Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas): Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the was 1,977 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1,977
Change on year
up 9.2%
Rank
161st
of 221 groups
All-time high
1,977
in 2023
All-time low
410
in 2011
Years of data
13
2011–2023
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), 2011–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) recorded 1,977 for outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and up 169.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) peaked at 1,977 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 410, in 2011.
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) ranks 161st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 410 | — |
| 2012 | 529 | +29.0% |
| 2013 | 735 | +38.9% |
| 2014 | 1,028 | +39.9% |
| 2015 | 1,269 | +23.4% |
| 2016 | 1,645 | +29.6% |
| 2017 | 1,793 | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 1,859 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 1,859 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,610 | -13.4% |
| 2021 | 1,448 | -10.1% |
| 2022 | 1,810 | +25.0% |
| 2023 | 1,977 | +9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,236 | 410 | 1,859 | 9 |
| 2020s | 1,711 | 1,448 | 1,977 | 4 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
- 159 Aruba 0 compare
- 159 Angola 0 compare
- 159 Anguilla 0 compare
- 159 Aland Islands 0
- 159 Andorra 0 compare
- 159 Armenia 0 compare
- 159 American Samoa 0
- 159 Antigua and Barbuda 0 compare
- 159 Benin 0 compare
- 159 Burkina Faso 0 compare
- 159 Saint Barthelemy 0
- 159 Belize 0 compare
- 159 Bermuda 0 compare
- 159 Barbados 0 compare
- 159 Central African Republic 0 compare
- 159 Côte d'Ivoire 0 compare
- 159 Congo 0 compare
- 159 Comoros 0 compare
- 159 Curaçao 0
- 159 Cayman Islands 0 compare
- 159 Djibouti 0 compare
- 159 Eritrea 0 compare
- 159 Western Sahara 0
- 159 Falkland Islands, Malvinas 0
- 159 Gabon 0 compare
- 159 Georgia 0 compare
- 159 Guernsey 0
- 159 Gibraltar 0 compare
- 159 Guinea 0 compare
- 159 Guadeloupe 0
- 159 Gambia 0 compare
- 159 Guinea-Bissau 0 compare
- 159 Equatorial Guinea 0 compare
- 159 Grenada 0 compare
- 159 French Guiana 0
- 159 Guam 0
- 159 Haiti 0 compare
- 159 Isle of Man 0
- 159 Jersey 0
- 159 Liberia 0 compare
- 159 Saint Lucia 0 compare
- 159 Latvia 0 compare
- 159 Saint Martin (French Part) 0
- 159 Monaco 0 compare
- 159 Republic of Moldova 0 compare
- 159 Madagascar 0 compare
- 159 Mali 0 compare
- 159 Malta 0 compare
- 159 Montenegro 0 compare
- 159 Northern Mariana Islands 0
- 159 Mauritania 0 compare
- 159 Montserrat 0 compare
- 159 Martinique 0
- 159 Mayotte 0
- 159 New Caledonia 0
- 159 Norfolk Island 0
- 159 Pitcairn 0
- 159 Palau 0 compare
- 159 Puerto Rico 0 compare
- 159 French Polynesia 0
- 159 Réunion 0
- 159 Senegal 0 compare
- 159 Saint Helena 0
- 159 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0
- 159 San Marino 0 compare
- 159 Somalia 0 compare
- 159 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0
- 159 Sao Tome and Principe 0 compare
- 159 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0
- 159 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 compare
- 159 Chad 0 compare
- 159 Togo 0 compare
- 159 Turkmenistan 0 compare
- 159 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 compare
- 159 British Virgin Islands 0 compare
- 159 United States Virgin Islands 0
- 159 Wallis and Futuna 0
More education data for UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) was 1,977 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,977 in 2023.
- What is the lowest outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The lowest recorded value was 410 in 2011.
- How does UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) rank for outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the?
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) ranks 161st out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the rising or falling in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 169.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release