Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) was 51,708 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) recorded 51,708 for total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in 2023.
The figure is up 19.1% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 80,692 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 22,095, in 1997.
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 182nd of 214 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 22,095 | — |
| 1998 | 22,095 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 41,371 | +87.2% |
| 2000 | 51,789 | +25.2% |
| 2001 | 46,002 | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 52,768 | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 55,947 | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 56,762 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 55,808 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 58,796 | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 65,368 | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 71,255 | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 69,308 | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 75,611 | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 80,692 | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 54,453 | -32.5% |
| 2013 | 56,642 | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 57,907 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 57,565 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 58,618 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 58,854 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 55,258 | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 55,291 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 48,646 | -12.0% |
| 2021 | 46,554 | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 43,422 | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 51,708 | +19.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +87.2% | 22,095 | 41,371 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28,520 | 22,095 | 41,371 | 3 |
| 2000s | 58,380 | 46,002 | 71,255 | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,089 | 54,453 | 80,692 | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,582 | 43,422 | 51,708 | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.77 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 51,708 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 80,692 in 2011.
- What is the lowest total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,095 in 1997.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 182nd out of 214 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release