 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Jordan | 16 | 2023 | up 77.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 16 | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Timor-Leste | 16 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Australia | 15 | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Israel | 15 | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Philippines | 14 | 2023 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Austria | 12 | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Finland | 12 | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Ireland | 12 | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Cuba | 11 | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 10 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 92 | Palestine, State of | 10 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Russian Federation | 10 | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Yemen | 10 | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Greece | 9 | 2023 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Macau, China | 9 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Denmark | 8 | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Nepal | 8 | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Iraq | 7 | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Mexico | 7 | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Indonesia | 6 | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Thailand | 6 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Chile | 5 | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Colombia | 4 | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Maldives | 4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Belarus | 3 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Czechia | 3 | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Ecuador | 3 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Jamaica | 3 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Kuwait | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 3 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Qatar | 3 | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Ukraine | 3 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Viet Nam | 3 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Argentina | 2 | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Guyana | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Hong Kong, China | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Croatia | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Republic of Moldova | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Myanmar | 2 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Mongolia | 2 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Malaysia | 2 | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 119 | New Zealand | 2 | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Oman | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Peru | 2 | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Poland | 2 | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Singapore | 2 | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Andorra | 1 | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Brunei Darussalam | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Fiji | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Gibraltar | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 132 | Honduras | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 132 | Hungary | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Cambodia | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Paraguay | 1 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Romania | 1 | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 1 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Serbia | 1 | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Suriname | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 132 | Slovakia | 1 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Slovenia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Aruba | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Albania | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Armenia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Bahrain | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Bahamas | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Belize | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Bermuda | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Barbados | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Bhutan | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Curaçao | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Cyprus | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Georgia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Grenada | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Guatemala | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Iceland | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Kiribati | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Lithuania | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Latvia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Monaco | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Malta | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Panama | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Palau | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | El Salvador | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Sint Maarten | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Tonga | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Uruguay | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Samoa | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Anguilla | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Cook Islands | 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 72,888
- UIS: World 72,888
- MDG: World 72,887
- WB: World 72,887
- UNICEF: World 72,873
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 71,460
- MDG: Developing Regions 71,443
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 71,294
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 71,251
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 69,715
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 69,715
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 69,715
- UNICEF: Africa 69,715
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 68,882
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 68,882
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 68,484
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 68,060
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 68,060
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 67,992
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 67,311
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 66,091
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 63,002
- WB: Ida Total 61,895
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 61,733
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 60,606
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 51,119
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 45,909
- UNICEF: West and Central Africa 45,630
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 43,740
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 43,705
- WB: Fy23 Ida & Ibrd Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 43,641
- WB: Ida Only 43,539
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 43,504
- GPE: Region 2 43,023
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 41,742
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 41,742
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 41,634
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 40,646
- WB: Africa Western and Central 38,644
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 36,663
About this data
February 2026 Data Release